The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Thubten Chodron / Talking Dharma Relief with Guo Gu
Sandra Hannebohm
Featuring Ven. Thubten Chodron’s “Four Rules at the Center of the Universe,” and Chan teacher Guo Gu.
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Duncan Ryūken Williams on May 4th’s ceremony honoring Asian American ancestors
Ross Nervig
“I hope sangha members from many different Buddhist lineages will join us to help us with the transformation for not only one family, but for our entire community.”
From Blame to Love
Tara Brach
We humans are gifted at finding fault. Buddhist teacher Tara Brach teaches us how we can connect to compassion instead.
Pilgrim’s Progress
Sandy Boucher
Commentary: It’s Time to Defund the Causes of Suffering
Constance Kassor
This Life, Which is Wonderful and Evanescent
Blanche Hartman
Let It Slide
Diana Winston
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The Dharma of Dinosaurs (and Other Cool Stuff)
Andrea Miller
From paleontology to astrophysics, four scientists talk to Andrea Miller about their search for truth — scientific and spiritual.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Mindfulness, Work, and Deepening Your Practice with Beth Wallace
Sandra Hannebohm
This episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast features our own Beth Wallace, a certified mindfulness teacher and longtime practitioner of the dharma.
Does a Dog Have Buddhanature?
Koun Franz
Koun Franz ponders the famous koan and the Zen master’s enigmatic answer (it’s not woof).
Commentary: It’s Time to Defund the Causes of Suffering
Constance Kassor
Following the police killing of Daunte Wright in Minnesota, Constance Kassor examines how calls to defund the police can be linked to the Buddhist call to eradicate causes of suffering.
Be Free of Suffering
Pema Chödrön
Pema Chödrön offers a bodhicitta practice for generating love and compassion for all human beings.
Truth in Fiction
Pico Iyer
Pico Iyer loves reading spiritual books, but he’s found just as much good dharma in the books of three favorite novelists.
The Man Who Found the Flow
Andrew Cooper
“What is happiness?” asked psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He found it in a state of mind beyond results and rewards and called it “the flow.”
Funie Hsu and Chenxing Han Discuss “May We Gather” Ceremony
Nancy Chu
Lion’s Roar associate editor Nancy Chu spoke with Funie Hsu and Chenxing Han about “May We Gather,” a memorial ceremony held by Buddhist leaders in the face of rising anti-Asian American violence across the U.S.
“May We Gather” Buddhist memorial ceremony offers Asian American community space to heal
Mihiri Tillakaratne
Lion’s Roar associate editor Mihiri Tillakaratne reports on “May We Gather,” the national Buddhist memorial Ceremony for Asian American ancestors.
All About May 4th’s National Buddhist Memorial Ceremony for Asian American Ancestors
Rod Meade Sperry
How to watch a replay of Tuesday night’s moving event, PLUS: a helpful selection of some of Lion’s Roar’s best recent coverage of the Asian American Buddhist experience.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Thubten Chodron / Talking Dharma Relief with Guo Gu
Sandra Hannebohm
Featuring Ven. Thubten Chodron’s “Four Rules at the Center of the Universe,” and Chan teacher Guo Gu.