How to Practice Hugging Meditation
Thich Nhat Hanh
Nothing warms the heart like a loving hug. To make the experience even deeper and more healing, Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us this practice of hugging meditation he created.
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The Creative Force: In Conversation with Novelist Ruth Ozeki
Nancy Chu
Nancy Chu talks to Ruth Ozeki about her creative process, the power of grief, and what it’s like growing up mixed-race in America.
Everything Dies
Sallie Jiko Tisdale
It’s the Buddha’s basic teaching. It’s life’s universal truth. It’s what we most want to deny. Sallie Jiko Tisdale on how this hard but liberating truth can transform your life.
The Three Minds of Zen
Jisho Sara Siebert
Zen teaches that we should maintain “a joyful mind, an elder’s mind, and a great mind.” According to Jisho Sara Siebert, they’re never far away.
Hero for Our Time
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
TV character Ted Lasso embodies what we need right now: goodness. In a world of antiheroes, says Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, he just wants to make us better people.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Radical Friendship and Tonglen Practice with Kate Johnson
Sandra Hannebohm
Buddhist meditation teacher Kate Johnson leads a tonglen meditation session informed by current events and talks about her new book “Radical Friendship.”
Everything Dies
Sallie Jiko Tisdale
It’s the Buddha’s basic teaching. It’s life’s universal truth. It’s what we most want to deny. Sallie Jiko Tisdale on how this hard but liberating truth can transform your life.
How to Practice Hugging Meditation
Thich Nhat Hanh
Nothing warms the heart like a loving hug. To make the experience even deeper and more healing, Thich Nhat Hanh teaches us this practice of hugging meditation he created.
The Creative Force: In Conversation with Novelist Ruth Ozeki
Nancy Chu
Nancy Chu talks to Ruth Ozeki about her creative process, the power of grief, and what it’s like growing up mixed-race in America.
The Three Minds of Zen
Jisho Sara Siebert
Zen teaches that we should maintain “a joyful mind, an elder’s mind, and a great mind.” According to Jisho Sara Siebert, they’re never far away.
Hero for Our Time
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
TV character Ted Lasso embodies what we need right now: goodness. In a world of antiheroes, says Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, he just wants to make us better people.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Radical Friendship and Tonglen Practice with Kate Johnson
Sandra Hannebohm
Buddhist meditation teacher Kate Johnson leads a tonglen meditation session informed by current events and talks about her new book “Radical Friendship.”
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Four Meditations to Practice in the Wake of a Tragedy
Diana Winston
Diana Winston teaches a step-by-step meditation to practice in times of tragedy.
Running into Joy
Vanessa Zuisei Goddard
Sometimes sitting with her sadness becomes too difficult. But Vanessa Zuisei Goddard has learned she can run with it—and through it.
Pouring Tea
Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh shares how to transform your afternoon cup of tea into a series of mindful actions.
Take Refuge in Your Body
Cyndi Lee
When the storms of life hit, your body can be a place of refuge and healing. Cyndi Lee says it starts with making friends with your body.
A Practice for Developing Kindness Toward Yourself
Valerie Mason-John
Valerie Mason-John shares a meditation for cultivating a positive relationship with yourself, and, by extension, the world.
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How Not to Freak Out
If you find all the bad news overwhelming, Buddhist teacher Judy Lief has some meditations to help you…
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How Not to Freak Out
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BUDDHIST WISDOM
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What Is Your Body?
Norman Fischer
It’s less than we think. It’s far more than we know. It’s who we are but it’s not. Contemplate the deeper reality of the body.
Three Methods for Working with Chaos
Pema Chödrön
Pema Chödrön describes three ways to use our problems as the path to awakening and joy.
The Alchemy of Mindfulness
Tara Bennett-Goleman
Tara Bennett-Goleman describes how the transforming power of mindfulness can be applied to our painful emotional patterns.
The Opposite of Grasping Is Intimacy
Willa Blythe Baker
Willa Blythe Baker explores the idea of “entanglement,” coming to the conclusion that the opposite of attachment isn’t detachment — it’s intimacy.
Your Partner Disapproves?
Susan Piver
A new meditator’s spouse disapproves of their newfound practice. Susan Piver, founder of The Open Heart Project, answers.
LIFE & CULTURE
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Body and Me
Ira Sukrungruang
Body was 375 pounds. Ira Sukrungruang bares his soul about their complicated relationship.
Gifts from Beyond
Holly Stocking
When Holly Stocking discovers an unopened present from her late husband, she contemplates what it really means to be gone — and the things he’s still giving her.
Buddhist studies professors launch new project “Teaching Race and Racism in Buddhist Studies”
Nancy Chu
Drs. Adeana McNicholl and Ann Gleig have developed a new set of pedagogical resources for designing and teaching Buddhist studies courses that engage with race and racism.
California Buddhist centers evacuated, hit by wildfires
Emily McRae
Two Buddhist centers in California have evacuated due to wildfires raging across the state.
Come Home to Yourself
Kaira Jewel Lingo
Your true home is this body. This mind. This moment. There, says Kaira Jewel Lingo, you’ll find peace and freedom.
THE MAGAZINE
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The November 2021 issue of Lion’s Roar features teachings on how the awareness of death transforms your life.
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It’s the Buddha’s basic teaching. It’s life’s universal truth. It’s what we most want to deny. Sallie Jiko Tisdale on how this hard but liberating truth can transform your life.
The Maras of Privilege
Ann Gleig
Scholar and practitioner Ann Gleig on the backlash she and others experience against their work for racial justice in Buddhism.
The Spiritual Entrepreneur: Tami Simon
Andrea Miller
Tami Simon, founder of Sounds True, brings the spirit of enlightenment not only to her company’s products but to its culture. (Plus, dogs.)
Where, Oh Where Will I Go?
John Tarrant
“When the body has dissolved into the four elements, where will you go?” asks the koan called Doushuai’s Third Barrier. Vastness into vastness, concludes Zen teacher John Tarrant.
BUDDHADHARMA
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The Summer 2021 issue of Buddhadharma features in-depth teachings on the nature of mind for cultivating your Buddhist practice and manifesting those teachings meaningfully in everyday life.
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Ejo McMullen on the total response of Avalokiteshvara — with a thousand arms, an eye on the palm of each hand — as the model of the bodhisattva path.
How Equanimity Powers Love
Kaira Jewel Lingo
True equanimity, says Kaira Jewel Lingo, is not in any way detached or uncaring—it’s inclusive, and loving, and the foundation for spiritual courage.
Deconstructing Whiteness
Joy Brennan
Joy Brennan shows how Yogacara teachings reveal whiteness as a constructed identity—and how they offer a path through it, to bodhisattva activity.
Behind “the Global Goenka”
Lauren Leve
Lauren Leve reviews “S. N. Goenka: Emissary of Insight” by Daniel M. Stuart.