Kevin Townley discusses the five wisdom energies, or buddha families in Tibetan Buddhism, and how the spiritualist abstract artist Hilma af Klint embodied the energy of emptiness through her work.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind with Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel shares her journey and how it’s been informed by the wisdom of Suzuki Roshi’s “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind.”
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: The New Wave of Mindfulness with Christiane Wolf
Christiane Wolf talks about the early days of the modern mindfulness movement and how mindfulness can be used in cognitive therapy and pain management.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Travel as a Spiritual Experience with Pico Iyer
Pico Iyer, author of dozens of books including The Lady and the Monk and The Art of Stillness, talks to Melvin McLeod about the spiritual value of the profound wonder that travel inspires.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Medicine for Internalized Racism with Karla Jackson-Brewer
Karla Jackson-Brewer, senior teacher with the Tara Mandala Buddhist Retreat Center, talks with Pamela Ayo Yetunde about internalized racism and how to heal it.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: The Dharma of Harriet Tubman with Spring Washam
Pamela Ayo Yetunde talks to Spring Washam, author of “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground.”
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: The Practice of Writing with Natalie Goldberg
Zen practitioner, painter, and author of fifteen books, Natalie Goldberg, talks to Lion’s Roar editor Andrea Miller about how writing can be a practice of studying your mind.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: The Evolution of the Mindfulness Movement with Diana Winston
Diana Winston discusses significant changes in the mindfulness movement and the relationship between the movement and Buddhism.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: New Year’s Prayers from Roshi Joan Halifax and Leigh Brasington on The Path to Peace by Ayya Khema
This episode Upaya Zen Center founder Roshi Joan Halifax, as well as longtime student of the Buddhist nun Ayya Khema, Leigh Brasington.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: The Eightfold Path Adult Graphic Novel with Steven Barnes, Charles Johnson and Bryan Moss
Co-creators of a Buddhist Afrofuturist comic book discuss the power and process of storytelling through a Black lens in a Buddhist context.