Category: Buddhist Wisdom
How I Transformed Rage into Compassion
As racist and xenophobic violence and discrimination rose amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Tanny Jiraprapasuke learned to transform her rage into compassion for herself, her community, and beyond.
Finding the Buddha In You
Candice Tsuei explores what her journey to Buddhism has taught her about attachment, enlightenment, and 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.
How Pema Changed My Life
Lion's Roar's Beth Wallace reflects on how Pema Chödrön impacted her life, from the November 2022 Issue of Lion's Roar.
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.
Lion’s Roar Book Reviews for November 2022
An AI robot answers your spiritual questions. Bonnie Nadzam reviews this innovative new book and other titles coming out this fall.
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.
Chan Luminaries
When we recite the names of historical teachers and remember their stories, we find role models for our lives and practice. Bhikshuni Heng Yi on five inspiring Chan ancestors.
4 Places You Can Practice Chan Buddhism
Chan is a vibrant practice tradition in America. Lina Verchery recommends four communities.
Gone, Gone, Everything Gone
Like leaves in the autumn or wood in the fire, all things pass. But, there is a moment in which we can see things as they are.
Progress & Pitfalls: An Historic 20 Years
For Buddhadharma’s 20th-anniversary issue, Barbara O’Brien takes a look back at the last two decades of losses, challenges, and opportunities in Western Buddhism.
We Give What We Hope to Receive
According to Dawa Tarchin Phillips, the work in the Buddhist BIPOC community is about recognizing the need for dignity, safety, and access—and then offering those same things.
I Will Follow in the Direction of Hope
Larry Ward looks at the path of leadership, and how we get entangled along the way.
It’s About Time : 20 Years of Buddhadharma
Editor Koun Franz introduces the 20th anniversary issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide, which looks back at where Western Buddhism has been, and what might lie ahead.
Buddhadharma Book Briefs for Fall 2022
Joie Szu-Chiao Chen reviews Lauren Shufran’s "The Buddha and the Bard: Where Shakespeare’s Stage Meets Buddhist Scriptures," Rachael Stevens’ "Red Tara: The Female Buddha of Power and Magnetism," a new translation of Dogen’s Zuimonki, and more.
It’s Time to Redefine “We”
How, asks Brian Joshin Byrnes, do we as Buddhists come into genuine contact with the people and places we reject?
Learning Is the Path Forward
In the commentary for Buddhadharma’s 20th-anniversary issue, Sonam Kachru reminds us we are all on a path of learning—and that we always have a long way to go.
How Are We Meeting This Moment?
Stephanie Kaza invites Buddhist communities, and specifically Buddhist leaders, to take a serious look at how they are—or aren’t—responding to the climate crisis.