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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The Tragedy and Shame of Buddhist Terror • The worst genocide in the world today is being committed by Buddhists. Zen teacher and activist HOZAN ALAN SENAUKE hears the stories of Rohingya victims and challenges us to help them.

Guns to Shovels • LEAD TO LIFE repurposes weapons as tools, planting healing seeds for a cleaner, more peaceful earth.

Zen Mind, Knitting Mind • 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.

No One Like Me • LAMA ROD OWENS on taking care of your own needs when you don’t see yourself represented in those around you.

Force for Good • JEFF EISENBERG’s vow was to cause no harm. As a security guard that sometimes meant he had to use force.

How do you express your Buddhist practice through art and creativity?

Gathas • By reciting the short verses known as gathas, says ZACHIAH MURRAY, we transform any activity into an opportunity to awaken to our true nature.

BUDDHISM BY THE NUMBERS

DHARMA FAQS • We answer your questions about Buddhism & meditation.

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Buddha’s Champion • Renowned activist and scholar Robert Thurman can translate sutras, joke with the Dalai Lama, and call in a favor from George Lucas. Retirement, says JENNIFER KEISHIN ARMSTRONG, won’t slow this man down.

How to Face Life’s Challenges • The three Buddhist teachers featured at this year’s Lion’s Roar retreat teach us new ways to work with whatever challenges life presents so we can benefit ourselves and others.

This Land is Pure Land • The Buddhist Churches of America and the Japanese Immigrant Experience in America

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.

How to Invoke the Medicine Buddha • DAVID MICHIE teaches us a healing meditation to purify karma and cultivate well-being.

The Healing Power of Meditation • Studies suggest that meditation positively impacts our hearts, brains, immune systems, and more. JILL SUTTIE of the Greater Good Science Center reports.

Being Well (Whether You’re Healthy or Not) • True stories of sickness, health, and the basic wellness that transcends them.

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.

Farts, Frantz Fanon, and Rainbow Boogers • BREEZE HARPER on the precarious balance of work and motherhood.

The Four Noble Truths of Love • SUSAN PIVER lays out love’s second noble truth: expecting relationships to be stable is what makes them unstable.

REVIEWS

BUDDHIST DIRECTORY • A DIRECTORY OF MEDITATION, RETREAT, AND YOGA CENTERS

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