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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.
Two-Minute Meditations for Anytime, Anywhere
Life is busy. Here's a selection of quick meditations to work with emotional distress and foster mindfulness when time is scarce.
The Best Souvenir
In the opening editorial from our July 2022 issue, Deputy Editor Andrea Miller reflects on her time in Morocco, and the feeling of connection we experience through travelling.
The Search for Light
Koans, Shakespeare, working with suffering — Bonnie Nadzam looks at new books offering different insights into Buddhist practice today.
Meditation Is a Political Act
Meditation is about facing suffering squarely and seeing reality clearly. That’s why it’s the best starting place if you want to help a troubled world, says Zen teacher Dan Zigmond.
What Were You Taught About Money?
Are you still clinging to your childhood beliefs about money? It’s time to let them go, says Spencer Sherman, because they may be leading you to make bad financial decisions.
Meet a Teacher: Jan Chozen Bays
An interview with Jan Chozen Bays from our “Meet a Teacher” series in the July 2022 issue of Lion’s Roar magazine.
‘Elastic Heart’ como sadhana. El dharma de la danza
Para ratna dakini, la danza es una practica espiritual alegre, que le ayuda a "merger con el flujo del momento." En este articulo, ella explora el dharma de la danza.
Angry Bees and the Questions of 2020
Reflecting on the second anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd, Buddhist practitioner and beekeeper Marcella Prokop shares her account of working with the stickiness of suffering, and what the bees have taught her along the way.
Peace Begins With Peaceful Actions
To change the world, says Jan Willis, we need hope. And hope grows from nonviolent actions, no matter how small.
As It Is Now: Too Many Guns and Too Much Bypass
“Our guns will not lead to our liberation,” writes Zenzele Isoke following the May 14 mass shooting that killed 10 people and injured three in a racist attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Here, she calls on practitioners to challenge gun culture and “bring the precept of non-harming back into the very center of our ethics and our mindfulness practices.”
The Spiritual Leadership of Malcolm X
For Malcolm X Day, four Buddhist practitioners and teachers offer their commentary on Malcolm X's spiritual journey.
How to Practice Zen Koans
John Tarrant demystifies Zen koan practice. Yes, it’s paradoxical, poetic, and totally personal. And so is life.
Lo que cambia y lo que no cambia: una entrevista con Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche es un excepcional maestro budista y director de The Cup, quizás el primer gran largometraje tibetano. Él es plenamente moderno y está profundamente interesado en el tema de la corrupción del dharma. En esta clásica entrevista con su alumna, Kelly Roberts, en el año 2000, él reta a los budistas occidentales a sostener las verdades incambiables del budismo dejando ir las trampas y los adornos culturales. Muy a menudo, dice, hacemos lo opuesto.
Awakening Through Audre Lorde
Four Buddhists explore how the life and work of the Black, feminist, lesbian poet Audre Lorde serves as a gateway to the dharma
Reimagining School Through a Buddhist Lens
Susan Yao explores how Buddhist principles could help us reimagine the American school system.
La libertad de la vacuidad
En el corazón del sendero de las paramitas está prajna, o la sabiduría -pero se trata de una sabiduría que va más allá de nuestras ideas convencionales de ella. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche explica cómo funciona ese tipo de sabiduría.
I Never Gave Up on Dharma: Ngakpa Kalzang’s Journey from Tibet
Dhondup T. Rekjong tells the story of Ngakpa Kalzang, an exile of Tibet and experienced tantric Buddhist practitioner working as a landscaper on Canada's Vancouver Island.