Category: Dharma in Daily Life
The Eightfold Path: Right Mindfulness
Norman Fischer on why mindfulness is not always “right.”
The Eightfold Path: Right Concentration
When you’re in harmony with all the factors on the eightfold path, that is right concentration. A teaching by Bradley Donaldson.
Can a Chatbot Share True Dharma?
Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler shares the story of “Roshibot,” an AI bot he created and trained with the teachings of the late Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki Roshi.
Profound View, Precise Conduct
Adrienne Chang shows how Shantideva joined the way we see with the way we act in his classic guide to living the life of a bodhisattva.
Meet a Teacher: Arinna Weisman
Arinna Weisman gets personal with the Lion's Roar readership.
How to Be a Bodhisattva
It may seem like an unattainable ideal, but you can start right now as a bodhisattva-in-training. All you need is the aspiration to put others first.
Tenzin Palmo: There Is Nothing a Woman Can’t Accomplish
Dominique Butet and Olivier Adam profile Tibetan nun Tenzin Palmo, who is changing the role of women in Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
A Buddhist and a Cop?
Dexter Cohen Bohn shares how NYPD Detective Jeff Thompson incorporates his Buddhist practice into role as a police officer.
A Meditation to Develop Bodhichitta
Thubten Chodron on how to develop bodhichitta, the aspiration to attain buddhahood in order to benefit others.
Awake In the Now
“Buddha” means “the awakened one.” Karen Maezen Miller on what it is the Buddha woke up from—and how you can wake up, too.