Category: Meditation
How I Discovered My Breath (and So Much More)
Counting breaths—the simplest of mindfulness practices—took Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller on a profound spiritual journey. It’s one we can take too.
How to Walk in Someone Else’s Shoes
Contemplative psychologist Karen Kissel Wegela teaches a practice to help us see difficult people — and ourselves — more clearly.
Not Enlightened Yet?
Author and musician Miguel Chen comforts a practitioner who doesn’t seem to be getting any closer to enlightenment.
Buddhist Traditions: Which Way to Go?
Rev. angel Kyodo williams, founder of the Center for Transformative Change, advises on what to do when confronted with too many choices.
Helping Others – and Yourself – through Tonglen Meditation
Make your vow to help others real with this meditation teaching from Pema Chödrön.
5 Meditations You Can Do Right Now
You have everything you need to start a meditation practice: a mind, a body, and curiosity. Begin today with this collection of starter meditations.
Why Do Buddhists Meditate?
Lion's Roar editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod looks at the reasons many Buddhists meditate.
How to Practice Shamatha Meditation
Shamatha meditation is the foundation of Buddhist practice. Lama Rod Owens teaches us a breathing meditation from the Vajrayana tradition.
How to Meditate Every Day
Diana Winston shares her advice on how to meditate every day, “even if you would rather me thrown into a shark-infested ocean.”
The Benefits of Walking Meditation
Walking meditation, says Sayadaw U Silananda, reflects the Buddha’s injunction to practice mindfulness while in all the four postures, and in all the activities of our lives.
4 Better Ways to Relate to Money
There’s a lot of neurosis around the subject of money. Financial expert Spencer Sherman on four states of mind we can cultivate to improve our relationship with it.
A Practice for Letting Your Heart Break
Kimberly Brown offers a practice for when the weight of the world leaves you angry and overwhelmed.
Awakening Compassion
Tonglen, teaches Pema Chödrön, is a method for awakening our compassion by breathing in suffering and breathing out relief.
Loving-Kindness for Yourself and Others
Kathleen McDonald teaches Loving-kindness, or Metta, the practice of wishing ourselves and others to be happy.
Cómo ser un Ecosattva
¿Cómo responden los bodhisattvas a la mayor crisis de nuestro tiempo? Apropiadamente, dice el maestro budista y activista, David Loy.
No Big Deal: On Metta & Forgiveness
When I first learned about loving-kindness or Metta practice, I thought it was a little weird.
Sleepy Mind, Monkey Mind?
Anita Feng, teacher for the Blue Heron Zen Community in Seattle, helps a practitioner navigate the path between drowsiness and daydreaming.
Is Meditation Painful?
Buddhist teacher Mushim Patricia Ikeda suggest alternatives when meditation becomes too painful.
Don’t Like Meditating?
Lila Kate Wheeler, author and trainer at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, answers what to do if you don’t like to meditate.