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How the oldest Buddhist seminary in the United States brings Buddhist practices into the 21st century.
When the suffering of the world knocks at our door, says Singhashri Gazmuri, we must be courageous enough to open it.
Enlightenment is everywhere we look, says Joan Sutherland — we can choose to notice it, but at the same time, we can also trust that it will find us, wherever we are.
Zen teacher Sean Murphy looks back jazz icon John Coltrane and how meditation practice informed his monumental late-period work.
Susan Piver applies Buddhist principles to a well-known typology of personality types. Then, a review of Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club selection, That Bird Has My Wings by imprisoned Buddhist author Jarvis Jay Masters.
These short verses bring awareness, peace, and joy to simple activities, and remind us that Earth provides us with precious gifts every day.
Enlightenment is everywhere we look, says Joan Sutherland — we can choose to notice it, but at the same time, we can also trust that it will find us, wherever we are.
How the oldest Buddhist seminary in the United States brings Buddhist practices into the 21st century.
When the suffering of the world knocks at our door, says Singhashri Gazmuri, we must be courageous enough to open it.
Zen teacher Sean Murphy looks back jazz icon John Coltrane and how meditation practice informed his monumental late-period work.
Susan Piver applies Buddhist principles to a well-known typology of personality types. Then, a review of Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club selection, That Bird Has My Wings by imprisoned Buddhist author Jarvis Jay Masters.
These short verses bring awareness, peace, and joy to simple activities, and remind us that Earth provides us with precious gifts every day.
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The September 2022 issue of Lion’s Roar explores why Buddhism is the ultimate form of self-help.
Sandra Cisneros writes to honor her ancestors, because when that’s her motivation, ego gets out of the way. Angélica Paljor profiles the celebrated author of The House on Mango Street.
Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu discovers you don’t get over the death of a beloved pet. You just learn to love more.
Economist and ecodharma activist Clair Brown calls on Buddhists to join the fight against climate change. What helps when the future looks bleak is the right kind of hope.
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Melvin Escobar teaches metta, a concentration practice to cultivate unconditional goodwill for all. In precarious times like these, it’s a way to listen to our hearts.
Melissa Myozen Blacker teaches Koan practice of asking again and again, “Who am I?” Every time an answer arises set it aside. Eventually, answers stops coming, replaced by a feeling of profound wonder.
The Zen practice of just sitting, says Lewis Richmond, doesn’t help us to reach our destination. It allows us to stop having one. But how do you “go” nowhere?
Tonglen, or “sending and taking,” is a meditation practice to kindle sympathy. Breathing in, we take in the pain of others and send them relief while breathing out.
Valerie Mason-John shares a meditation for cultivating a positive relationship with yourself, and, by extension, the world.
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If you find all the bad news overwhelming, Buddhist teacher Judy Lief has some meditations to help you…
If you find all the bad news overwhelming, Buddhist teacher Judy Lief has some meditations to help you…
If you find all the bad news overwhelming, Buddhist teacher Judy Lief has some meditations to help you…
Karen Maezen Miller on how the domestic practice of ancient Zen masters can lead us to intimate encounters with our own lives.
Indigo Ocean explores the concept of worship and how it can enrich the Buddhist practice of awareness.
Out of the primordial desire to exist, everything comes into being. This sacred force, says Anam Thubten, is different from clinging, which is the source of our suffering.
Emptiness is not something to be afraid of, says Thich Nhat Hanh. The Heart Sutra teaches us that form may be empty of self but it’s full of everything else.
A fully enlightened female buddha, Tara is the actuality of compassion and wisdom. Meditating on her, says Lama Palden Drolma, can awaken our own buddhanature.
Susan Piver applies Buddhist principles to a well-known typology of personality types. Then, a review of Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club selection, That Bird Has My Wings by imprisoned Buddhist author Jarvis Jay Masters.
Like leaves in the autumn or wood in the fire, all things pass. But, there is a moment in which we can see things as they are.
Caring for people who are suffering is a loving, even heroic calling, but it takes a toll. Roshi Joan Halifax teaches this five-step program to care for yourself while caring for others.
Lion’s Roar’s Chris Pacheco outlines three main strategies for moving through feelings of anxiety.
Susan Moon on the spiritual journey of Jarvis Jay Masters, a Buddhist practitioner on death row in San Quentin prison.
The Summer 2022 issue of Buddhadharma features in-depth teachings and commentaries to bring your practice to life.
La Sarmiento, Margarita Loinaz, and Carol Iwata discuss the experiences of BIPOC Buddhist practitioners—the obstacles they face, and the contributions they are making. Moderated and with an introduction by Mariana Restrepo.
Questions around rebirth—from how it works to whether it’s even real—have energized and divided Buddhists for millennia. In this excerpt from his book “Rebirth,” Roger R. Jackson unpacks the complexity of it all and offers four basic approaches to incorporating it (or not) into our own practice.
How does Buddhism make sense of war? In the abstract, the teachings are straightforward. But according to Bhikkhu Bodhi, if we find ourselves supporting those who are fighting back in Ukraine, then we have to ask some hard questions—and maybe accept some uncomfortable truths.
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