Associate Editor Mihiri Tillakaratne introduces the May 2023 Issue of Lion’s Roar.
Imagine You Are a Buddha
In this second part of his series on tantra, Mingyur Rinpoche explains how visualization practice helps us recognize our buddhanature.
How to Make Friends with Your Beautiful Monsters
Anger, fear, envy—usually we’re ashamed of our so-called monstrous emotional patterns. Yet if we make friends with our monsters, says Tsoknyi Rinpoche, magic happens. We are no longer afraid.
What to Do When Someone You Love Is Hurting
Psychiatrist Ravi Chandra on how you can support a loved one suffering from mental illness without minimizing or ignoring your own pain.
Healing the Scars of History
Retreats are being held at Auschwitz, a former plantation, and a site where Indigenous people were massacred. Lindsay Kyte reports on how retreatants are finding freedom from their ancestral pain.
How to Practice Dream Yoga
When you develop lucidity in your dreams, you develop lucidity in your life. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche on the practice of dream yoga.
Heart to Heart
From Harriet Tubman to narcissism to Appalachian Zen — Bonnie Nadzam reviews new books that are sparking conversation.
What to Do When You Can’t Sleep
Meditation and mindfulness can help you get the shut-eye you need. Joseph Emet on how to feel more rested.
In the Dead of Night
Lion’s Roar Editor Andrea Miller reflects on the thoughts that used to keep her tossing and turning at night. From the March 2023 issue of Lion’s Roar.
Finding My Spiritual Home as a Muslim and Buddhist
Som Pourfarzaneh’s two religions are sometimes at odds. Can he practice both without losing the richness of either?