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.

Big Love • THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF LAMA YESHE

Lion’s Roar • BUDDIST WISDOM TO AWAKEN YOUR HEART & MIND

How to Befriend Yourself • BUDDHIST WISDOM TO CULTIVATE KINDNESS

THE SIMPLEST MEDITATION

THE FINAL TRUTH • She gave birth to twins, but only one survived. KATE INGLIS on how, when a body dies, love is the final truth it leaves behind.

WHEN BLACKNESS AND BUDDHADHARMA COME TOGETHER • Organizer KONDA MASON talks about The Gathering II, the largest and most successful conference of black Buddhist teachers and practitioners.

SEW CONTEMPLATIVE • Place your mind on the needle dipping in and out of the fabric, says CYNDI LEE. If you space out, the stitches will go crooked, and that will wake you up.

PHYSICIAN, CARE FOR THYSELF • Neurosurgeon PATRICK CODD expected to deal with the suffering of patients. What he discovered was the importance of attending to his own suffering.

AMIDA BUDDHA WELCOMES ALL REFUGEES • The world is suffering the worst refugee crisis in history. JEFF WILSON on a thirteenth-century monk whose teachings offer solace to all who endure war, natural disasters, and exile.

WHICH WAY TO WORK WITH EMOTIONS?

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT BUDDHISM?

WISE INTENTION • Regularly remind yourself of your intentions, advises SYLVIA BOORSTEIN. It’s the key to keeping your life on target.

DAVID LOY

Pathfinders • 10 Remarkable Buddhist Women You Should Know

Dipa Ma • Sharon Salzberg honors the memory of her teacher Dipa Ma, who radiated love, compassion, and a fierce commitment to Vipassana meditation.

Ruth Fuller Sasaki • Tracy Franz on the inspiration she draws from an American Zen pioneer.

Otagaki Rengetsu • Potter, poet, Buddhist nun, philanthropist—and the toughest of martial artists. John Stevens on the remarkable life of Rengetsu.

Freda Bedi • Freda Bedi, Vicki Mackenzie tells us, was an early champion of women’s rights, a Gandhian revolutionary, and a major force in bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the West.

Ruth Denison • Innovator Ruth Denison didn’t fit the usual model of a Vipassana teacher, says her student Sandy Boucher. With her, you never knew what to expect.

Charlotte Joko Beck • Joko Beck was a pioneer in bridging Western psychology and Buddhism. She was committed, Diane Eshin Rizzetto remembers, to the essence of Zen—and life.

Upasika Kee Nanayon • Upasika Kee was the most influential woman dhamma teacher in twentieth-century Thailand. Thanissaro Bhikkhu explains why her teachings resonated so deeply.

Ayu Khandro • Like so many accomplished female practitioners, Tibetan yogini Ayu Khandro practiced in obscurity. LAMA TSULTRIM ALLIONE sheds light on her inspiring life and path.

Maurine Stuart • Stuart was one of the first women Zen masters to teach in the U.S. She knew how to rise above the sexism she encountered, remembers her student Trudy Goodman.

Ayya Khema • Ayya Khema took up the teachings in a fresh and direct way, says Norman Fischer—without traditional trappings but with the original spirit intact.

Putting Their COMPASSION Into Action • HALEIGH ATWOOD looks at three organizations who focus on humanitarian work as an essential expression of their Buddhist values.

Enlightened Just As You Are • 4 simple meditations to help you stop struggling and relax into your true nature. Because the great secret to enlightenment is doing...