Lion's Roar

The Lion's Roar celebrates the spirit of wakefulness wherever it appears - in the arts, relationships, politics, livelihood, popular culture, and all the challenges of modern life. It offers a Buddhist view for people of all spiritual traditions who are open, inquisitive, passionate and committed.

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Lion’s Roar

CELEBRATING ASIAN AMERICAN BUDDHISTS

ELEPHANT WISDOM • Animals are forced to live in a man-made world. ANDREW LAM on the colonization of the wild.

THAT TIME MY FATHER SUED ME • Meeting legal action with loving-kindness, MIMI KWA finds healing from intergenerational trauma.

BOOKS IN BRIEF

HOW TO HEAL FROM RACIAL HARM • REV. LIÊN SHUTT offers two methods for reconnecting with our innate wholeness.

THE HULA SUTRA • The spirit of aloha helps us see beyond the small self. JUNE RYUSHIN TANOUE on why she dances through the challenges of life.

WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND? • With a still mind, words can arise. IRA SUKRUNGRUANG on the poem that made him a poet.

Asian American & Buddhist • What are the challenges, joys, and practices of today’s Asian American Buddhists? And what does the future hold for Asian American dharma communities? MIHIRI TILLAKARATNE, RENATO ALMANZOR, SUJATHA BALIGA, CHENXING HAN, and REV. MARVIN HARADA engage with these and other questions.

How to Be a Mindful Parent • Whether you’re the parent of a newborn, young child, teen, or grown child, you can bring more awareness and love to bear in your family life. Four dharma teachers tell you how.

BEST PRACTICES FOR NEW PARENTS • ANJALI SAWHNEY on how to navigate the challenges of caring for a baby—and to more fully savor the joys.

BEST PRACTICES FOR PARENTING YOUNG CHILDREN • Don’t dwell on your parenting missteps. QALVY GRAINZVOLT on being kinder to yourself.

BEST PRACTICES FOR RAISING TEENS • NUANPRANG SNITBHAN on how to help teenagers develop problem-solving skills and gain confidence.

BEST PRACTICES FOR PARENTS OF GROWN CHILDREN • Parenting grown children requires a middle path, says ELLEN HAMADA CRANE SENSEI. They need you to keep nurturing them and to let them go.

True Refuge in an Uncertain World • We all want security, yet too often we look for it in the wrong places. BR. PHAP HUU on a safety that does not depend on circumstances.

The Three Jewels • If we take refuge in the Buddha, the dharma, and the sangha, we are never alone. Three Buddhist teachers explain.

I Take Refuge in the Buddha • There isn’t just one Buddha, says MUSHIM PATRICIA IKEDA. The Buddha is awakened mind.

I Take Refuge in the Dharma • REBECCA LI explains how the Buddha’s teachings are a roadmap to less suffering, more happiness.

I Take Refuge in the Sangha • In community, we grow together, says REV. BLAYNE HIGA. We give care. We receive care.

The World Is Your Zendo • On remote islands, PICO IYER discovers that this moment, now, is the gift-wrapped present we can’t afford to overlook.

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