Archives: LR Articles
What Makes You Think You’ll Live Forever?
Stan Goldberg gains sobering insights into death and his own insecurities during a retreat with Ribur Rinpoche.
My Path with Arthritis
Darlene Cohen shares how she used mindful awareness of her arthritic pain to push beyond her own expectations.
The Violent Face of Buddhism: A review of Buddhist Warfare
David B. Gray reviews "Buddhist Warfare", edited by Michael Jerryson and Mark Juergensmeyer.
We’re All In It Together — A review of Rethinking Karma: The Dharma of Social Justice
Alan Senauke reviews "Rethinking Karma: The Dharma of Social Justice" by Jonathan S. Watts.
How to celebrate Mindfulness Day on September 12
What is mindfulness? Celebrate Mindfulness Day on September 12th with this excerpt from Bhante Gunaratana's classic book Mindfulness in Plain English.
Consecration of the Great Bon Stupa for World Peace
On December 4, 2010, students will gather in Mexico, to celebrate the Internal Consecration of the Great Stupa for World Peace.
Zazen: Just Wake Up
Zen teacher Myoan Grace Schireson teaches Zazen, sitting meditation from the Zen tradition, a foundational Buddhist practice.
The Challenge of Other Religions
How do we reconcile religious pluralism, necessary in today’s world, with deep commitment to our own faith? The Dalai Lama offers a solution.
This Is Getting Old
Old age forces you to let go of one damn thing after another! But as Susan Moon learns from her mother, it can also be a golden opportunity.
Mindfulness: The Most Direct Path
Insight teacher James Baraz teaches how to train mindfulness with sitting meditation from the Vipassana tradition.
Survival of the Kindest
Psychologist Paul Ekman reveals Charles Darwin’s real view of compassion—and it’s not what you might think.
Age-Old Affinity
Taking her newborn to an assisted living facility, Misha Becker discovers the mysterious kinship between the very old and the very young.
Swamis, Stars & Six-Packs: Yoga’s Twisted History
Review of Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice and The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America
Charlotte Joko Beck, Joseph Goldstein, Sylvia Boorstein, and Sharon Salzberg on how meditation has changed their lives
How might meditation change a life? Author Donna Rockwell asked four teachers just that. How do their answers resonate with your experience?
Make the Most of Your Pilgrimage
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche explains how to get the most out of your spiritual journey to India, from generating proper motivation to the most effective practices for accumulating merit and wisdom while visiting Buddhism’s holy sites.
Mindfulness for pain and “FOMO”
Arnie Kozak on how subversive mindfulness meditation is to our cultural norms of healing and medicine.
Wash Your Bowl: Marc Lesser on bringing your relationships, work, and life alive
Marc Lesser reminds us of one simple fact: that it is up to us to look within ourselves and to bring our work and our lives alive.
On the Buddhism Beat: “Know Your Tendai” — A Q&A with Dr. Stephen G. Covell
Danny Fisher interviews Dr. Stephen G. Covell on the different traditions of Buddhism found in Japanese culture.
Earth Dharma: “Breathing with Dolphins”
Jill S. Schneiderman's Earth Dharma column on showing compassion towards animals who have been devastated by the BP oil spill.