Archives: LR Articles
Don’t Be So Sure
In a changing world, certainty doesn't give us stability; it just creates more chaos. "Now is the time for far less certainty and far more curiousity."
What did Yan T’ou Whisper? A Commentary on “Te Shan Holds His Bowl”
Zen Buddhist priest Norman Fischer gives a commentary on "Te Shan Holds His Bowl", a Zen koan.
Something Has to Change: Blacks in American Buddhism
Lawrence Pintak tells the compelling stories of three African-American dharma teachers. He asks them why American Buddhism attracts so few people of color and what can be done about it.
Taking the Time
If we feel we're changing in ways we don't like then we need time to think-about where we are now and how we might start to change things.
Zen’s Radical Conservative: John Daido Loori Roshi
John Daido Loori is an imaginative modernizer yet fierce upholder of the old ways of Zen. John Kain reports from Zen Mountain Monastery.
The Miracle of Downward Dog
Buddhist practitioner Mark Epstein discovers the joys of hatha yoga.
Religion Without God
What does it mean to be a religion without a God? More broadly, what does it mean to live without an exterior savior of any kind?
Meditation and Post-Meditation
Normally, when we talk about meditation, we're talking about formal meditation, meaning that our meditation session has a definite beginning and end.
Appreciate Your Life
The pitfall is always within yourself. This very body and mind is the Way. You are complete to begin with. There is no gap, but you think there is.
Do I Exist or Not?
<h4>The complete negation of everything — is that Buddhism? No, says Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, "Buddhism is more complicated than that: things don’t exist, but they don’t not exist either." </h4>
The Case for Contemplative Psychology
When spiritual tradition is viewed as its own school of psychology, it can offer more effective techniques and profound goals than conventional psychology.
On the Importance of Relating to Unseen Beings
While Westerners tend to view it as superstition or symbolism, Reginald Ray argues that spiritual ritual is at the very heart of tantric Buddhist practice.
The Sage Commander
We are all leaders in our own way. We all face conflict and chaos in our lives. But the wise leader seeks victory beyond aggression.
Changing How We Work Together
Peter Senge and Margaret Wheatley talk about how we can create meaning, joy, and even spiritual fulfillment in the way we work together.
Approaching the Guru
A talk on devotion by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, given in 1996 in Boulder, Colorado at the commemoration of the death of His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
Becoming a Buddhist
“When we take refuge in the Buddha, we mean the qualities of the Buddha that are inherent within us. We are taking refuge in our own intrinsic enlightenment.”
The Innermost Essence
From "The Innermost Essence" by the great Dzogchen teacher Jigme Lingpa (1730-1798) and translated by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
Noble Heart of All Existence
Compassion is not a path that is taken because it leads somewhere else. Everything that we encounter, all that we experience, is this path.
The Endless Migration
Psychologically, we are migrators. Going from one thing to another is what makes us happy. So do you think that all stops when you die?