Lion's Roar

The Lion's Roar celebrates the spirit of wakefulness wherever it appears - in the arts, relationships, politics, livelihood, popular culture, and all the challenges of modern life. It offers a Buddhist view for people of all spiritual traditions who are open, inquisitive, passionate and committed.

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BOUNDLESS LOVING-KINDNESS

THE SHADOW SIDE OF BUDDHISM • 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.

REVEAL THE MYSTERY • JETSUNMA TENZIN PALMO on how meditation opens us to the empty, luminous nature of the mind.

WALKING THE HIGH WIRE OF LOVE • Being in relationship is a balancing act, writes NICO HASE, a middle way between intimacy and autonomy.

MEDITATION ON YOUR MIND • OFOSU JONES-QUARTEY (Born I) on what to do when your mind starts thinking about meditation instead of actually meditating.

WHAT HELPS YOU STAY OPENHEARTED WHEN LIFE FEELS OVERWHELMING?

FEAST • MARIANA RESTREPO invites us into the rich, communal world of tsok, where pleasure and aversion dissolve into sacred offering.

BOOKS IN BRIEF

How to Flourish • 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.

Tara Brach’s Love & Courage • 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.

Loving-Kindness for Others • TARA BRACH shares a practice that nurtures an inclusive, tender awareness of our shared humanity.

Hands of Wisdom • 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.

JET LI’s SEARCH for TRUTH • 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.

The Unconquerable Heroine • 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.

MANTRAS for the MIDDLE SEVEN TARAS of RESTORATION & REALIGNMENT

A PRACTICE of UNCONQUERABLE CLARITY

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