Archives: LR Articles
The Place Beyond Fear and Hope
In difficult times it takes effort to stay grounded in the present, but it is only there that we will find a place unclouded by hope and fear.
Anxiety Soup
For times troubled with everything from Wall Street to very inconvenient truths, Alice Walker gives us her recipe for finding equanimity.
Buddhist Military Sangha: Reconnect with the Three Treasures
Lieutenant Jeanette Shin is an American priest in the Jodo Shinshu tradition, and a Buddhist chaplain in the US military.
Return to the (Political) World
In the last of the famed ox-herding pictures, the disciple returns to the world with open, helping hands. That includes the messy, neurotic, imperfect world of politics, the very place where the bodhisattva way is practiced and our realization is put on the line.
The Miracle of Downward Dog: A Buddhist Discovers Hatha Yoga
A Buddhist practitioner finds that the best way to begin yoga is with a beginner's mind.—Mark Epstein, M.D., is author of Thoughts Without a Thinker, Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart and Going on Being: Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and Psychotherapy.
The Dalai Lama’s View on Sexuality, “According to Buddhist Tradition”
Leaving the Fairmount Hotel in San Francisco, having just met with the Dalai Lama, the words, "according to Buddhist tradition" reverberated in my head.
k.d. lang’s “Watershed” interview
k.d. lang's album, Watershed, reflected the dramatic changes in her life since she became a committed Buddhist.
The Ten Hearts of an Earthworm
They have five pairs of tiny beating hearts. But what really makes earthworms precious, says Lin Jensen, is simply that they exist.
The Blue Poppy
A blossom’s beauty is undiminished by the true, sad fact that it won’t last forever, maybe not very long at all.
The Goddess Pose
Andrea Miller sits down for a Q&A with celebrated yoga teacher Shiva Rea about the true and transformative nature of yoga.
Books in Brief – January 2009
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the January 2009 issue of Lion's Roar magazine.
Books in Brief – March 2009
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the March 2009 issue of Lion's Roar magazine.
Portraits of Wisdom and Courage
Review of biographies Dilgo Khyentse and HH Dudjom Rinpoche, by Benjamin Bogin.
Teachings from Meditation in Recovery: The Four Brahma Viharas
The following is from a series of essays on recovery as seen from the Buddhist perspective of the paramitas and the Brahma Viharas.
Love’s Garden
Peggy Rowe and Larry Ward reflect on the practice of metta, loving-kindness, reflected in the Buddhist imagery of the lotus flower.
