Category: Dharma in Daily Life
5 Buddhists on How the Buddha Nourishes Their Life
How does the Buddha nourish your life and practice? Five Buddhists contemplate this question.
Am I Supposed to Stop Thinking?
Three Buddhist teachers answer the question "Are we supposed to stop or transcend thinking altogether, or to find another, more enlightened way to think?"
The Buddha’s Smile
Lion's Roar Editor Andrea Miller tells the story of the ceramic Buddha cup from her childhood and how it inspires her on the Buddhist path.
The Ultimate Gift
Mushim Patricia Ikeda’s parents gave her baby sister to an aunt living an ocean away. This act of generosity changed the way she thinks about giving.
The Quickest Way to Clean Potatoes
When you stir dirty potatoes in a pot, they clean each other. Jane McLaughlin-Dobisz on the bumps and benefits of being with others.
Dogen’s Instructions to the Gardener
Karen Maezen Miller on cultivating the three minds—joyful mind, kind mind, and great mind.
The True Nature of a Flower
For Valerie Brown, her garden is a teacher of the dharma. In every bloom she sees impermanence, nonself, and nirvana.
The Path of Right View
Koun Franz on seeing what’s in front of you, even the things you’d rather not see.
This Is the Practice
When the Buddha tended to a dying monk, he demonstrated how to live, how to die, how to care for others. Vanessa Sasson offers her retelling of that poignant story.
5 Great Meditation Teachers
Beginning with the Buddha himself, five extraordinary teachers instruct us in the practice of calming the mind, cultivating awareness, and — ultimately — finding freedom.