In the dharma of knitting, there is no past or present or future, says Jennifer Urban-Brown. Without holding on to the promise of the finished object, loop yarn, pull through, breathe in, breathe out.
The Right Speech of Race
Racism festers when we don’t talk about it, says scholar Breeze Harper—even in vegan and Buddhist communities. Andrea Miller reports.
Being Present with Suffering
By accepting our emotions and not reacting, says Lama Justin von Bujdoss, we can learn to effectively serve others.
How to Do Gatha Practice
By reciting the short verses known as gathas, says Zachiah Murray, we transform any activity into an opportunity to awaken to our true nature.
It’s All Workable
Buddhist teacher Mushim Patricia Ikeda on finding your way through tiny successes, step-by-step.
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.
Meeting Ourselves as We Are
Melissa Myozen Blacker, Roshi on how to find space and relief when painful emotions are present.
Lead to Life transforms guns into shovels
Lead to Life repurposes weapons as tools, planting healing seeds for a cleaner earth. From the September 2018 issue of Lion’s Roar.
This Land is Pure Land: The Buddhist Churches of America
Lindsay Kyte traces the history of the Buddhist Churches of America — and the Japanese immigrant experience in America — through four generations of one family.
Farts, Frantz Fanon, and Rainbow Boogers
Breeze Harper on the precarious balance of work and motherhood.