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Listen to meditations, interviews, and dharma talks to awaken your heart and mind.

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How to Feed Your Demons

Lama Tsultrim Allione teaches you an innovative technique, based on the Tibetan Buddhist principles of “Chöd,” to turn your inner demons into friends.

“The first step to establishing a solid meditation practice is to have faith you can be liberated—if not complete liberation then at least freedom from some of your habitual patterns.” Photographs by the author.

5 Ways to Make Meditation A Habit

There’s nothing like the benefit of a regular meditation practice, and there’s no better time to do it than now. Zen Buddhist A. Jesse Jiryu Davis on five ways you can make meditation a helpful part of your daily routine.

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He Gave Me the Best Advice

In the opening editorial of the November 2023 issue of Lion’s Roar, Associate Editor Mariana Restrepo shares the advice Mingyur Rinpoche gave her.

5 Ways to Make Meditation A Habit

There’s nothing like the benefit of a regular meditation practice, and there’s no better time to do it than now. Zen Buddhist A. Jesse Jiryu Davis on five ways you can make meditation a helpful part of your daily routine.

How to Be Kind to Yourself

You have enlightened nature, says Pema Khandro Rinpoche. If you truly know that, you’ll always be kind to yourself.

Que tengas una Navidad muy Budista

Alegría, generosidad, familia y paz: las personas de todas las religiones pueden celebrar estos valores de la temporada navideña. Siete budistas nos ofrecen su opinión sobre el dharma de la Navidad.

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An Interview with Pico Iyer, The Contemplative Traveler

For writer Pico Iyer, travel is a spiritual experience that shakes up our usual certainties and connects us to a richer, vaster world. Iyer talks with editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod about his new book, The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise, recently named as one of New York Times’ “100 Notable Books of 2023.”

Joyful Giving

In the spirit of the holidays, six Buddhist teachers share why generosity is the starting place of all the virtues.

How to Work with the Winter Blues

Perhaps these days of less sunlight are opportunities for more contemplative time, more looking deeply to see what can only be seen in the dark.

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