This episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast features Lama Tsomo, Buddhist teacher in the Namchak lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Buddhist teacher Lama Tsomo talks about her new book, Deepening Wisdom, Deepening Connection, shamatha meditation, the four prized emotions referred to as the “Divine Abodes,” and how to find your own Buddhist teacher, including a “calm abiding” […]
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: The Trauma of Caste with Thenmozhi Soundararajan
This episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast features Dalit civil rights organizer and founder of Equality Labs, Thenmozhi Soundararajan. Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Dalit civil rights organizer and author of the forthcoming book, The Trauma of Caste, speaks with Lion’s Roar associate editor Noel Alumit about being classified as “untouchable,” how caste oppression relates to civil rights […]
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Being Open to What Works for You with Mushim Patricia Ikeda
This episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast features East Bay Meditation Center teacher Mushim Patricia Ikeda. Lion’s Roar’s Rod Meade Sperry sits down with Mushim Patricia Ikeda, a teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center with a background in Japanese and Korean Zen and Vipassana. Recently, as she thinks about the passing of time and, ultimately, […]
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Mindfulness of Race with Ruth King
Ruth King, founder of the Mindful of Race Institute, talks about how to approach talking about race and how mindfulness can heal racial wounds.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: That Bird Has My Wings book review and The Buddhist Enneagram with Susan Piver
Susan Piver applies Buddhist principles to a well-known typology of personality types. Then, a review of Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club selection, That Bird Has My Wings by imprisoned Buddhist author Jarvis Jay Masters.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: We’re Not Who You Think We Are, with Chenxing Han
Chenxing Han reads her article examining the stereotypes that have marginalized Asian American Buddhists, and the rich diversity of a new generation of practitioners.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Coping with Racism and Guided Metta with Phoenix Soleil
This episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast features Insight Meditation teacher, Phoenix Soleil. Insight Meditation teacher Phoenix Soleil talks to Pamela Ayo Yetunde about how metta practice can help you cope with facing racism.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Fear and Knowing How to Be Satisfied with Koshin Paley Ellison
In this clip from the new online course “Medicine for Fear,” Koshin Paley Ellison talks about the problem of never feeling like you have enough.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Death and What Really Matters with Shoshana Ungerlieder
On this episode of the Lion’s Roar Podcast, Dr. Shoshana Ungerlieder talks about the taboo of death and dying among medical professionals.
The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Mindful Money with Spencer Sherman
Spencer Sherman, author of “The Cure for Money Madness,” talks about how one can grow spiritually while still engaging with money.