Rod Meade Sperry. Photo by Megumi Yoshida, 2024

Rod Meade Sperry

Rod Meade Sperry is a senior editor for Lion’s Roar, focusing on special projects and Buddhadharma, Lion’s Roar’s online source for committed Buddhists. He is the editor of A Beginner’s Guide to Meditation: Practical Advice and Inspiration from Contemporary Buddhist Teachers, and co-author of two books with yoga teacher and musician Miguel Chen. Rod lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with his partner and their tiny pup, Sid.

Recent Articles

David Chadwick, chronicler of San Francisco Zen Center Community, has died

He was the author of the classic biography, Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunyru Suzuki, as well as Thank You and OK: An American Zen Failure in Japan, and, most recently, Tassajara Stories.

Shinchi Linda Galijan to be installed as first female abbot of Berkeley Zen Center

The ceremony will be viewable by livestream via the BZC website.

New Atlanta exhibit features Rima Fujita’s works on the Dalai Lama

The exhibit will run from February 13 through June 7, featuring imagery of the Dalai Lama, whom Rima Fujita considers her principal teacher.

Se publica la traducción al español del libro The Heart of Tibetan Language – Volume 1: El corazón de la lengua tibetana – Volumen 1

«El objetivo principal de esta edición en español es ofrecer a todos los hispanohablantes, independientemente de si conocen el inglés o no, la oportunidad de aprender tibetano y apreciar sus matices sin tener que recurrir a materiales en otros idiomas», afirma la traductora Ana Carla Vergara Calvar.

Philanthropist and patron of contemporary Buddhism Robert H. N. Ho dies, age 93

Lion’s Roar joins our friends and colleagues across the world in reflecting with gratitude upon the life and work of Robert H. N. Ho.