Category: Buddhist Wisdom
Shikantaza is Understanding Emptiness
What is shikantaza? Suzuki Roshi, the great Zen teacher, says that it is the experience of receiving a "letter from emptiness"
Sangha Is More than a Community
Thich Nhat Hanh explains that sangha is more than a community, it’s a deep spiritual practice.
Truth in Fiction
Pico Iyer loves reading spiritual books, but he’s found just as much good dharma in the books of three favorite novelists.
You’re Ready Enough
Wherever you find yourself, says Pema Khandro, that’s the starting point of the bodhisattva path—all you need to do is take that first step.
Francis Story and the Case for Rebirth
For the fiftieth anniversary of Francis Story's death, Randy Rosenthal looks back at the life and work of the lesser-known Buddhist thinker
The Pure Land Is in the West
Jean-Paul Contreras deGuzman on the hidden history of Pure Land Buddhists in America.
A Friendly Guide to the Heart Sutra, One of Buddhism’s Key Texts
It’s one of Buddhism’s most famous texts and, to be honest, it can be confounding: the Heart Sutra seeks to cut our usual dualistic thinking at the root.
Beyond Self & Other
In this exclusive excerpt from his book, The Heart of the Universe, Mu Soeng sheds light on the Buddhist view of the self.
Does a Dog Have Buddhanature?
Koun Franz ponders the famous koan and the Zen master’s enigmatic answer (it’s not woof).
A Bodhicitta Practice for Love & Compassion
Pema Chödrön offers a bodhicitta practice for generating love and compassion for all human beings.
Cultivating the Carefree Self: The Teachings of Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Enjoy this introduction to the teachings and meditations of Tsoknyi Rinpoche.
Meet a Teacher: James Ishmael Ford
James Ishmael Ford gets personal with the Lion's Roar readership.
59 Ways to Turn Your Mind Around
The way to bodhicitta, the mind of compassion, is marked by the fifty-nine lojong slogans. Gaylon Ferguson points us in the right direction.
The Buddhist Science of Mind
Michael Sheehy reviews "Science and Philosophy in Indian and Buddhist Classics, Vol. 2: The Mind."
How Do We Create Our Reality?
According to Yogacara, or “mind-only” teachings, everything we experience is a construct of consciousness. Guo Gu explains how it all works.
Consciousness Is Perfectly Clear
An excerpt from "Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics, Volume 2: The Mind" on Buddhist understandings of consciousness.
The Mind That Knows Itself
Until we begin to make the distinction between observing thoughts and observing the knowing mind, writes Ayya Dhammapida, "we have not yet begun to study or to experience the mind directly."
Magical Emanations: The Unexpected Lives of Western Tulkus
They were typical kids — then they were recognized as the reincarnations of Tibetan Buddhist masters. Three Western tulkus talk to Andrea Miller.