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Tara Who Is Perfect Peace
Lama Döndrup Drölma presents the last seven of Tara’s twenty-one emanations, revealing how even our most difficult experiences can become conditions for wisdom and liberation.
Be Beautiful, Be Yourself
Come home to yourself, says Jo Confino. Uncover your deepest aspiration and show up for others with presence and love.
How to Meet Your Inner Critic with Compassion
Alisa Dennis traces how the inner critic forms and how—with practice—a truer, more compassionate voice can begin to take its place.
How No-Self Can Set You Free
Bradley Donaldson explores how insight into the five aggregates can free us from suffering.
A New Vision for Education
Andrea Miller talks with educators Rachel Steele, Karman Mak, Michelle Macioce, and Justin Kelley about Buddhist education — what it is, how it works, and why it matters now.
Bearing Witness in Gaza
Having seen the devastation in Gaza firsthand, Clayton Dalton reflects on how we can show up with compassionate, unflinching presence, even in the face of overwhelming suffering.
Through the Looking Glass
Andrea Miller introduces the September 2026 issue of Lion's Roar.
Nourish Yourself
Jenna Hollenstein explores the six paramitas as a path to self-compassion, nourishing body, heart, and mind.
Advice for Loving Someone on a Different Path
nico hase on what to do when your inner work opens your heart and changes you—but your partner remains the same.
Books in Brief: September 2026
Jessica Little introduces new books for the September 2026 issue of Lion's Roar.
Up a Tree, With Nowhere to Go
Roshi Joan Halifax reflects on speaking and remaining silent—and on how to find our way when both feel perilous.
The Power of Insight
Insight — the often overlooked second part of mindfulness — cuts through the misconceptions that cause suffering and clarifies what truly brings happiness. In this excerpt from his new book, “With a Single Breath,” Melvin McLeod says insight is what makes mindfulness a complete, transformative path of life.
How to Write About a Spiritual Journey
Journalist and author Perry Garfinkel reflects on the first travel journal he ever kept and explores how transformative journeys become stories worth telling.
How I Learned to Sit With Discomfort
Serena Baldwin shares the surprising lesson she learned while meditating in a public place.
How Meditation Reveals the Nature of Mind
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo on how meditation opens us to the empty, luminous nature of the mind.
How to Speak Up in Difficult Moments
Mary Stancavage reflects on how the Eightfold Path can help us move through fear, find our voice, and respond to injustice with wisdom and compassion.
The Path of the Dharma
The <i>Dhammapada</i>, one of Buddhism’s most treasured texts, distills the Buddha’s teachings into vivid, practical verses. In this excerpt from his new book <i>At Peace, Filled with Joy</i>, Cuong Lu delves into these teachings, illuminating the path from suffering to wisdom.
Jet Li’s Search for Truth
In this candid Q&A with Editor Andrea Miller, the action star reflects on aging, awareness, and the inner freedom he’s found through Buddhist practice—themes at the heart of his new memoir.
His Dharma Heir
Zen nun Aikon’s late teacher—a sexist—doubted she’d be able to keep his temple going. Now, in the flourishing zendo, she settles herself into his own seat. An excerpt from Ruth Ozeki’s novel <i>The Book of Form and Emptiness</i>.
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