Category: Dharma in Daily Life
Packed and Ready for Whatever’s Next
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche offers a fresh teaching on "phowa" practice and how navigating the various transitions in our lives, including the very small ones, lays a foundation for navigating the much bigger ones when they come.
The Zen Watchmaker
Sherri Posey is a Buddhist hospital chaplain and professional watchmaker. She reflects on how time’s fleeting nature connects everyone.
What I Learned in Hell
Buddhist teacher Justin von Budjoss was a chaplain to staff at America’s most notorious jail—Rikers Island in New York. There he learned two important lessons: Buddhism really helps people, and prisons should be abolished.
I Am So Happy You Are Safe
As blow after blow strike the Black community of Minneapolis, Zen practitioner and physician Dr. Didi Koka finds strength in the example of Harriet Tubman and support from a mantra of mutual caring.
Meet a Teacher: Bhante Buddharakkhita
Bhante Buddharakkhita gets personal with the Lion’s Roar readership.
To Save the World We Must Come Out of Hiding
When the suffering of the world knocks at our door, says Singhashri Gazmuri, we must be courageous enough to open it.
How do I maintain my faith in Buddhist teachings?
Willa Blythe Baker, Josh Korda, and Tenku Ruff answer a practitioner's question about losing faith in the institutions of Buddhism and the dharma itself.
The Ultimate Service
Indigo Ocean explores the concept of worship and how it can enrich the Buddhist practice of awareness.
Glimpses of Awakening
Although enlightenment can seem like an unreachable goal, says Judy Lief, we're actually having glimpses of awakening all the time.
Death: The Greatest Teacher
Buddhist teacher Judy Lief explains why our awareness of death is the secret of life.
How do you know if you should practice with one Buddhist teacher or another?
the teachers are asked "How do you know if you should be with one teacher or another?"
All Alone or One With Everything?
Are we all alone in this world or at one with everything? Nick Walser shines a spotlight on the paradoxical nature of loneliness.
Living the Compassionate Life
The Dalai Lama explains how the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness and compassion lead inevitably to feelings of self-confidence and kindness.
Is Buddhism about ethics or enlightenment?
Bhante Sumano, Jisho Sara Siebert, and Gaylon Ferguson explore the meaning of ethics and enlightenment on the Buddhist path.
Forum: BIPOC Buddhism
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.
Grandmother Mind
Grandmothers care about others and shed tears for their suffering. That’s why Dogen said having Grandmother Mind is the most important thing of all. Zen teacher Susan Moon contemplates her own journey as a grandmother and her responsibility as an ancestor-to-be.
Adapting Buddhism’s Five Precepts for Reconciliation
Patrice Clark Koelsch reimagines the five precepts to apply when engaging in morally-charged activist settings.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Enlightenment
Things to see, do, and enjoy in three American Buddhist hotspots.
The Best Souvenir
In the opening editorial from our July 2022 issue, Deputy Editor Andrea Miller reflects on her time in Morocco, and the feeling of connection we experience through travelling.