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Find Your Heart in Loneliness

When we are alone, says Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, we may begin a love affair with sadness.

A bowl of ramen.

When Plans Go Awry, Eat the Blame

Have your plans ever worked out exactly as you’d hoped? Toni Bernhard explains how to dance through life's complications.

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Wanting What’s Right

Karen Maezen Miller on trying to curb the budding consumerism of her children and their attachment to things.

Melvin McLeod.

The Voices of Buddhism

Our editor-in-chief shares his admiration for the varied voices of Buddhism in today's twenty-first century world.

Benedict Cumberbatch discusses his Buddhist philosophy in Lion's Roar magazine.

Benedict Cumberbatch on how he found Buddhism

Find out how Benedict Cumberbatch found Buddhism and what it means to him today, in the new issue of Lion's Roar.

South Australia’s first Buddhist burial grounds to open

South Australia's first dedicated Buddhist garden and burial grounds will open Sunday, April 3 at Enfield Memorial Park.

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How did a Buddha statue land in Viking hands?

Last month, Sweden Post released a stamp that depicts the Buddha sitting in a lotus as part of a series commemorating the Era of Vikings.

Ernestine Anderson.

Remembering jazz singer and Buddhist Ernestine Anderson

A personal remembrance of "Steen," by a fan-turned-close friend.

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The Basic Principle of Bodhicitta

Relative bodhicitta is how we learn to love each other and ourselves, according to Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The basic principle of ultimate bodhicitta is to rest in the fundamental state of consciousness, before it is divided into ‘I and ‘other.'