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The Surprising Dharma of the “White Lotus” Finale
Pop culture critic Jennifer Keishin Armstrong explores how “The White Lotus” finale brings this season’s Buddhist themes to the surface, adding moments of dharma to its chaotic blend of satire, drama, and murder mystery.
FPMT Announces the Reincarnation of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) has announced that His Holiness the Dalai Lama has confirmed the reincarnation of their founding teacher, Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
The Seven Factors of Awakening
From mindfulness to joy to equanimity — when you cultivate beautiful qualities, they nourish your life and spiritual practice and enable you to be an agent of change in the world. Seven Buddhist teachers explain how.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s Mindfulness Practice to Transform Anger into Love
This mindfulness practice from Thich Nhat Hanh will help you face your anger and transform it into the energies of love and understanding.
Nature Is Our Teacher: Returning to the Earth, Sky and Stars
Nestled in the heart of the Southern California Mountains, Big Bear Retreat Center offers silent meditation retreats and other residential experiences to reconnect with nature and yourself.
Why Jon Kabat-Zinn Brought Mindfulness to the Mainstream
Jon Kabat-Zinn was a yoga teacher and meditator with a PhD in molecular biology—then he founded mindfulness-based stress reduction and sparked the American mindfulness movement. In this second installment of a three-part conversation, he tells editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod about the experiences and insights that shaped his journey.
A Mother’s Love
Both Amida Buddha and the idealized mother figure are symbols of pure love, says Teresa Shimogawa. Whether we’re male, female, or nonbinary, whether we have children or not, we can each aspire to give that kind of love.
Let Go of Harmful Ideas About Food
Not everything you’ve been taught about health and eating is true or helpful. Jenna Hollenstein on discovering what foods work for you.
What Will We Do with Our Awakening?
Lion's Roar's Andrea Miller introduces the May 2025 issue.
3 Practices to Overcome Jealousy
Everybody feels jealous sometimes. Carlo Carranza teaches three Buddhist techniques to help you find freedom from jealousy.
What to Do About Your Climate Anxiety
James Thornton offers tips for turning anxiety into skillful action and a kinder, safer world.
Don’t Clench
Grievances can lead to toothaches and other pains. Gabriel Cohen on letting go.
Finding Myself in the Garden
Valerie Brown returns to gardening to recover her broken spirit, and discovers what really grows in a garden is love.
Myanmar’s major earthquake — and how to help
On March 28, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, impacting numerous Buddhist sites.
How to Transform Shame into Self-Compassion
Author and psychoanalyst, Pilar Jennings, offers advice to a practitioner who continues to feel unworthy and unloved.
New Buddhist Coalition for Democracy launches, issues Call to Action
“As Buddhists, we are called upon to witness, respond to, and resist the ongoing systematic destruction of norms and institutions that allow free societies to flourish,” the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy’s Call to Action reads.
What Does It Mean to Be Enlightened?
Contrary to popular thought, awakening isn’t a distant goal. In fact, says Lisa Ernst, awakening is always available.
Remembering Anna Douglas, Spirit Rock founding teacher (1939-2025)
Douglas taught classes and retreats in the Insight Meditation tradition for more than 40 years.
A Buddhist Approach to OCD
Naomi Matlow shares her experience with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and advice on how mindfulness can help us work with harmful thoughts.
The Power of Mindfulness
Diana Winston on how to use the tools of mindfulness to work with negative patterns like shame, guilt, and self-criticism that stand in the way of caring for and liking yourself.