Archives: LR Articles
“I Take Refuge in Amida Buddha”
The Pure Land is right here, right now, says Sensei Alex Kakuyo. Chanting the nembutsu can help you see that.
El dharma de mi abuela
Sandra M. Sanabria nos recuerda cómo practicar sin apegos y vivir el presente en tiempos difíciles.
Right Remembering: An Antidote to Scapegoating’s Erasure
Lion's Roar associate editor Pamela Ayo Yetunde discusses "right remembering" and how it impacts our collective memory for George Floyd.
La sabiduría busca la sabiduría
En esta enseñanza de 1965 –tomada de los registros más antiguos de sus pláticas– Shunryu Suzuki Roshi explica lo que significa entender tu verdadera naturaleza.
La muerte: el mayor maestro
El Buda dijo que la más importante de todas las enseñanzas es la impermanencia. Y su expresión final es la muerte. La maestra budista Judy Lief explica por qué nuestra consciencia de la muerte es el secreto de la vida. Es su giro último.
Transforming Self-Comparison Through No-Self
Eda Ocak reflects on how meditation practice and the Buddha’s message of no-self transformed her habit of self-comparison.
Cuando la tristeza arrasa como el fuego
Pema Khandro Rinpoche comparte la vida del yogui tibetano Shabkar, cuya práctica y enseñanzas fueron inseparables de la pérdida y la pena. Del número de Otoño del 2020 de Buddhadharma.
Crying in the Bathroom: A Q&A with Author Erika L. Sanchez
Lion's Roar associate editor Mariana Restrepo talks to award-winning novelist, poet, and essayist Erika L. Sánchez about her new memoir, "Crying in the Bathroom."
Only Genuine Compassion Will Do
It's not enough to simply to believe compassion is important. We must transform our thoughts and behaviour on a daily basis to cultivate compassion.
Living the Compassionate Life
The Dalai Lama explains how the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness and compassion lead inevitably to feelings of self-confidence and kindness.
Women Receive Full Ordination in Bhutan For First Time in Modern History
Damcho Diana Finnegan and Dr. Carola Roloff report on Thursday's historic ceremony that saw the full ordination of 144 female monastics in Bhutan.
Rhonda Magee: The Dharma of Racial Justice
Lindsay Kyte profiles law professor Rhonda Magee, who teaches mindfulness and other contemplative practices to help us do the inner and outer work of creating racial justice.
Historic ceremony sees ordination of 144 female monastics in Bhutan
The historic ceremony represents a celebratory moment for the future generations of the Tibetan lineage of bhikshunis.
Cómo establecer mejor nuestros límites
Guiada por las enseñanzas acerca de los brahmaviharas, Elizabeth Hernandez-Stomp, nos ayuda a aprender a decir sí y a aprender a decir no.
Zen Priest and Author Ruth Ozeki wins Women’s Prize for Fiction for latest novel
Ozeki wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction for her fourth book, The Book of Form and Emptiness.
Grandmother Mind
Grandmothers care about others and shed tears for their suffering. That’s why Dogen said having Grandmother Mind is the most important thing of all. Zen teacher Susan Moon contemplates her own journey as a grandmother and her responsibility as an ancestor-to-be.
Celebrating Juneteeth 2022 with Reflections on Martin Luther King, Jr.
African American Buddhist practitioners Jan Willis, Thomas Davis IV, and Larry Ward reflect on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through the lens of the dharma.
Adapting Buddhism’s Five Precepts for Reconciliation
Patrice Clark Koelsch reimagines the five precepts to apply when engaging in morally-charged activist settings.
¿Cómo practicar los koans Zen?
John Tarrant desmitifica la práctica de koan. Sí, es paradójica, poética y totalmente personal. Y así es la vida.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Enlightenment
Things to see, do, and enjoy in three American Buddhist hotspots.