Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide

26/11/2025

The Kalachakra empowerment was at the heart of the Global Peace Prayer Festival that wrapped up last week in Bhutan. Andrea Miller explores the deep meaning of the Kalachakra.

The Kalachakra empowerment was at the heart of the Global Peace Prayer Festival that just wrapped up in Bhutan. Andrea Miller explores the deep meaning of the Kalachakra.

19/11/2025

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How does your Buddhist practice or mindfulness connect you to the natural world?

Send your answer (approximately two to six sentences), location (city/town, state/province/country), and a high-resolution photo of yourself to [email protected].

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18/11/2025

Nikhil Stewart shares what he’s learned by interviewing 30 monks about how vlogging (video-blogging) has impacted Buddhist pilgrimage — online, and “IRL.”

Nikhil Stewart shares what he's learned by interviewing 30 monks about how vlogging (video-blogging) has impacted Buddhist pilgrimage — online, and "IRL."

18/11/2025

On Thursday, November 20, Lion’s Roar members are invited to join Zen priest Karen Maezen Miller for a live teaching on using awareness to move beyond angry projections and reactions that can be harmful in your life.

For Our Members Going Beyond Anger With Karen Maezen MillerThursday, November 20, 2025 Join our November resident teacher, Zen priest Karen Maezen Miller,

15/11/2025

In this conversation, Buddhist teacher and scholar Stephen Batchelor joins Lion’s Roar editor at large Melvin McLeod to discuss his new book “Buddha, Socrates, and Us.” Together they explore the parallels between the Buddha and Socrates, two great teachers who lived at the same time, yet worlds apart. Batchelor shares how their wisdom can guide us toward mindful and ethical living in today’s complex world.

Buddhist teacher and scholar Stephen Batchelor joins Lion’s Roar editor at large Melvin McLeod to discuss his new book “Buddha, Socrates, and Us.”

30/10/2025

“Freedom and change ARE possible, and if you don’t believe that, you will likely find yourself stuck with the same patterns, behaviors, and ways of being that led you to be stuck. It’s an unwise, or wrong, view. But once you believe that it’s possible to change, you’ve already planted the seed to make it happen; you’ve allowed that possibility to become a reality.”

Chan practitioner Mark Van Buren shares how the Buddhist concepts of impermanence, interdependence, and unsatisfactoriness (often rendered as "suffering") can point the way to our liberation.

30/10/2025

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche shares a new article and video on the five kleshas — ignorance, aversion, craving, pride, jealousy — how they lead to suffering, and how not to let them.

29/10/2025

Sometimes, says Pema Khandro, there’s no way out. It’s at those times that we can discover the depth and resilience of the mind.

22/10/2025

How do you integrate mindfulness into your daily routine? Send your answer to [email protected].

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21/10/2025

"We 'attain' the Pure Land each moment subjectivity is transcended. And yet, the great paradox is that we ultimately transcend nothing. This is because we are released here and now, as we are, no longer grasped by duality."

According to Shin Buddhist priest Rev. José M. Tirado, we must transcend our regular subjective-objective perspective in order to awaken and see things as they truly are.

19/10/2025

"Witnessing how a Buddhist master mourns can shed some light on how we can navigate our own grief and demystify any fantasies we might have about a peace that negates sadness."

Pema Khandro Rinpoche shares the life of the Tibetan yogi Shabkar, whose practice and teachings were inseparable from loss and grief.