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Share Your Wisdom: Is ritual an important part of your Buddhist practice?
Is ritual an important part of your Buddhist practice? Why or why not?
Joanna Macy on the Great Awakening the Planet Needs
Buddhist thinker and environmental activist Joanna Macy on the global awakening the planet needs. At heart, it’s a spiritual revolution.
Cómo practicar la Meditación Shamatha
La meditación Shamatha -presencia mental, mindfulness o concentración- es el fundamento de la práctica budista. El Lama Rod Owens nos enseña una versión de esta práctica que viene de la tradición Vajrayana.
Truth in Fiction
Pico Iyer loves reading spiritual books, but he’s found just as much good dharma in the books of three favorite novelists.
Boredom Is Fascinating!
When we’re bored, we’re uncomfortable with our basic state of being. That’s kind of scary, says Josh Korda. He dares us to look directly into our boredom.
The Man Who Found the Flow
"What is happiness?" asked psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He found it in a state of mind beyond results and rewards and called it "the flow."
“May We Gather” Buddhist memorial ceremony offers Asian American community space to heal
Lion's Roar associate editor Mihiri Tillakaratne reports on "May We Gather," the national Buddhist memorial Ceremony for Asian American ancestors.
La impermanencia es Naturaleza Búdica
El cambio no es sólo un hecho de la vida que tenemos que aceptar, y con el cual tenemos que trabajar, dice Norman Fischer. Sentir el dolor de la impermanencia y la pérdida puede ser un recordatorio profundamente hermoso de lo que significa existir.
Francis Story and the Case for Rebirth
For the fiftieth anniversary of Francis Story's death, Randy Rosenthal looks back at the life and work of the lesser-known Buddhist thinker
A Friendly Guide to the Heart Sutra, One of Buddhism’s Key Texts
It’s one of Buddhism’s most famous texts and, to be honest, it can be confounding: the Heart Sutra seeks to cut our usual dualistic thinking at the root.