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Meet a Teacher: Mary Stancavage
An interview with Mary Stancavage from our "Meet a Teacher" series in the July 2021 issue of Lion's Roar magazine.
Sonic Satori
Music as a contemplative practice requires both the performer and the listener to pay close attention. Culture critic Donald Brackett offers suggestions for meditative albums.
Watch “How Many Times,” rapper Born I’s “new meditation on rebirth and reincarnation”
I’ve been thinking a lot about death and rebirth, says Born I, "and this song is a reflection of that."
Faith for Troubled Times
Anne Lamott, Joko Beck, the mindful family, Black liberation—Tracy Franz looks at new books offering the spiritual wisdom we need today.
Who Are You, Really?
You don’t have a surface public self and a private inner self, nor do you have one true, unchanging self. What you have, says Barry Magid, is multiple shifting self-states—and they can get along just fine.
Kids and the Climate Crisis
Mary Ray Cate offers parents these Buddhist principles to help children with their fears about climate change.
Acerca de la práctica de la paciencia, del homenaje budista May We Gather para los ancestros asiáticos-americanos
En el reciente homenaje “May We Gather” [que reunamos], ofrecido en apoyo a la comunidad asiática-americana tras la balacera ocurrida el 16 de Marzo en Atlanta, Bhante Sanathavihari habló acerca de nuestra capacidad para desarrollar sabiduría y compasión incluso frente a lo insoportable.
Shikantaza is Understanding Emptiness
What is shikantaza? Suzuki Roshi, the great Zen teacher, says that it is the experience of receiving a "letter from emptiness"
How to Meditate Every Day
Featuring “Ten Suggestions for Having a Regular Daily Practice Even if You Would Rather Be Thrown into a Shark-Infested Ocean.”
¿Qué es el Dharma?
De acuerdo a Reginald A. Ray, dharma es un término fascinante porque integra muchos niveles de experiencia, desde nuestro primer momento en el camino, hasta el logro de la realización completa.
Share Your Wisdom: Is ritual an important part of your Buddhist practice?
Is ritual an important part of your Buddhist practice? Why or why not?
Cómo practicar la Meditación Shamatha
La meditación Shamatha -presencia mental, mindfulness o concentración- es el fundamento de la práctica budista. El Lama Rod Owens nos enseña una versión de esta práctica que viene de la tradición Vajrayana.
Truth in Fiction
Pico Iyer loves reading spiritual books, but he’s found just as much good dharma in the books of three favorite novelists.
Boredom Is Fascinating!
When we’re bored, we’re uncomfortable with our basic state of being. That’s kind of scary, says Josh Korda. He dares us to look directly into our boredom.
The Man Who Found the Flow
"What is happiness?" asked psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He found it in a state of mind beyond results and rewards and called it "the flow."
“May We Gather” Buddhist memorial ceremony offers Asian American community space to heal
Lion's Roar associate editor Mihiri Tillakaratne reports on "May We Gather," the national Buddhist memorial Ceremony for Asian American ancestors.
La impermanencia es Naturaleza Búdica
El cambio no es sólo un hecho de la vida que tenemos que aceptar, y con el cual tenemos que trabajar, dice Norman Fischer. Sentir el dolor de la impermanencia y la pérdida puede ser un recordatorio profundamente hermoso de lo que significa existir.
Francis Story and the Case for Rebirth
For the fiftieth anniversary of Francis Story's death, Randy Rosenthal looks back at the life and work of the lesser-known Buddhist thinker
The Pure Land Is in the West
Jean-Paul Contreras deGuzman on the hidden history of Pure Land Buddhists in America.