Melvin McLeod breaks down the Buddha’s four noble truths and argues it’s not only the ultimate self-help formula, but the best guide to helping others and benefiting the world.
Detox Your Mind: 5 Practices to Purify the 3 Poisons
Five Buddhist teachers share practices to clear away the poisons that cause suffering and obscure your natural enlightenment.
5 Buddhists on How the Buddha Nourishes Their Life
How does the Buddha nourish your life and practice? Five Buddhists contemplate this question.
America Needs bell hooks
Lion’s Roar is proud to offer this selection of bell hooks’ writings and conversations from our pages on spirituality, race, feminism, and life.
Richard Gere on Tibet’s Gift of Love
Actor and activist Richard Gere talks about his teacher the Dalai Lama, the warm heart of the Tibetan people, and how humanity can benefit from the values of Tibetan culture.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Enlightenment
Things to see, do, and enjoy in three American Buddhist hotspots.
This World of Dew
Editor-in-Chief Melvin McLeod reflects on the importance of death in Buddhist philosophy in the opening editorial of the November 2021 issue of Lion’s Roar.
The Ultimate Self-Help
Our editor-in-chief, Melvin McLeod, shares why Buddhism is the ultimate self-help, despite one of its central principles — nonself.
Experience profound Tibetan Buddhist practices for yourself with “Open Heart, Vajra Mind”
Lion’s Roar editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod discusses our new online learning series.
Why Do Buddhists Meditate?
Lion’s Roar editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod looks at the reasons many Buddhists meditate.