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How to Get Lost — and Found — in Music

by Miguel Chen and Rod Meade Sperry| February 22, 2018

How to Get Lost — and Found — in Music

Music connects us to the present moment like nothing else, says Teenage Bottlerocket bassist Miguel Chen. In this excerpt from his new book, I Wanna Be Well: How a Punk Found Peace and You Can Too, coauthored with LionsRoar.com editorial director Rod Meade Sperry, Chen explains how to really listen to music. Playing shows, writing songs, recording […]

Buddhism Includes Everything — Even Comic Books

by Lauria Galbraith| November 23, 2017

Buddhism Includes Everything — Even Comic Books

Comic artist John Porcellino tells Lauria Galbraith how Zen has inspired his comics and helped him through hard times.

Revisiting a classic, cringe-tastic Dharma-Burger

by Rod Meade Sperry| June 30, 2016

Revisiting a classic, cringe-tastic Dharma-Burger

This week, “New York” magazine revisited a classic conflation of Buddhism and marketing.

Watch the trailer for “My Buddha is Punk”

by Sam Littlefair| December 17, 2015

Watch the trailer for “My Buddha is Punk”

“My Buddha is Punk” is a new documentary about a 25-year-old punk rocker in Burma, named Kyaw Kyaw, who uses his music to raise awareness of social issues.

Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail on trauma, sexuality, and Buddhism

by Rod Meade Sperry| May 8, 2015

Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail on trauma, sexuality, and Buddhism
buddy nielsen senses fail buddhist vipassana lgbt sexuality gender dharma punx meditation against the streamBuddy Nielsen performing with Senses Fail in 2006. Photo by Lindsay Blair Brown.

Buddy Nielsen, founding singer of Senses Fail, tells Lion’s Roar how his Buddhist practice is helping him come to terms with his traumatic past.

Why Punk & Buddhism Beats “Us Vs. Them”

by Miguel Chen| January 7, 2015

Why Punk & Buddhism Beats “Us Vs. Them”

I’m a musician, a punk rocker, a Buddhist of sorts, a yogi. Most of all, I consider myself an individual.

A Punk Looks at Fifty

by Brad Warner| June 30, 2014

A Punk Looks at Fifty

I recently turned 50. Happy birthday to me! It’s an annoying age: you’re not old enough to be considered wise but you are old enough to be considered old.

Meet Ruin, “the first Buddhist punk band”

by Rod Meade Sperry| February 6, 2013

Meet Ruin, “the first Buddhist punk band”

The story of Ruin, the “first Buddhist punk band”, is fascinating, and sprawling. Here it is, told by the band in an exclusive interview.

Q&A: Muslim punk author Michael Muhammad Knight talks Taqwacores, Buddhism, drugs, and the future

by Claire Heisler| May 8, 2009

Q&A: Muslim punk author Michael Muhammad Knight talks Taqwacores, Buddhism, drugs, and the future

Claire Heisler sits down with Muslim punk author Michael Muhammad Knight to talk his book The Taqwacores, and the future of Islam in America.

Showdown at Punk Palace

by Ian Prattis| September 1, 2005

Showdown at Punk Palace

It’s mindfulness versus Megadeth when Ian Prattis visits his art school son. Will hope triumph over heroin?

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