Pema Chödrön on four ways that meditation helps us deal with difficulty.
Hard Times, Simple Times
“When you sit,” teaches Norman Fischer, “noticing the breath and the body on the chair or cushion, noticing the thoughts and feelings in the mind and heart and perhaps also the sounds in the room and the stillness, something else also begins to come into view.” Life.
Erring and Erring, We Walk the Unerring Path
If we use them as opportunities to work with our mind, all our mistakes, confusion, and difficulties become an unerring path of awakening.
Google Searches
Hot-shot geeks at the world’s leading information company are taking a ground-breaking course called Search Inside Yourself.
Love, Loss, and Anxious Times
Fear and uncertainty mark our lives as we face our personal difficulties and an increasingly troubled world. Yet in difficult times we can also discover the love and vulnerability of the human heart, and so much more. Poet and Zen teacher Norman Fischer is our guide.
Meng’s Peace Plan
Google’s Chade-Meng Tan hopes the benefits of meditation will someday be as widely accepted as the benefits of exercise.
Love’s Legacy Lost
A child of one economic crisis, he died on the eve of another. His son James Kullander reflects on the sadness of a legacy lost.
Difficult Times: Wisdom from Our Readers
Difficult Times: some brief snippets of wisdom from our readers that have helped them along through life.
Green Dharma
Stephanie Kaza reviews two Buddhist books on environment and climate change, and how we can use dharma to tackle this problem.
Editorial: Looking for Help
Editiorial introduction to the September 2009 issue of Lion’s Roar magazine by Melvin McLeod, Editor in Chief of Lion’s Roar.








