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Kinship and Community with Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Pamela Ayo Yetunde talks with Noel Alumit about the deep challenges that lead to violence and how we can heal from them together.
The Dharma of Harriet Tubman with Spring Washam
Pamela Ayo Yetunde talks to Spring Washam, author of "The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground."
The Practice of Writing with Natalie Goldberg
Zen practitioner, painter, and author of fifteen books, Natalie Goldberg, talks to Lion’s Roar editor Andrea Miller about how writing can be a practice of studying your mind.
The Evolution of the Mindfulness Movement with Diana Winston
Diana Winston discusses significant changes in the mindfulness movement and the relationship between the movement and Buddhism.
New Year’s Prayers from Roshi Joan Halifax & Leigh Brasington on The Path to Peace by Ayya Khema
This episode Upaya Zen Center founder Roshi Joan Halifax, as well as longtime student of the Buddhist nun Ayya Khema, Leigh Brasington.
The Eightfold Path Adult Graphic Novel
Co-creators of a Buddhist Afrofuturist comic book discuss the power and process of storytelling through a Black lens in a Buddhist context.
Why We Meditate with Tsokyni Rinpoche & Daniel Goleman
Daniel Goleman and Tsokyni Rinpoche talk about their new book, "Why We Meditate: The Science and Practice of Clarity and Compassion."
Calm Abiding and the Divine Abodes with Lama Tsomo
Buddhist teacher Lama Tsomo talks about her new book, Deepening Wisdom, Deepening Connection, shamatha meditation, the four prized emotions referred to as the “Divine Abodes,” and how to find your own Buddhist teacher, including a “calm abiding” meditation.
The Trauma of Caste with Thenmozhi Soundararajan
Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Dalit civil rights organizer and author of the forthcoming book, The Trauma of Caste, speaks with Lion’s Roar associate editor Noel Alumit about being classified as “untouchable,” how caste oppression relates to civil rights in the Western world, and what Buddhists can do about it.
Being Open to What Works for You with Mushim Patricia Ikeda
Lion’s Roar’s Rod Meade Sperry sits down with Mushim Patricia Ikeda, a teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center with a background in Japanese and Korean Zen and Vipassana. Recently, as she thinks about the passing of time and, ultimately, death, she’s taken a different direction of practice, exploring the end of life in the…