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When the storms of life hit, your body can be a place of refuge and healing. Cyndi Lee says it starts with making friends with your body. www.lionsroar.com/take-refuge-...
Take Refuge in Your Body
When the storms of life hit, your body can be a place of refuge and healing. Cyndi Lee says it starts with making friends with your body.
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January 25, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The key to unshakable self-confidence, says Lama Döndrup Drolma, is recognizing the deepest truth of who you are. www.lionsroar.com/be-confident...
Be Confident in Your Buddhanature
The key to unshakable self-confidence, says Lama Döndrup Drolma, is recognizing the deepest truth of who you are.
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January 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Jan Chozen Bays teaches us how to make every meal a celebration of gratitude, enjoyment, and true nourishment. www.lionsroar.com/how-to-pract...
How to Practice Mindful Eating
Jan Chozen Bays teaches us how to make every meal a celebration of gratitude, enjoyment, and true nourishment.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:03 PM
By reciting the short verses known as gathas, says Zachiah Murray, we transform any activity into an opportunity to awaken to our true nature. www.lionsroar.com/how-to-pract...
How to Do Gatha Practice
By reciting the short verses known as gathas, says Zachiah Murray, we transform any activity into an opportunity to awaken to our true nature.
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January 23, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Mingyur Rinpoche shares step-by-step instructions to experience the basic nature of mind.

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January 23, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the passing of Thich Nhat Hanh, the influential Vietnamese Buddhist teacher and founder of Engaged Buddhism.

Here, Andrea Miller shares what Thich Nhat Hanh taught her and how his wisdom continues through us.

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A Cloud Never Dies: Remembering Thich Nhat Hanh
Andrea Miller on what Thich Nhat Hanh taught her, his inspiring and courageous life, and how—through us—his wisdom continues.
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January 22, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Zen teacher Norman Fischer proposes a two-week trial run to get your meditation practice started and looks at how to deal with some of the obstacles you may encounter. www.lionsroar.com/how-to-start...
How to Start a Home Meditation Practice
Zen teacher Norman Fischer proposes a two-week trial run to get your meditation practice started and looks at how to deal with some of the obstacles you may encounter.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:29 PM
A group of monks from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas have inspired folks in person and online with their walk “to raise awareness of peace, loving kindness, and compassion across America and the world.”

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A Glimpse of the Buddhist Monks’ “Walk for Peace” Across the United States
A group of monks from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fodrt Worth, Texas have inspired folks in person and online with their walk “to raise awareness of peace, loving kindness, and…
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January 22, 2026 at 1:03 PM
A fully enlightened female buddha, Tara is the actuality of compassion and wisdom. Meditating on her, says Lama Palden Drolma, can awaken our own buddhanature. www.lionsroar.com/green-tara-f...
Green Tara: Feel Her Wisdom and Love
A fully enlightened female buddha, Tara is the actuality of compassion and wisdom. Meditating on her, says Lama Palden Drolma, can awaken our own buddhanature.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
When the storms of life hit, your body can be a place of refuge and healing. Cyndi Lee says it starts with making friends with your body. www.lionsroar.com/take-refuge-...
Take Refuge in Your Body
When the storms of life hit, your body can be a place of refuge and healing. Cyndi Lee says it starts with making friends with your body.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller on enjoying the holiday you’re having, not the one you were hoping for.

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How to Work with the Holiday Blues
Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller on enjoying the holiday you’re having, not the one you were hoping for.
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December 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Exploring the rich diversity of Buddhist traditions can deepen your connection to the dharma. Gary Gach unpacks the core philosophies and practices of Buddhism’s four major branches. www.lionsroar.com/dharma-101-t...
Dharma 101: The Branches of Buddhism
Exploring the rich diversity of Buddhist traditions can deepen your connection to the dharma. Gary Gach unpacks the core philosophies and practices of Buddhism’s four major branches.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Awakening can strike like lightning in moments of loss and fear. The key, says Linda Myoki Ryugo Lehrhaupt, is learning to sit through the storm with unwavering resolve. www.lionsroar.com/fierce-deter...
Fierce Determination
Awakening can strike like lightning in moments of loss and fear. The key, says Linda Myoki Ryugo Lehrhaupt, is learning to sit through the storm with unwavering resolve.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Tracy Franz reviews a new set of books for the January 2026 issue of Lion's Roar. www.lionsroar.com/books-in-bri...
Books in Brief: January 2026
Tracy Franz reviews a new set of books for the January 2026 issue of Lion's Roar.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Shawn J. Moore reflects on the practice of cutting through noise and returning to what’s real. www.lionsroar.com/manjushris-c...
Manjushri’s Call to Clarity
Shawn J. Moore reflects on the practice of cutting through noise and returning to what’s real.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Renshin Bunce on presence, listening, and the words that truly bring comfort. www.lionsroar.com/what-to-say-...
What to Say to Someone Who Is Dying
Renshin Bunce on presence, listening, and the words that truly bring comfort.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Lisa Bennett on how presence can ground us in the face of climate anxiety—offering comfort, clarity, and a way forward. www.lionsroar.com/a-cup-of-tea...
A Cup of Tea for a Burning World
Lisa Bennett on how presence can ground us in the face of climate anxiety—offering comfort, clarity, and a way forward.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Looking deeply into your own eyes, you learn to let go of self-judgment and discover your innate beauty. Jo Confino on mirror meditation. www.lionsroar.com/how-to-see-y...
How to See Yourself with Compassion
Looking deeply into your own eyes, you learn to let go of self-judgment and discover your innate beauty. Jo Confino on mirror meditation.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Palestinian mindfulness practitioner Ghadir Shafie reflects on Gaza, generational pain, and the radical act of speaking truth in spaces of silence. www.lionsroar.com/all-beings-d...
All Beings Deserve to Be Free
Palestinian mindfulness practitioner Ghadir Shafie reflects on Gaza, generational pain, and the radical act of speaking truth in spaces of silence.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Allyson Pimentel on how patience helps you stay present in the face of difficulty, allowing compassion and wisdom to be your guide. www.lionsroar.com/patience-ope...
Patience Opens the Heart
Allyson Pimentel on how patience helps you stay present in the face of difficulty, allowing compassion and wisdom to be your guide.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The late Larry Ward taught nonsectarian wisdom, commitment to love, insight into America’s racial karma, and reverence for the natural world. Barry Boyce honors the singular voice of this beloved dharma teacher.

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True Great Sound: The Life & Teachings of Larry Ward
The late Larry Ward taught nonsectarian wisdom, commitment to love, insight into America’s racial karma, and reverence for the natural world. Barry Boyce honors the singular voice of this beloved…
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December 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In this gentle guide, Sharon Suh shares four simple and safe practices for healing and wholeness. www.lionsroar.com/4-practices-...
4 Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Practices for Healing
In this gentle guide, Sharon Suh shares four simple and safe practices for healing and wholeness.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Jack Kornfield offers a healing visualization where loving awareness becomes the medicine for our deepest wounds. www.lionsroar.com/the-temple-o...
The Temple of Healing Meditation
Jack Kornfield offers a healing visualization where loving awareness becomes the medicine for our deepest wounds.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Trauma does not define us. In conversation with Lion’s Roar’s Andrea Miller, Jack Kornfield reflects on how, at the deepest level, we have always been free. www.lionsroar.com/from-trauma-...
From Trauma to Freedom: An Interview with Jack Kornfield
Trauma does not define us. In conversation with Lion’s Roar’s Andrea Miller, Jack Kornfield reflects on how, at the deepest level, we have always been free.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM