Archives: LR Articles
The Myna Bird Knows Her Name
Named after a songbird that learns by listening, Sarika S. Gupta reflects on how mispronunciation and marginalization became invitations to reclaim her voice.
The 19th Annual Lion’s Roar Online Auction
The 19th Annual Lion’s Roar Online Auction, our biggest fundraising event of the year, runs November 9-23, 2025.
Meet a Teacher: Rev. Doyeon Park
Rev. Park is a minister in the Won Buddhist community and the Buddhist chaplain at two New York universities.
What Nature Teaches Us About Mindfulness
In the natural world, nothing is out of place, Cara Lai reminds us. Mindfulness invites us to see our thoughts and feelings the same way.
La práctica de vivir en comunidad
De acuerdo con el sacerdote Zen Sanriki, vivir en comunidad nos brinda oportunidades para practicar el dharma día a día, momento a momento
How to Find True Refuge in an Uncertain World
We all want security, yet too often we look for it in the wrong places. Br. Phap Huu on a safety that does not depend on circumstances.
Elephant Wisdom
Animals are forced to live in a man-made world. Andrew Lam on the colonization of the wild.
How to Practice Mindful Eating
Jan Chozen Bays teaches us how to make every meal a celebration of gratitude, enjoyment, and true nourishment.
Imagine que es un Buda
En esta segunda parte de su serie sobre el tantra, Mingyur Rinpoche explica cómo la práctica de la visualización nos ayuda a reconocer nuestra naturaleza búdica.
How to Set Meaningful Intentions
Regularly reminding yourself of your intentions is the key to keeping your life on target, says Sylvia Boorstein. She shares how to set meaningful intentions for yourself, your loved ones, and all beings.
El opuesto del aferramiento es la intimidad
Cada uno de nosotros, dice Lama Willa Blythe Baker, está atrapado en las apariencias, pero apartarlas no nos va a liberar, en vez de eso, necesitamos mirarlas más de cerca.
5 Meditations to Calm Anxiety
Five easy meditations you can do to find calm, care for yourself, and ease your anxiety in any situation.
3 Meditations from Ram Dass
These three meditations from “There Is No Other: The Way to Harmony and Wholeness,” a new book of teachings by the late spiritual teacher Ram Dass, invite you to rest in awareness, follow the breath, and experience oneness with all life.
La liberación natural de los hábitos
Cuando reconoces la verdadera naturaleza de la mente, dice el maestro de Dzogchen, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, todos los patrones habituales son liberados naturalmente en el espacio de sabiduría. Eso incluye al hábito último conocido como samsara.
Three Ways of Working with Emotions
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche shares a new article and video on the five kleshas — ignorance, aversion, craving, pride, jealousy — how they lead to suffering, and how not to let them.
Over 250 Buddhist Nuns to Receive Full Ordination at Global Peace Prayer Festival in Bhutan
Hundreds of Buddhist nuns will receive full ordination as part of the Global Peace Prayer Festival in Bhutan from November 15-19.
How Buddhism’s “Three Marks of Existence” Can Lead Us to Freedom and Change
Chan practitioner Mark Van Buren shares how the Buddhist concepts of impermanence, interdependence, and unsatisfactoriness (often rendered as "suffering") can point the way to our liberation.
Thich Nhat Hanh on How to Be Present
There is only one moment for you to be alive, and that is the present moment, says Thich Nhat Hanh. Go back to the present moment and live this moment deeply, and you’ll be free.
Wings of Contemplation
Noel Alumit visits the Ryosokuin Temple in Kyoto to experience Taiji Terasaki’s latest art exhibition.
Recognizing Clarity: A Dzogchen Meditation
Dzogchen master Tsoknyi Rinpoche shares a meditation to encourage clarity of mind.