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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A GIFT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME • Sharing Your Light

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BEARING WITNESS IN A CITY ON EDGE • BEN CONNELLY recounts how faith leaders and neighbors in Minneapolis practice presence, care, and nonviolent action. Their example illuminates the heart of Buddhist practice in a time of crisis.

HOW TO FIND YOUR MIDDLE WAY • 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.

FINDING MY HIGHER POWER IN THE TEN THOUSAND THINGS • BILL K. explores how Zen and Alcoholics Anonymous reflect and support each other, revealing a cosmos alive with connection.

WHEN PANIC ATTACKS • QALVY GRAINZVOLT on simple practices that can help you navigate panic with steadiness and self-compassion.

Courageous Heart • The Healing Power of Tara Practice with Chandra Easton

THE WISDOM OF ANIMALS • KATE SIBER on the wild teachers who show us how to let go and persevere, listen deeply, and begin again.

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ETHICS ARE THE HEART OF SPIRITUAL PRACTICE • Genuine awakening depends on grounding our practice in nonviolence, compassion, and self-honesty, says ANAM THUBTEN.

BOOKS IN BRIEF

So Many Ways to Be with Afflictions

Michael Pollan Wants You to Rethinks Consciousness • 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.

The Antidote to Greed, Hatred & Ignorance

Greed When Enough Never Feels Like Enough • MARVIN HARADA reflects on how the desire for “just a little more” manifests as everything from car envy to addiction—and how the act of giving calms the wanting mind.

When the Mind Can’t Stop Fueling the Fire • How can you cool the flames before they burn everything down? With honesty, responsibility, and practice, says KAREN MAEZEN MILLER.

When You Resist Reality • ALISA DENNIS uncovers how ignorance drives our need to control—and how clear seeing softens that grip into equanimity.

Learning the Difference Between What Heals & What Harms • A concluding reflection on the subtle way greed, anger, and ignorance infiltrate our lives and even our practice. PAMELA AYO YETUNDE invites readers to carry the medicine of the dharma into the world.

Your Deepest Questions • 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.

She Who Removes All Fear • 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.

MANTRAS for the SEVEN TARAS of SWIFT PROTECTION • These mantras open a direct, felt connection with each Tara’s presence.

A PRACTICE of SWIFT PROTECTION through JETSUN DRÖLMA NYURMA PAMO

Indra’s Net —for Aidan