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Silent Illumination with Guo Gu
Buddhadharma editor Koun Franz in conversation with Chan teacher and author Guo Gu.
Anti-Asian Violence Is an Attack On Us All by Cristina Moon
This episode of The Lion's Roar Podcast features Zen priest Cristina Moon and Sensei Dorothy Dai En Friedman.
Buddhist Indie Metal with Jessica Pimentel
This special episode of The Lion's Roar Podcast features music from Buddhist artists Jessica Pimentel and Born I Music.
Love and Rage and Letting Go with Lama Rod Owens
This episode of The Lion's Roar Podcast features teacher and author of "Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger," Lama Rod Owens.
Asian American Buddhists with Chenxing Han
Chenxing Han challenges mainstream assumptions about American Buddhism with Be the Refuge: Raising The Voices Of Asian American Buddhists – a book that calls out the whitewashing and erasure of diverse communities and centers on the voices of young Asian Americans. Buddhadharma’s Koun Franz asks how the book was inspired, and Han dispels some of…
Buddhist Children’s Books with Josh Bartok
Zen teacher and author Josh Bartok talks to Andrea Miller about the process of writing Buddhist children’s literature, the concept of loving-receiving, and his latest children’s book, I See You, Buddha.
The Passing of Sojun Mel Weitsman
In honor of the life of Sojun Mel Weitsman, we’re sharing a selection of clips in which you’ll hear him speak personally about his early days with Suzuki Roshi, the founding of the San Francisco Zen Center, and the founding the Berkeley Zen Center. Then, Buddhadharma’s Koun Franz is joined by Rory Lindsay, a Harvard University…
How You Help Us Give the Gift of Dharma
The prisoner subscription program is just one of the positive things we can do because of the generosity of readers and listeners. So Lion’s Roar’s Rebecca Pearson, Bakes Mitchell, and Ross Nervig got together to tell the story of how the program was inspired and how listeners can help make the dharma more accessible to…
Guided Tonglen Meditation with Lama Tsomo
Buddhist teacher Lama Tsomo shares a guided tonglen meditation to cultivate compassion and move from fear into love.
Pema Chodron’s Four Keys to Waking Up
Lion’s Roar’s Andrea Miller shares Pema Chodron’s advice on how to “walk the walk” of a spiritual person and what being a “fake” spiritual person really means. Also, Editor-in-Chief Melvin McLeod reflects on how we can lead with love and wisdom after the historic 2020 U.S. election.