DaRa Williams, Devin Berry, Noliwe Alexander, and Rosetta Saunders share what they feels is the most helpful message Buddhism can offer in coming decades.
Tools to Wake Up and Grow Up
Krista Tippett shares what she feels is the most helpful message Buddhism can offer in the coming decades.
To Practice Mindfulness Is to Return to Life
Thich Nhat Hanh says that mindfulness shows us the suffering of life and connects us with compassion.
Commentary: Admiring & Admonishing the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama can be wrong sometimes, says Gelek Badheytsang. And that’s okay.
Office of the Dalai Lama issues clarification on Dalai Lama’s controversial remarks on immigrants and female successor
In a new interview, the Dalai Lama said Trump lacks moral principle, refugees should ultimately return to their homeland, and any future female Dalai Lama should be attractive.
Never Forget Is Now
“Never forget is now,” is the slogan of Japanese Americans who see the injustice of WWII internment repeated in the detention of migrants today. Both are rooted, says Duncan Ryuken Williams, in the definition of who is an American and who is not.
On the Side of Our Better Angels
In the opening editorial of the July 2019 issue of Lion’s Roar magazine, editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod reflects on the moral narratives of today’s world.
Where Are the Stars in This Dark Night?
We believe that growth can be endless, that consumption need have no limits, that meaning is found in things, that aggression brings peace. Margaret Wheatley asks: What happened to our ideals?
Will We Open the Door or Close It?
There’s a powerful force for change in America, says Christian leader Serene Jones, but powerful forces oppose it. It’s a battle that is as much spiritual as political.
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.