City life offers many opportunities to practice kindness. Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche on how urban living can open our hearts.
Lion’s Roar deputy editor speaks with Zen teacher Tenku Ruff about a collective statement that she helped author — signed by 200 Buddhist teachers — calling for an end to the US government’s practice of separating migrant children from their parents.
The beloved Buddhist teacher and famed singer discuss Buddhism, creativity, and “the gap.”
Mark Unno reflects on compassion as immersion into the sufferings of samsara, like a raindrop falling into the ocean.
In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, Buddhist teacher Guo Gu explored human violence through the lens of the three poisons.
“Isn’t that the kind of teaching we need these days, that difficult circumstances can be the path to liberation. That’s news you can use.”
From left to right: Rebecca Li, Kakumyo Lowe-Charde, Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin. Photos by Andrew Merz, Genko Rainwater, Kim Winton.Rebecca Li, Kakumyo Lowe-Charde, and Myokei Caine-Barrett answer the question “How can one practice for the sake of all beings without inflating their ego?”
In order to have compassion for others, we have to have compassion for ourselves.
In a new paper, researchers have proposed a scale for measuring the Buddhist virtues of loving-kindness and compassion.
When Karen Maezen Miller saw a steady stream of “me too”s coming across her feed, it broke down a barrier between “me” and “you.”
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