The Buddha was carved from a massive high-quality jade boulder unearthed in Canada in 2000. After almost [...]
Do You Only Live Once? The Evidence for Rebirth
What happens after you die? That used to be just a religious question, but science is starting to weigh in. [...]
Meditating on the Buddha in the midst of Buddhist Terror
Richard Reoch reports from the refugee camps in Bangladesh. The Buddha was no stranger to genocide. His [...]
Arts & Culture
New Canada Dry ad raises the question: “What does nirvana taste like?”
The ad for lemon-flavored ginger ale inadvertently raises some heavy philosophical questions. What does [...]
What do “2001,” “Dear White People,” and Buddhism have in common?
This month, Stanley Kubrick's sci-fi masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey, turns 50. In an interview with [...]
Buddhist News
Sexual Misconduct in Shambhala Addressed by CBC Radio
On Wednesday, CBC Radio in Halifax, Nova Scotia, interviewed a Shambhala member who has issued a report on [...]
Jeremy Safran, researcher of psychoanalysis and Buddhism, killed in burglary
Safran was the editor of the influential book Psychoanalysis and Buddhism: An Unfolding [...]
Current Events
Reincarnation: What do modern research and traditional Buddhist teachings say?
In the current issue of Lion's Roar magazine, we look at academic research on reincarnation at the University [...]
Lama Willa Miller’s advice for climate change activists
Lama Willa Miller talks to Lion's Roar deputy editor Andrea Miller about how to build a movement that can [...]
Reviews
The Case for Rebirth
Guy Armstrong reviews Rebirth in Early Buddhism and Current Research by Bhikkhu Analayo. An advance look at [...]
Review: “The Truth of This Life”
From the March 2018 issue of Lion’s Roar. The Truth of This Life Zen Teachings on Loving the World as It [...]
Teachers & Centers
What About the Cost of Retreats?
Many Buddhist practitioners can’t afford to go on retreats. Pamela Ayo Yetunde says it’s time we start [...]
Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche opens $17M wellbeing center in Upstate New York
The 22,000-square-foot center nests on ninety acres of hillside in the Hudson Valley. Dharmakaya, a [...]
