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Meditation Malice: on working with distractions and resentment
Josh Korda on what his irritating meditation partner taught him about being with aversion and overcoming anger.
Try a Little Tenderness
It’s not a luxury to feel loved and cared for—it’s what makes us emotionally secure. If it didn’t happen when we were children, says psychotherapist Tara Bennett-Goleman, meditation can help us develop a secure emotional base now.
Harvard’s Buddhism and Race Conference Experiences a Radical Re-Orientation
Lion's Roar speaks with the co-organizers of Harvard University’s Buddhism and Race Conference, discussing the "Radical Re-Orientation Speaker Series."
Buddhanature: You’re Perfect As You Are
Why feel bad about yourself when you are naturally aware, loving, and wise? Mingyur Rinpoche explains how to see past the temporary stuff and discover your own buddhanature.
One Day, My Child, All This Will Be Yours
Zen teacher John Tarrant on Climate Change, the Australian Fires, and the Magic of the Primeval Forest.
One Simple Practice That Changes Everything
Right intention is the key to living the life we want and to traversing the Buddha’s eightfold path, says Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein.
There Is No Teacher of Zen
It’s a paradox, says Hokuto Daniel Diffin. No one can teach you Zen, but you need a teacher to understand that.
Listen to “Unenlightened” — Born I’s newest example of “trap music for meditators”
Listen to Born I's third single from his upcoming album, "Unenlightened."
Healing Anti-Asian Hate on My Birthday
On a birthday like no other, Canyon Sam reflects on celebrating beauty and practicing joy and compassion in the face of an increase in anti-Asian violence.
Looking Deeply into Impermanence, No-self, and Nirvana
Thich Nhat Hanh teaches that by looking deeply we develop insight into impermanence and no self. These are the keys to the door of reality.
Let It Slide
Tens of times a day, Diana Winston's two-year-old daughter helps her practice letting go.
Buddha: The Great Physician
The Buddha is compared to a doctor because he treated the suffering that ails all of us. His diagnosis and cure, says Zen teacher Norman Fischer, is called the four noble truths.
Meals That Heal the Heart
Food can offer healing and strength, but it can also conjure mixed emotions depending on the eater. LionsRoar.com's Lilly Greenblatt explores the practice of eating.
All the Lonely People
You may be lonely, but you’re not as alone as you think. Sometimes, says Jane McLaughlin-Dobisz, you have to put your phone down and stop to taste the cookie dough.
Not Enlightened Yet?
Author and musician Miguel Chen comforts a practitioner who doesn’t seem to be getting any closer to enlightenment.
Buddhist Traditions: Which Way to Go?
Rev. angel Kyodo williams, founder of the Center for Transformative Change, advises on what to do when confronted with too many choices.
Sew Contemplative
Place your mind on the needle dipping in and out of the fabric, says Cyndi Lee. If you space out, the stitches will go crooked, and that will wake you up.
El problema con los problemas
Entre más crecemos en nuestra habilidad para manejar nuestras propias dificultades, más conscientes somos de que no podemos resolver los problemas de nuestros familiares y amigos. Pero, dice Judy Lief, podemos aprender a estar uno con otro tal y como estamos.
Cómo practicar el amor incondicional
Jack Kornfield acerca del comenzar esta honrada práctica que abre el corazón.