Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller on enjoying the holiday you’re having, not the one you were hoping for.
‘Tis the Season of Compassion
Author and teacher Janice Lynne Lundy explains how a simple question helps her to keep her heart open – to others, and to herself.
Have a Very Buddhist Christmas
Joy, giving, family, and peace—people of all faiths can celebrate these values of the holiday season. Eight Buddhists offer their take on yuletide dharma.
Make the Holidays Your Own
Each Friday, we share three topical longreads in our Weekend Reader newsletter. This week, Lion’s Roar magazine’s associate editor Lindsay Kyte shares her perspective on the meaning of the holiday season.
Joyful Giving
Tis always the season for giving. Six Buddhist teachers on why generosity is the starting place of all the virtues.
I’m culturally a Christian – but in every other way, a Buddhist
With the Holiday season upon us, Sumi Loundon Kim reflects upon her split religious identity: culturally Christian, devoutly Buddhist.
Xmas Spirit
Illustration by Kim RosenSad, angry, lonely—Daniel Asa Rose and his sons are reeling from the recent family breakup. In a closed bowling alley on Christmas Eve, they open their hearts.
American nuns bless Capitol Christmas Tree
Ven. Thubten Chonyi reports on a group of American Sravasti Nuns who gave a blessing during a Christmas tree ceremony.
“Bulldog” – an excerpt from Calvin Malone’s “Razor-Wire Dharma”
It is hard to like a man who is loud and obnoxious. Bulldog was not only loud and obnoxious, he was big and strong as well.
Glimpse of a Deeper Order
Synchronicity, says Rachel Naomi Remen, can startle us awake and restore us to ourselves.