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After the Election: Buddhist Wisdom for Hope and Healing
Featuring timely teachings and post-election advice from Pema Chödrön, Sharon Salzberg, Rev. angel Kyodo williams, Susan Piver, Jack Kornfield, and more.
What Are the Six Transcendent Perfections?
In Mahayana Buddhism, the bodhisattva practices the six paramitas, or transcendent perfections.
Buddhists bring meditation to the streets and subways of NYC
A new and quickly growing organization called Buddhist Insights is helping New Yorkers meditate in all manner of surprising places.
What’s a Buddhist Nihilist to Do?
If you're feeling mired by a sense of "deep not-okayness," says our digital editor Rod Meade Sperry, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
How to Meditate with Noise
I can’t seem to escape from external noise when meditating. What should I do?
Leonard Cohen Burns, and We Burn with Him
“God is a fire,” said Nikos Kazantzakis. “He burns and we burn with Him.” Art, passion, and Zen are fires too—burning the self, leaving behind only ashes and essence.
Buddhist teachers respond to Trump’s presidential win
After Donald Trump's stunning upset, Lion's Roar has reached out to a number of Buddhist teachers for their individual responses.
8 North American Buddhist nuns, including Pema Chödrön and Thubten Chodron, receive “Global Bhikkhuni Award”
Pema Chödrön and Thubten Chodron have been awarded the Global Bhikkhuni Award for their achievement in promoting, protecting, and preserving the dharma.
Commentary: This Nation Needs Our Awakening Together
East Bay Meditation Center's core teacher Larry Yang provides commentary on what the nation really needs following the US election.
Practicing the Dharma in Uncertain Times
Following the results of the US presidential election, Jack Kornfield shares how to practice the dharma in these uncertain times.