Archives: LR Articles
How to Find Freedom from Your Inner Critic
Do you criticize your own meditation practice? Rachel Goldsmith Turow on how to sit with yourself without judgement.
Prison Dharma
Bakes Mitchell reflects on Lion’s Roar’s Prison Dharma Project, which makes our content freely available to incarcerated people.
The Present Tense: Poet Laureate Ada Limón
Poetry, like meditation, isn’t about doing or accomplishing. It’s about feeling what it means to be alive, in this moment. Lion’s Roar’s Mariana Restrepo talks with the poet laureate Ada Limón.
The Dalai Lama: A Long Life Lived for All
Why is the Dalai Lama an inspiration to so many people of such diverse backgrounds? Roshi Joan Halifax explains.
The Dalai Lama’s Skillful Means
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron on what makes His Holiness such a remarkable Buddhist teacher.
The History of the Dalai Lamas
Barry Boyce uncovers the surprising, tumultuous history of the Dalai Lamas—and the dangers this lineage faces in the years to come.
How to Work with Pain
The best way to live with pain, says Pamela Ayo Yetunde, is to take care of it—wisely and unapologetically.
Death Is Nothing to Fear
As you age, death creeps closer. John Tarrant on how face mortality and truly live.
How to Make Friends with Your Aging Body
If you have a negative body image, says Jenna Hollenstein, contemplating the five skandhas can help.
Will You Still Need Me?
In time, says Norman Fischer, we learn the true value of friends, family, and spiritual community.
The Power of Presence
Scientific materialism prevents you from knowing you’re inseparable from the cosmos. A teaching by Brother Phap Linh on what we can discover in the present moment.
Bondad amorosa: Que todos los seres sean felices
Melvin Escobar enseña metta, una práctica de concentración para cultivar la buena voluntad incondicional hacia todos. En tiempos precarios como los actuales, es una forma de escuchar a nuestros corazones.
Gaza and the Bodhisattva Path
Bodhisattvas vow to ease the world’s suffering, and nowhere is that more urgent than in Gaza. Buddhist teacher and psychologist Tara Brach looks at both the immediate need to stop the suffering and the dehumanizing of others that’s at the root of all conflicts like this.
Detox Your Mind: 5 Practices to Purify the 3 Poisons
Five Buddhist teachers share practices to clear away the poisons that cause suffering and obscure your natural enlightenment.
The Heart of Chan Buddhism
Chan Buddhism is a painstaking practice of learning nothing, says Gilbert Gutierrez. You can’t become enlightened — you can only embody it.
The Power of Awareness: An Interview with Rock Climber Francis Sanzaro
Martine Panzica talks to author and rock climber Francis Sanzaro about his book <em>The Zen of Climbing</em> and the power of mindfulness in sport and our lives as a whole.
Learn the B.A.S.I.C.S. of Insight Meditation
Larry Yang teaches a simple practice you can do right now to gain clarity and better your life.
Reuniting Buddha’s Head and Body
Noel Alumit profiles the Cambodian American artist Phung Huynh who’s repairing Buddhist statues — and, in the process, connecting to her own heart.
I Figured I Would Never Find Another: On Being a Queer Asian American Buddhist
For Pride Month, Marissa Wong reflects on her experiences with alienation and community.