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Listen to meditations, interviews, and dharma talks to awaken your heart and mind.
Everything Is Enlightenment
Joan Sutherland
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.
The Bodhisattva Attitude
Norman Fischer
We all have an attitude, says Zen teacher Norman Fischer, our own way of approaching life. You can start to take a bodhisattva’s attitude toward life by practicing generosity and appreciation.
Six Kinds of Loneliness
Pema Chödrön
To be without a reference point is the ultimate loneliness. It is also called enlightenment.
Loving-Kindness: May All Beings Be Happy
Melvin Escobar
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.
How to Have the World — and the Life — We Want
Andrea Miller
Leading Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg talks to Lion’s Roar’s Andrea Miller about how to care for ourselves, for others — and for the future. Because we’re in it for the long haul.
The Bodhisattva Attitude
Norman Fischer
We all have an attitude, says Zen teacher Norman Fischer, our own way of approaching life. You can start to take a bodhisattva’s attitude toward life by practicing generosity and appreciation.
The 14th Annual Lion’s Roar Online Auction has begun
Lion's Roar Staff
The 14th Annual Lion’s Roar Online Auction, our biggest fundraising event of the year, is open for bidding.
Everything Is Enlightenment
Joan Sutherland
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.
Six Kinds of Loneliness
Pema Chödrön
To be without a reference point is the ultimate loneliness. It is also called enlightenment.
Loving-Kindness: May All Beings Be Happy
Melvin Escobar
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.
How to Have the World — and the Life — We Want
Andrea Miller
Leading Buddhist teacher Sharon Salzberg talks to Lion’s Roar’s Andrea Miller about how to care for ourselves, for others — and for the future. Because we’re in it for the long haul.
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MEDITATION
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Meditation: Be Kind to Yourself
Kristin Neff
A three-step contemplation to give yourself the compassion you need (and deserve).
The Moment is Perfect
Thich Nhat Hanh
There is only one moment for you to be alive, and that is the present moment. Go back to the present moment and live this moment deeply, and you’ll be free.
The Lamp of Zazen
Shunryu Suzuki
The point of zazen, says Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, is to live each moment in complete combustion, like a clean-burning kerosene lamp.
How to Do Metta
Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield on beginning this time-honored, heart-opening practice.
Nothing to Fix, Nowhere to Go
Vanessa Zuisei Goddard
What reveals itself when you do nothing at all? Vanessa Zuisei Goddard on the practice of “just sitting.”
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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…
How Not to Freak Out
If you find all the bad news overwhelming, Buddhist teacher Judy Lief has some meditations to help you…
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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BUDDHIST WISDOM
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The Four Noble Truths
Jan Willis
Buddhist teacher and scholar Jan Willis on the Buddha’s central teaching — his diagnosis and cure for suffering.
The Natural Warmth of the Heart
Pema Chödrön
In the difficulties of your life, says Pema Chödrön, you will discover your natural love and warmth.
Only Genuine Compassion Will Do
The Dalai Lama
It’s not enough to simply to believe compassion is important. We must transform our thoughts and behaviour on a daily basis to cultivate compassion.
Healing America’s Racial Karma
Larry Ward
More than 150 years after the end of slavery, America’s tragic racial karma rolls on.
Calm in the Midst of Chaos
Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg on the power of equanimity — the essence of complete presence.
LIFE & CULTURE
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Become Friends with the Moon
Ephrat Livni
Ephrat Livni reflects on years of spiritual study with the moon as her guide.
Six Ways to Make It Work
Susan Piver
Relationships aren’t easy, says Susan Piver, but if we practice the six paramitas, or transcendent perfections, we can discover how to live in love.
The Joy of Self-Caring
Cyndi Lee
We’ve been sold on the idea that self-care means chocolates and bubble baths, but Cyndi Lee says real self-caring is a practice, not a treat.
We Are More Powerful Than We Know
Chenxing Han
Awaiting the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Chenxing Han turns to the prose of Japanese poet and Buddhist monk Kamo-no-Chomei, and ponders his same questions, 800 years later.
How to Be an Ecosattva
David Loy
How do bodhisattvas respond to the greatest crisis of our time? Appropriately, says Buddhist teacher and activist David Loy.
THE MAGAZINE
CURRENT ISSUE
The November 2020 issue of Lion’s Roar magazine features Buddhist wisdom and teachings to go deeper with your mindfulness practice.
CURRENT ISSUE
In the November 2020 issue of Lion’s Roar, three mindfulness experts share how you can deepen your mindfulness. Here, Melvin McLeod shares how Buddhism uses mindfulness to develop the wisdom that frees us from suffering.
Citizenship as Spiritual Practice
Jack Kornfield
Right speech, right action, right livelihood, compassion—tending to society is part of the Buddha’s path of awakening. A commentary by Jack Kornfield.
The Kung Fu Nuns, Fighting for All Sentient Beings
Karen Greenspan
A courageous group of Himalayan Buddhist sisters are championing gender equality and respect for the environment. Karen Greenspan reports.
The Star of the Plate
Andrea Miller
Andrea Miller reports on celebrity chef Eric Ripert’s spiritual journey, his approach in the kitchen, and what it’s like to go to his restaurant.
BUDDHADHARMA
CURRENT ISSUE
The Winter 2020 issue of Buddhadharma features in-depth teachings for cultivating your Buddhist practice and manifesting those teachings meaningfully in everyday life.
CURRENT ISSUE
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.
Our Traditions Can — and Must — Change
Justin von Bujdoss
Even as we uphold tradition, says Justin von Bujdoss, we also have to leave room for it to grow.
It Comes Down to Character
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
We often look at Buddhist practice as a way of cultivating particular qualities; Bhikkhu Thanissaro reminds us, however, that the Buddha also spoke of qualities we must have to take up the practice in the first place.
The Promise and Peril of Spiritual Authority
Gina Sharpe
Gina Sharpe, Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, and Pilar Jennings examine spiritual power, the roots of its abuse, and how we might learn to hold it differently going forward.