Melvin McLeod shares why why Buddhism is well-suited to people who don’t necessarily like religion, and Buddhist author and scholar Robert Thurman tells an old Buddhist folk tale. There are Buddhists who don’t believe in God (or gods) and there are Buddhists who do. In this reading by editor in chief Melvin McLeod from an article he wrote […]

Author and mindfulness teacher Dr. Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John offers ways in which to work with our painful reactions and stop kicking ourselves. Life has a way of throwing us a curveball when we least expect it, and when we think we can’t withstand any more, something else happens. Author and mindfulness teacher Dr. Valerie (Vimalasara) […]

Hal Atwood explores the meaning and use of sound in Buddhist practice.

Lion’s Roar magazine’s associate art director Andrew Glencross explores our relationship with the natural world.