Sharing the Dhamma in Uganda
As Bhante Buddharakkhita’s Uganda Buddhist Centre marks 20 years, supporters worldwide are mobilizing to save a threatened wetland and build the continent’s first Buddhist retreat center.
Deep Dive
Tara: Protector, Liberator, Guide
Tara — buddha, bodhisattva, and mother of liberation — is one of the most beloved figures in Tibetan Buddhism, and her practice is among the most accessible and alive. She protects. She liberates. She reflects back to practitioners their own deepest nature.
In this month’s Deep Dive, teachers and practitioners explore what it means to take up Tara practice. Includes teachings multiple teachings by Lama Döndrup Drölma, plus Lama Tsultrim Allione, and photography and reporting by Karen Greenspan.
Be Confident in Your Buddhanature
The key to unshakable self-confidence, says Lama Döndrup Drolma, is recognizing the deepest truth of who you are.
She Who Liberates
With the twenty-one praises of Tara, you discover your own fearless compassion. Lama Döndrup Drölma introduces this timeless practice.
The Unconquerable Heroine
Tara is the fully awakened buddha who appears in twenty-one forms. In this teaching on the middle seven emanations, Lama Döndrup Drölma explores the invincible clarity that restores balance after fear, offering a way to recognize this clarity within ourselves.
She Who Removes All Fear
Lama Döndrup Drölma introduces the first seven of Tara’s twenty-one emanations, showing how each helps us meet whatever arises with courage and compassion. Illustrations by Lasha Mutual.
All-Encompassing Compassion
Heidi Nevin remembers her teacher Chatral Rinpoche’s inspiring commitment to vegetarianism as part of the dharma path.
A.I., Yogacara, and the Mind That Was Never Only Ours
AI, writes Rev. Mauricio Hondaku, is not a threat to the dharma, but “a new surface on which the dharma can write itself, provided we bring to its design the same care, depth, and intentionality that the tradition has always demanded of its vessels.”
Who Wrote This? On Buddhism & Agency in the Age of AI
When AI writes your emails, edits your prose, and so on, where does “you” end? Hajeong Park finds that Buddhism has been sitting with this question for centuries — and that its answer, rooted in non-self and dependent origination, gives us a useful framework for navigating the age of AI.
The Taxi Was the Teacher
Thirty days of silent retreat didn’t prevent a flare of anger when a driver failed to show. The Buddha’s Simile of the Cook explains why — and what to do about it.
Dharma Books: Excerpts
See Things Clear Through
Upasika Kee Nanayon shows us how to combine concentration and clear-seeing to penetrate the “mass of deceit” that is the mind.
Equanimity Is Not Detachment
Nichiren Buddhist teacher Mark Herrick argues that equanimity isn’t stoic composure — it’s homeostasis, the same balancing function that lets a single cell survive change.
Lion’s Roar among 2026 Awardees of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies
This year’s awardees include four Buddhism Public Scholars, nine dissertation Fellows, five Early Career Research Fellows, a new professorship grant of $300,000, and six Public Impact Grants to be announced this summer.
Pre-midterms virtual town hall to examine how Buddhism can address political anxiety, issues
Tara Brach, Ben Connelly, and Kaira Jewel Lingo will appear as panelists, exploring how Buddhist practice can support democratic values.
Making Offerings to Our Ancestors
When we place offerings on the altar for teachers long past, do we understand what we are doing, or why? Zenju Earthlyn Manuel looks into the depths of that encounter between past and present.
A Bigger Umbrella
Rev. José M. Tirado on working with the spiritual longing “for the complete thing, the practice that would hold all of me, the teacher who would see everything I was bringing and say: yes, this too belongs.”
Buddhism A–Z
Learn all about key Buddhist terms, concepts, and traditions in our in-depth glossary — perfect for beginners and committed dharma practitioners alike.
