Podcasts by The Lion’s Roar Podcast
Meditations, interviews, dharma talks and features from Lion's Roar Magazine and Buddhadharma: The Practioner's Quarterly.
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Meditation for Kids, Adults, and Dinosaurs with Catherine Bailey and Vanessa Zuisei Goddard from 2023-12-09T14:00
Sam likes to chill, and Rex likes to play. When Sam wants to take a break from playing, Rex wonders ‘what’s so great about being still?’ Author Catherine Bailey talks abou...
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Fear, Forgiveness and Self-care with Mushim Ikeda from 2023-11-25T14:09:17
Feelings of grief, panic and helplessness can lead one to do unpredictable, irrational things. In this selection from Lion’s Roar’s online course, Medicine for Fear, d...
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Humane AI and the role of Buddhism with Randima Fernando from 2023-11-11T14:00
The Center for Humane Technology is featured in the Emmy award winning Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, and co-founded by Randima Fernando. He talks about ...
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Creativity, Spirituality, and the True Nature of Mind with Jane Hirshfield and Anouk Shambrook from 2023-10-28T12:35:37
Jane Hirshfield is the author of ten collections of poetry, the most recent being The Asking: New and Selected Poems. She talks about creativity in the liminal state, then...
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The Japanese Immigrant Influence on American Buddhism with Scott Mitchell from 2023-10-14T14:00
Dean of Students at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Scott Mitchell, talks about his book, The Making of American Buddhism and how Western scholarship has large...
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Death and What Really Matters with Shoshana Ungerlieder from 2023-09-30T13:14:08
Internal medicine physician and founder of the End Well Project, Shoshana Ungerlieder talks about the taboo of death and dying among medical professionals and the importan...
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Barbie's Journey to Enlightenment with Jennifer Keishin Armstrong from 2023-09-16T14:00
New York Times bestselling author and pop culture writer, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, talks about the film’s unexpected lessons in suffering impermanence, and awakening.
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Women of Wisdom with Lama Tsultrim Allione from 2023-08-19T14:00
Buddhist teacher, author, and founder of Tara Mandala retreat center, Lama Tsultrim Allione, talks with Lion's Roar magazine's editor Andrea Miller about the meaning — and urgency — of embracing...
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The Woman Who Married the Buddha with Shyam Selvadurai from 2023-08-05T13:07:15
Award winning Sri-Lankan Canadian novelist and author of Funny Boy, talks about his latest historical fiction, Mansions of the Moon—the difficult and creative pro...
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Theravada in Everyday Life with Brooke Schedneck from 2023-07-22T14:00
Religious studies professor Brooke Schedneck is the author of Living Theravada: Demystifying the People, Places, and Practices of a Buddhist Tradition. She talks about The...
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Enlightenment is an Accident with Tim Burkett from 2023-07-08T13:19:10
Psychologist and teacher Tim Burkett was ordained in 1978, but his path began in 1964, when he met Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, the famed author of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. He ...
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Mindfulness in Your Workplace with Stacy McClendon from 2023-06-24T14:00
Teacher and co-founder of the BIPOC Sangha at Common Ground Meditation Center, Stacy McClendon talks about how mindfulness can transform the way we think about how we work...
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Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition w. Rima Vesely-Flad from 2023-06-10T14:00
Visiting professor of Buddhism and Black Studies at Union Theological Seminary, and author of Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillnes...
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Hilma af Klint and the Five Buddha Families with Kevin Townley from 2023-05-27T12:29:27
Writer, filmmaker, actor, singer, and meditation teacher, Kevin Townley talks about his latest book featuring women whose work exemplifies each of the five wisdom energies...
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind with Zenju Earthlyn Manuel from 2023-05-13T14:00
From her first encounter with Zen to her life as a poet, Black activist, and Zen teacher in Suzuki Roshi’s lineage, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel shares her journey and how it has...
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The New Wave of Mindfulness with Christiane Wolf from 2023-04-29T14:00
Former physician, and internationally known mindfulness and Insight meditation teacher, Christiane Wolf is well versed in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and classical...
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Travel as a Spiritual Experience with Pico Iyer from 2023-04-15T12:59:14
Pico Iyer, author of dozens of books including The Lady and the Monk and The Art of Stillness, talks to Lion’s Roar editor in chief Melvin McLeod about the profound wonder...
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Medicine for Internalized Racism with Karla Jackson-Brewer from 2023-04-01T14:00
Karla Jackson-Brewer is a senior teacher with the Tara Mandala Buddhist Retreat Center, and longtime student of Lama Tsultrim Allione. In this conversation, Lion’s Roar’s Pamela Ayo Yetunde Talk...
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The Secret to Happiness with Robert Waldinger from 2023-03-18T18:21:09
Psychiatrist and Zen teacher Robert Waldinger directs the Harvard Study of Adult Development—a 75 year-long study on happiness, spanning lifetimes. He speaks with Lion’s R...
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Kinship and Community with Pamela Ayo Yetunde from 2023-03-04T14:00
Through the metaphor of Indra’s Net, Lion’s Roar’s associate editor Pamela Ayo Yetunde calls for a “compassion revolution” in her new book, Casting Indra's Net: Foster...
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The Dharma of Harriet Tubman with Spring Washam from 2023-02-18T14:00
Lion’s Roar’s Pamela Ayo Yetunde talks to Spring Washam, author of The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground about the power of calling upon the spirit ...
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The Practice of Writing with Natalie Goldberg from 2023-02-04T14:00
Zen practitioner, painter, and author of fifteen books, Natalie Goldberg talks to Lion’s Roar editor Andrea Miller about how writing can be a practice of studying your min...
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The Evolution of the Mindfulness Movement with Diana Winston from 2023-01-21T14:00
Author of The Little Book of Being: Practices and Guidance for Uncovering Your Natural Awareness, and co-author of Fully present: The Science, Art and Practic...
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New Year’s Prayers from Roshi Joan Halifax and Leigh Brasington on The Path to Peace by Ayya Khema from 2023-01-07T14:00
Roshi Joan Halifax, Upaya Zen Center founder and head teacher, offers two prayers for the New Year–or any time of the year. Listen
The Eightfold Path Adult Graphic Novel with Steven Barnes, Charles Johnson and Bryan Moss from 2022-12-24T14:00
This Buddhist, Afrofuturist comic book co-authored by Steven Barnes and Charles Johnson and illustrated by Bryan Moss, is an anthology of interconnected parables ...
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Why We Meditate with Tsokyni Rinpoche and Daniel Goleman from 2022-12-10T14:00
Exactly what is meditation good for? What does it do? Daniel Goleman and Tsokyni Rinpoche talk about their new book Why...
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Calm Abiding and the Divine Abodes with Lama Tsomo from 2022-11-26T14:00
Buddhist teacher Lama Tsomo talks about her new book, Deepening Wisdom, Deepening ConnectionListen
The Trauma of Caste with Thenmozhi Soundararajan from 2022-11-12T14:29:27
Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Dalit civil rights organizer and author of the forthcoming book, The Trauma of Caste Listen
Being Open to What Works for You with Mushim Patricia Ikeda from 2022-10-29T14:00
East Bay Meditation Center teacher Mushim Patricia Ikeda is thinking about death. Having practiced Korean and Japanese Zen, and Vipassana, she now finds new wisdo...
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Mindfulness of Race with Ruth King from 2022-10-15T14:00
Founder of the Mindful of Race Institute, and author of Listen
The Practice of Meditation with Yung Pueblo from 2022-10-01T14:00
Diego Perez is the name behind the New York Times bestselling book, Clarity and ConnectionListen
That Bird Has My Wings book review and The Buddhist Enneagram with Susan Piver from 2022-09-17T14:00
New York Times bestselling author Susan Piver takes a well-known typology of personality types, and applies Buddhist principles to demonstrate how it can provide ...
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We're Not Who You Think We Are with Chenxing Han from 2022-09-03T13:41:12
Author of Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists, C...
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Beauty in the Bittersweet with Susan Cain and ‘Not Enlightened Yet’ by Miguel Chen from 2022-08-20T14:00
Sad music, rainy days–there’s beauty in the bittersweet state of mind. It can also teach us about creativity, compassion, leadership, spirituality, mortality and ...
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The Breath Is Your Partner with Trudy Goodman from 2022-08-06T14:00
Mindfulness is effective when used properly, but the deep techniques of the Buddhist form of meditation known as Insight (or Vipassana) are truly the heart of min...
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Racism, Suffering, and the Joy of Freedom with Kamilah Majied from 2022-07-23T14:00
Dr. Kamilah Majied is an expert on building inclusivity and equity using meditative practices. She talks to Lion’s Roar’s Pamela Ayo Yetunde about internalized ra...
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Connecting to Nature with Larry Ward, and Roe v. Wade with Roshi Joan Halifax from 2022-07-09T14:00
Larry Ward, student of Thich Nhat Hanh, shares four everyday practices to better connect with the natural world. Then, Roshi Joan Halifax offers some words of enc...
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Wisdom and Suffering with Brother Phap Hai from 2022-06-25T13:30
Senior student of Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh and author of Nothing to It: Ten Ways to Be at Home with Yourself,...
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Coping with Racism and Guided Metta with Phoenix Soleil from 2022-06-11T14:00
Insight Meditation teacher Phoenix Soleil talks to Pamela Ayo Yetunde about dealing with racism, and how metta practice can help get you through.
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Fear and Knowing How to Be Satisfied with Koshin Paley Ellison from 2022-05-28T13:20:33
Fear can lead us to do regretful, hateful, and even violent things. Lion’s Roar’s new online course Listen
Mindful Money with Spencer Sherman from 2022-04-16T14:00
Author of The Cure for Money Madness, Spencer Sherman talks about how one c...
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Pema Chodron’s Four Keys to Waking Up with Andrea Miller from 2022-04-02T14:00
With Lion’s Roar’s free “Wisdom of Pema Chodron” Summit about to launch, we’re sharing Andrea Miller’s story abouts Pema C...
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On the Road with Traveling Nunk Sister Clear Grace from 2022-03-19T13:48:55
Sister Clear Grace is a black, non-binary monastic traveling across the country to lean in to the collective experience of the United States. The traveling nunk s...
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Failure and Creativity with Seth Godin and Zopa’s “Red Sky” from Sopranos Star Michael Imperioli from 2022-03-05T14:00
Seth Godin is an expert on failure. While he’s founded several hugely successful ventures and written 20 bestselling books around the world including his newest b...
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Healing the Inner Child with Anh-Huong Nguyen from 2022-02-19T14:00
While the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh may seem simple, they are profound. Anh-Huong NguyenListen
The Passing of Thich Nhat Hanh and “This Monk Wears Heels” with Kodo Nishimura from 2022-02-05T14:30
We reflect on the death of one of the greatest Buddhist teachers of our time, and preview the new issue of Lion’s Roar magazine. Then makeup artist, monk, and aut...
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Anxiety and What to do About it with Bruce Tift from 2022-01-22T14:30
Anxiety can be a pretty reasonable response to times of wide spread disease, environmental disaster, social unrest and pol...
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The Science of Hope and Justice with Sará King from 2022-01-08T14:30
Wellbeing and social justice are one and the same, according to neuroscientist Dr. Sará King. Pamela Ayo Yetunde asks about Listen
Love Your Body Meditation with Trudy Goodman from 2021-12-25T14:00
A guided body scan meditation from Insight LA founder Trudy Goodman, plus an audio clip from her presentation for the new Insight and Mindfulness online learning...
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Refuge from Racism with Sensei Alex Kakuyo from 2021-12-11T14:00
How can Buddhist practice help you find refuge from racism? Especially from the internalized sense of inferiority that lives within the minds and bodies of racial...
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“Mission: Joy” with Peggy Callahan and Elissa Epel from 2021-11-27T14:00
Centered on a friendship between the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the documentary Mission: Joy <...
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Facing the Unknown with Kaira Jewel Lingo from 2021-11-13T14:30
As everyday normalities change, or even vanish, what used to make sense is out the door, and a new vision of our lives and our world is needed. Kaira Jewel Lingo,...
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The Five Remembrances with Koun Franz and Guided Breath Meditation from 2021-10-30T14:30
The facts of aging, illness, death, separation, and loss can actually be encouraging, Buddhadharma’s Koun Franz explains. Then, a guided meditation and quick chec...
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Cultivating the Power of Attention with Amishi Jha from 2021-10-16T14:30
Author of Peak Mind Dr. Amishi Jha talks about the book, the natural capacity we ha...
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In the Issue: Ted Lasso, Dogen, and Death from 2021-10-02T14:00
Editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod, deputy editor Andrea Miller, and associate editor Ross Nervig talk about the latest issue of Lion’s Roar magazine and some of the h...
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Radical Friendship and Tonglen Practice with Kate Johnson from 2021-09-18T11:41:10
Buddhist meditation teacher Kate Johnson leads a session of Tonglen meditation informed by current events, and talks about her new book, Radical Friendship: 7...
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When Sadness Rages Like Fire with Pema Khandro Rinpoche from 2021-09-04T14:00
Pema Khandro Rinpoche shares the life of the Tibetan yogi Shabkar, whose practice and teachings were inseparable from loss and grief.
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Authenticity, Wholeness, and Boldness with Mushim Ikeda and Three Breaths Meditation to Rewire Your Brain with Rick Hanson from 2021-08-21T16:00
Mushim Patricia Ikeda examines how spiritual work can help us generate wholeness, joy, ease, and even ancestral healing. Then, Rick Hanson guides Listen
Being Mindful of Our Mortality with Nikki Mirghafori from 2021-08-07T12:19:02
AI scientist and Buddhist teacher Nikki Mirghafori talks about how to live and love more fully by facing our mortality, including a guided meditation.
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The Subtle Joy of Shikantaza with Pat Enkyo O’Hara and The Buddha Was Here by Andrea Miller from 2021-07-24T14:00
On a pilgrimage to India Lion’s Roar’s Andrea Miller explores the life and teachings of the historical Buddha and the new insights she gained by being there. Then...
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Changing Your Brain with Rick Hanson from 2021-07-10T14:42:50
Psychologist and author of Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness, Listen
Life is But a Dream with Andrew Holecek and Feeding Your Demons with Lama Tsultrim Allione from 2021-06-26T13:15:20
Dream yoga specialist Andrew Holecek and one of the first American women to be ordained in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, ...
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The Four Noble Tasks of Recovery with Dave Smith from 2021-06-12T13:00
Secular Dharma Foundation founder Dave Smith is teaching an online, teacher-directed, community-based buddhist addiction recovery course. Buddhadharma’s Koun Fran...
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Teaching Kids About Dharma with Sumi Kim and The Nature of Reality with Georges Dreyfus from 2021-05-29T13:00
Sumi Loundon Kim, Buddhist chaplain at Yale University, talks with Buddhadharma’s Koun Franz about what she’s learned from teaching mindfulness to kids and their parents. Then, the Buddha is bel...
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The Forgotten Story of the Buddha’s Wife with Vanessa Sasson from 2021-05-15T12:23:11
Vanessa Sasson is a religious studies professor and author of Yasodhara: A Novel about the Buddha’s Wife
Four Rules at the Center of the Universe with Thubten Chodron / Talking Dharma Relief with Guo Gu from 2021-05-01T15:11:39
American Tibetan Buddhist nun, Thubten Chodron, gives a humorous depiction of the consequences of believing in a solid self...
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Mindfulness, Work, and Deepening Your Practice with Beth Wallace from 2021-04-17T11:52:04
Beth Wallace is Lion’s Roar’s Associate Publisher, Finance & Operations, but she’s ...
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Silent Illumination with Guo Gu from 2021-04-03T13:30
Buddhadharma’s Koun Franz interviews Chan teacher and scholar Guo Gu about the essence of his latest book,
Anti-Asian Violence Is an Attack On Us All by Cristina Moon and Talking with Sensei Dorothy Dai En Friedman from 2021-03-20T11:12:57
Korean American Zen priest Cristina Moon responds to the recent rise in anti-Asian violence in her article, “Anti-Asian Violence Is an Attack On Us All.” Then a q...
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Buddhist Indie Metal with Jessica Pimentel and “In This Moment” with Born I Music from 2021-03-06T12:05:30
In this special episode featuring music from Buddhist artists, Jessica Pimentel from Orange is the New Black talks to Lion’s Roar’s Ross Nervig about the intersec...
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Love and Rage and Letting Go with Lama Rod Owens from 2021-02-20T21:04:16
Teacher, author, and radical black activist Lama Rod Owens explores what it means to let go of the person you t...
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Asian American Buddhists and The Myth of Two Buddhisms with Chenxing Han from 2021-02-06T17:09:56
Chenxing Han challenges mainstream assumptions about American Buddhism with Be the Refuge: Raising The Voices Of Asian American Buddhists – a book that calls out the whitewashing and er...
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Right Livelihood with Buddha's Office author Dan Zigmond from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Life as we know it has changed, including work life. Technology tends to fill in the gaps left open by the need to distance ourselves from one another, but can work and technology actually help our...
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Buddhist Children's Books and The Unconditional Okay-ness of Things with Josh Bartok from 2021-01-23T16:11:31
Zen teacher and author Josh Bartok talks to Andrea Miller about the process of writing Buddhist children's literature, the concept of loving-receiving, and his latest children's book, I See ...
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The Passing of Sojun Mel Weitsman / What's the deal with reincarnation? from 2021-01-09T16:10:47
In honour of the life of Sojun Mel Weitsman we’re sharing a selection of clips in which you’ll hear him speak personally about his early days with Suzuki Roshi, the founding of the San Francisco...
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How You Help Us Give the Gift of Dharma from 2020-12-12T12:48
The prisoner subscription program is just one of the positive things we’re able to do because of the generosity of readers and listeners. So Lion's Roar's Rebecca Pearson, Bakes Mitchell, and Ro...
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Guided Tonglen Meditation with Lama Tsomo from 2020-11-28T13:09
Lama Tsomo shares a guided tonglen meditation to apply your personal practice to widening social circles, and to move from fear into love.
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Leading with Love and Wisdom and Pema Chodron’s Four Keys to Waking Up from 2020-11-14T21:52:31
Lion's Roar's Andrea Miller shares Pema Chodron's advice on how to really “walk the walk” of a spiritual person, and what being a “fake” spiritual person really means. Also, Editor in Chief Melv...
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Impermanence, Illness, and Health with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo and Pema Khandro Rinpoche from 2020-10-31T16:14:49
Author, teacher, and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery, Tenzin Palmo has a frank discussion with fellow teacher and scholar, Pema Khandro Rinpoche about what advice Buddhism has to offer...
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Life Lessons from the Poker Table with Maria Konnikova from 2020-10-17T12:19:46
Professional poker player Maria Konnikova says mindfulness not only helps ground her in life, but in her gameplay. She tells Lion's Roar's Andrea Miller how, in an interview for the article, “Li...
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(Repost) Healing America’s Racial Karma with Dr. Larry Ward from 2020-10-03T11:36
Dr. Larry Ward, ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh as a dharma teacher in the Plum Village tradition, and the author of America's Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal, says much of the global t...
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In the Issue: Poker, Kung Fu, Good Food, and Mindfulness from 2020-09-19T11:40:07
Editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod and deputy editor Andrea Miller talk about what's in the next issue of Lion's Roar magazine, from the cover story on teachings from the Buddha to the Kung Fu Nuns o...
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Awakening My Heart on Retreat with Thich Nhat Hanh from 2020-09-05T11:12
Lions Roar’s Andrea Miller describes a six day retreat with the Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh – one that promised total relaxation and ended up being a healing experience she didn’t know...
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Illness Can Teach Us So Much with Karma Lekshe Tsomo and Pema Khandro Rinpoche from 2020-08-22T12:05
In another helpful conversation about Buddhism, illness, and health—especially relevant in the coronavirus era—Buddhist teacher Karma Lekshe Tsomo gets personal with her colleague Pema Khandro R...
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Study Versus Practice with Stephen Batchelor from 2020-08-08T11:23
Stephen Batchelor is a teacher and author of the national bestselling title Buddhism Without Beliefs. Buddhadharma deputy editor Koun Franz asks him about the role of study in Buddhist ...
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A Marriage Made in Heaven with Anne Lamott and Neal Allen / Positive Change in Buddhism with Melvin McLeod from 2020-07-25T15:51:34
Anne Lamott grew up in a family with atheist parents and a great disdain for spirituality. Neal Allen was raised in a Protestant Christian family but until he was 52 years old believed he had no...
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Apology from an Abusive Father with Eve Ensler from 2020-07-11T13:36:25
Sharing your most personal stories can seem impossible. But in her book The Apology, Eve Ensler goes one impossible step further. She tells the story of her...
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The Dalai Lama's First Album / Why PoC Sanghas are Different with Julio Rivera from 2020-06-13T17:23:32
Julio Rivera is the founder and CEO of Liberate, a meditation app and community for black indigenous and people of colour. We spoke in March, at the height of coronavirus related deaths in New Y...
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Self-help with Melvin McLeod and Mental Health with Jeff Warren from 2020-05-30T12:44:38
The podcast is shifting to bi-weekly starting with this episode, allowing us to prepare a slew of new projects coming your way. Today, Lion’s Roar publisher Ben Moore speaks with Canadian medita...
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(Repost) How to Love with bell hooks / The Truth of Love with Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath / Pure Love Tonglen Meditation with Dr. Judith Simmer-Brown from 2020-05-23T11:00
Author and activist bell hooks shares a simple formula for healthy romantic relationships, starting with the myth that love is a feeling – a noun. In fact, as Jungian psychoanalyst and Zen Buddh...
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How to Be Sick with Pema Khandro Rinpoche and Toni Bernhard from 2020-05-16T16:00
Buddhist teachers Toni Bernhard and Pema Khandro Rinpoche have both known chronic illness first hand. In this conversation—especially relevant in the coronavirus era—they talk personally about r...
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Buddha and Baseball with Don Lopez / Walking Meditation with Oren Jay Sofer from 2020-05-09T11:00
Big-league baseball is on hold thanks to the coronavirus but a new book by Dr. Don Lopez captures the feel of the game in Buddha Takes the Mound: Enlightenment in 9 Innings. Rod Meade S...
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Multi-genre rap artist Born I Music and the album 11:11 from 2020-05-02T13:15:21
Longtime Buddhist practitioner, mindfulness teacher, and hip hop artist Born I Music talks to Rod Meade Sperry about how he and his family are using mindfulness to cope with the shutdown due to ...
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Arthur Russell's Posthumous Album Iowa Dream with Steve Knutson from 2020-04-25T12:02:05
Arthur Russell was a genius musician, known for experimenting with genres from Indian classical to disco. He passed away at just 40 years old, leaving behind more than 1,000 tapes of unreleased ...
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Grief and Gratitude with Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell from 2020-04-18T11:00
Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell are Zen monks who live in New York city where the death toll is reported to have risen to more than 10,000. They're the founders of the New York Ze...
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Roshi Joan Halifax on the Upaya Zen Center's Response to Coronavirus / Practice for Confronting Illness from 2020-04-11T11:40:14
Roshi Joan Halifax is the founder, head teacher and abbot of Upaya Institute and Zen Center. In an interview with LionsRoar.com editor Rod Meade Sperry, she talks about how the center a...
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Dharma in a Pandemic Era with Roshi Josh Bartok and Oren Jay Sofer from 2020-04-04T16:21:09
Social distancing has become the new buzzword but it doesn’t mean you need to stop caring and communicating in a social way. Buddhadharma editor Tynette Deveaux talks to mindfulness tea...
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Meals That Heal the Heart and Practices for Living in the COVID-19 Era from 2020-03-21T12:53:47
Food writer and practicing Buddhist Elissa Altman lays out five ways to appreciate more of your meal, even if it means making peace with not having your favourite ingredients. But first, Bonnie ...
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The COVID-19 Era Sangha Needs You / Aligning the Body and Mind with Oren Jay Sofer from 2020-03-14T02:56:02
The Buddhist community is reckoning with coronavirus as many brick and mortar centres temporarily shut down. Rod Meade Sperry of Lion's Roar shares a piece on what we can do to help. But first, ...
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Healing America's Racial Karma in Ourselves with Dr. Larry Ward from 2020-03-07T02:07:45
Dr. Larry Ward, ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh as a dharma teacher in the Plum Village tradition, says much of the turmoil we face is the result of a history of thought and practice that has justif...
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How Radical Can You Be? with JoAnna Hardy from 2020-02-29T05:46:28
In a world full of reasons to be scared, Vipassana meditation teacher JoAnna Hardy says loving-kindness is the antidote to fear. Hardy approaches meditation with an emphasis on compassion, and s...
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The Second Arrow of Suffering with Dr. Valerie Mason-John from 2020-02-22T03:03:23
Life has a way of throwing us a curveball when we least expect it, and when we think we can’t withstand any more, something else happens. Author and mindfulness teacher Dr. Valerie (Vim...
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How to Love with bell hooks / The Truth of Romantic Love with Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath / Pure Love Tonglen Meditation with Dr. Judith Simmer-Brown from 2020-02-14T19:03:04
Author and activist bell hooks shares a simple formula for a healthy romantic relationships, starting with the myth that love is a feeling – a noun. In fact she says, “love is what to do.”
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Black Buddhist Panel on Dharma, Community and Activism from 2020-02-07T20:42:05
How does personal experience shape how we understand the dharma? How does that understanding shape how we take social action? Buddhist leaders Kamilah Majied, Willie Mukei Smith, and DaRa Willia...
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Just Stop: The Simplest Meditation / Golden Butter Meditation with Koshin Paley Ellison from 2020-01-31T21:01:50
The simplest practice of all is the ability to "just stop," says Chief Editor Melvin McLeod, but it's not easy. In this brief editorial he sheds light on why we struggle to slow down, and why we...
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Eating Oryoki with Claire Gesshin Greenwood from 2020-01-24T19:17:23
Claire Gesshin Greenwood discovered Oryoki in the monasteries of Japan, where monks in training practice a ritualized eating ceremony with bells and chanting. There’s a right way to use the bowl...
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Making Sense of Death with Ram Dass and East Forest from 2020-01-17T16:30:09
One of the core teachings of Ram Dass is on conscious aging and dying, so even after he passed away, followers of his work turned to him to make sense of their grief. On the internet they would ...
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How to Really Listen with Drs. Larry and Peggy Ward from 2020-01-11T01:27:18
Two senior dharma teachers ordained by peace activist and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh share a poetic dharma talk and guided meditation to reconnect with yourself, with nature, and with each other...
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Everyday Goodwill Practice with Sylvia Boorstein from 2020-01-03T16:00
Buddhist teacher and author Sylvia Boorstein finds herself asking a prominent teacher, Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, for advice she hoped would open the way to profound enlightenment. What she discove...
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Cultivating a Mind Like Mr. Rogers with Sylvia Boorstein from 2019-12-27T22:54:59
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood deeply affected children growing up from 1968 to 2001 and long after. He stood up for public television that helped kids deal with real life emotions, every ...
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Why Loving-Kindness Matters and How to Practice It with JoAnna Hardy from 2019-12-20T16:14:37
Compassionate action goes hand-in-hand with social and racial justice, but it also has a lot to do with how we show up in the world as neighbours, loved ones, or even as fellow strangers. JoAnna...
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Experiencing Pain and Enjoying Life with Sensei Koshin and Sensei Chodo from 2019-12-13T16:57:38
Two Zen monks ask how do we dance, sing, and enjoy life even as we experience unavoidable pain? Married couple and founders of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, Senseis Koshin and ...
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When Buddha Met God / Is Buddhism even a religion? from 2019-12-06T16:06:38
There are Buddhists who don’t believe in God (or gods) and there are Buddhists who do. In this reading by editor in chief Melvin McLeod from an article he wrote called, “Are You Spiritual but No...
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Transgender Buddhist Ray Buckner on Creating Space for Difference in Sanghas from 2019-11-29T16:52:57
Ray Buckner is a transgender activist, academic and contributing author at Lion’s Roar magazine and Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly, where they write about Buddhism,...
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Demons and Ghosts Visualization with Lama Justin Von Bujdoss from 2019-11-22T16:26:54
Lama Justin Von Bujdoss, the first-ever Buddhist chaplain at Rikers Island Prison, shares a visualization practice inspired by the traditional practice in Vajrayana Buddhism called chöd, where y...
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Black Buddhist Konda Mason and The Gathering II from 2019-11-17T00:50:45
The Buddhist teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center talks about what came out of The Gathering II, five days of dharma talks, meditation, workshops, and panel discussions by and for Black Amer...
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Sacred Reich's Buddhist Metal Album with Phil Rind from 2019-11-09T19:13:51
"Bad Buddhist" Phil Rind is a singer in a metal band who's newest album Awakening is riddled with references to the eightfold path and the Buddha's teachings. Lion’s Roar Editor Rod Mea...
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Death Meditation and MARANASATI 19111 from 2019-11-01T23:07:55
With music from her debut album, composer and multi-instrumentalist Nina Keith shares her process of producing experimental classical music with found sounds and rented instruments from her bedr...
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Two Deep Breaths Practice with Cyndi Lee / How to Meditate from 2019-10-25T15:36:30
Cyndi Lee, Buddhist and teacher of movement and self-care, shares a brief practice to help you get grounded when life is overwhelming.
Lion’s Roar Editor Rod Meade Sperry shares a quick g...
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Joanna Macy / Bhikkhu Bodhi / Mark Ovland from 2019-10-19T01:04:51
Environmental activist, author and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy talks about “The Work that Reconnects” and how it encourages activism that doesn’t alienate or blame, but brings people together.<...
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Rev. angel Kyodo williams on love and Radical Dharma from 2019-10-11T20:46:10
Zen priest and black queer feminist Rev. angel Kyodo williams on compassion, liberation and Radical Dharma.
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Tim Ryan / What is Zen? / Sylvia Boorstein from 2019-09-27T17:40:27
Congressman and presidential candidate Tim Ryan on his platform, which strongly encourages the adoption of mindfulness as national policy.
Koun Franz, Zen priest and deputy editor of ...
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