Lion’s Roar

Brian Joshin Byrnes explores how Zen practice meets the hardest human situations and asks what compassion really requires. www.lionsroar.com/social-koans/

Allyson Pimentel on how to take refuge when overwhelm takes over. www.lionsroar.com/too-much-to-...

Novice bodysurfer C. J. Bahnsen on what the ocean taught him about spacious awareness. www.lionsroar.com/ride-the-wav...

Josh Korda on why right effort is so important—it keeps the mind from slipping into the spirals and storylines that make life harder than it needs to be. www.lionsroar.com/the-essentia...

Facing a deadly infection, Ann Tashi Slater learns how to live. www.lionsroar.com/the-bardo-of...

Lion's Roar editor Andrea Miller introduces the November 2026 issue. www.lionsroar.com/when-anxiety...

Paula Pietranera reveals how her sculptural paintings arise through interconnection—between materials, tradition and innovation, and the attentive practice that shapes her work. www.lionsroar.com/the-art-of-c...

The Buddha taught that life is shaped by three universal qualities: impermanence, suffering, and no-self. Three Buddhist teachers take an indepth look at these three marks of existence, revealing how what may sound bleak actually opens the way to clarity and liberation. buff.ly/OulPrSL

Lama Döndrup Drölma presents the last seven of Tara’s twenty-one emanations, revealing how even our most difficult experiences can become conditions for wisdom and liberation. www.lionsroar.com/tara-who-is-...

Four educators discuss Buddhist education for the September 2026 issue of Lion's Roar. www.lionsroar.com/a-new-vision...

Jessica Little introduces new books for the September 2026 issue of Lion's Roar. www.lionsroar.com/books-in-bri...

Pawan Bareja shows how mindfulness helps us meet suffering with compassion and discover a deeper sense of inner refuge. www.lionsroar.com/the-quiet-wo...

nico hase on what to do when your inner work opens your heart and changes you—but your partner remains the same. www.lionsroar.com/loving-someo...

Roshi Joan Halifax reflects on speaking and remaining silent—and on how to find our way when both feel perilous. www.lionsroar.com/up-a-tree-wi...

Andrea Miller introduces the September 2026 issue of Lion's Roar. www.lionsroar.com/through-the-...

Bradley Donaldson explores how insight into the five aggregates can free us from suffering. www.lionsroar.com/no-separate-...

Having seen the devastation in Gaza firsthand, Clayton Dalton reflects on how we can show up with compassionate, unflinching presence, even in the face of overwhelming suffering. lionsroar.com/bearing-witn...

Insight cuts through the misconceptions that cause suffering and clarifies what truly brings happiness. In this excerpt from his new book, “With a Single Breath,” Melvin McLeod says insight is what makes mindfulness a complete, transformative path of life. www.lionsroar.com/the-power-of...

Alisa Dennis traces how the inner critic forms and how—with practice—a truer, more compassionate voice can begin to take its place. www.lionsroar.com/which-inner-...

Jessica Little reviews a new series of books for the July 2026 issue of Lion's Roar. www.lionsroar.com/books-in-bri...

Mariana Restrepo invites us into the rich, communal world of tsok, where pleasure and aversion dissolve into sacred offering. www.lionsroar.com/what-is-a-fe...

Ofosu Jones-Quartey (Born I) on what to do when your mind starts thinking about meditation instead of actually meditating. www.lionsroar.com/meditation-o...

Being in relationship is a balancing act, writes Nico Hase, a middle way between intimacy and autonomy. www.lionsroar.com/walking-the-...

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo on how meditation opens us to the empty, luminous nature of the mind. www.lionsroar.com/reveal-the-m...

Editorial intern Sara El-Chaar introduces the July 2026 issue of Lion's Roar. www.lionsroar.com/boundless-lo...

If you think Buddhism is free of the religious nationalism and violent extremism that plague other religions, think again, says author Sonia Faleiro in this conversation with Editor-at-Large Melvin McLeod. www.lionsroar.com/the-shadow-s...

Tara is the fully awakened buddha who appears in twenty-one forms. In this teaching on the middle seven emanations, Lama Döndrup Drölma explores the invincible clarity that restores balance after fear, offering a way to recognize this clarity within ourselves. www.lionsroar.com/the-unconque...

In this candid Q&A with Editor Andrea Miller, the action star reflects on aging, awareness, and the inner freedom he’s found through Buddhist practice—themes at the heart of his new memoir. www.lionsroar.com/jet-lis-sear...

Renowned neuroscientists and contemplative teachers Richard J. Davidson and Cortland Dahl draw on decades of research to reveal how awareness, connection, insight, and purpose support genuine well-being, helping us thrive even amid stress and uncertainty. www.lionsroar.com/how-to-flour...

What are Buddhism’s most iconic mudras, what do they mean, and how can understanding them enrich your practice? In this expansive guide, Barry Boyce explores these questions and more. www.lionsroar.com/a-guide-to-b...

Tara Brach shares a practice that nurtures an inclusive, tender awareness of our shared humanity. www.lionsroar.com/tara-brachs-...

In this time of fracture and uncertainty, Tara Brach offers teachings to help us stay openhearted, guiding us toward compassion, steadiness, and skillful action. Toni Pressley-Sanon reports. www.lionsroar.com/tara-brachs-...

Michael Pollan, whose new book tackles the mystery of consciousness, sits down with Andrea Miller to explore why our usual assumptions about the mind fall short and how new research is reshaping the way we understand awareness itself. www.lionsroar.com/michael-poll...

Kate Siber on the wild teachers who show us how to let go and persevere, listen deeply, and begin again. www.lionsroar.com/the-wisdom-o...

Catherine Pawasarat unpacks Buddhism’s practical path of balance, opening the door to deeper insights that help us loosen fixed views and live with greater openness. www.lionsroar.com/how-to-find-...

Genuine awakening depends on grounding our practice in nonviolence, compassion, and self-honesty, says Anam Thubten. www.lionsroar.com/ethics-are-t...

Bill K. explores how Zen and Alcoholics Anonymous reflect and support each other, revealing a cosmos alive with connection. www.lionsroar.com/finding-my-h...

Rod Meade Sperry introduces the May 2026 issue of Lion's Roar. www.lionsroar.com/activate-the...

Jessica little reviews a new lineup of books for the May 2026 issue. www.lionsroar.com/may-2026-boo...

In Buddhism, equanimity is traditionally considered one of the most beneficial states of mind, yet in American Buddhism it is often sidelined by www.lionsroar.com/may-2026-boo...

Lama Döndrup Drölma introduces the first seven of Tara’s twenty-one emanations, showing how each helps us meet whatever arises with courage and compassion. Illustrations by Lasha Mutual. www.lionsroar.com/she-who-remo...

Koan practice isn’t limited to formal Zen inquiry. It can also be carried into the unresolved places of ordinary life—into grief, uncertainty, ethical crossroads, and love itself. Lisa Ernst explains. www.lionsroar.com/your-deepest...

Buddhism teaches that the three poisons — greed, hatred, and ignorance — are the root causes of all suffering, yet through practice we can learn to recognize these forces and respond with clarity and care. www.lionsroar.com/the-antidote...

Qalvy Grainzvolt on simple practices that can help you navigate panic with steadiness and self-compassion. www.lionsroar.com/what-to-do-w...

Impermanence is a foundational concept in Buddhism that all phenomena — including our bodies and thoughts — are subject to change, decay, and death. Nothing has a permanent, solid core. www.lionsroar.com/buddhism/imp...

The Maitreya Association’s co-founder and president explains the creation of the first-ever professional network of Buddhist college chaplains and its impact on American Buddhist higher education ministry. www.lionsroar.com/creating-bud...

"One never fully realizes the strength of community until a time of need," writes the BCS in response to the care of its sangha and neighbors. www.lionsroar.com/community-jo...

As her mother’s illness deepens, Chokey Tsering turns to Buddhist teachings—seeking to ease her mother’s suffering while confronting her own. www.lionsroar.com/what-it-mean...

Recent studies of school-based mindfulness programs have raised doubts about the benefits of teaching mindfulness to kids. Susan Kaiser Greenland explains why those findings don’t tell the whole story. www.lionsroar.com/does-mindful...

False positivity erodes truth and intimacy. Daniel Ahearn offers a path toward honesty. www.lionsroar.com/when-resilie...