For most of my life, I had a second full-time job. Nobody hired me for it. Nobody paid me. But it ate more hours than anything else I did. The job was pretending to be normal. I am autistic. Growing up, I didn’t always have that word for it, but I knew one thing for...

What brings you to Lion’s Roar? What role do Buddhist teachings, meditation, or other spiritual resources play in your life? We want to make Lion’s Roar as helpful and relevant to people’s lives as possible — and we’d like to learn from your experiences to understand...

‘Followers of the way, there’s no guru anywhere in the world who can match the wisdom of your own mind.’ Zen Graffiti

I know myself pretty well by now. I’ve had seven decades to work on the case, and I’m not exactly known for leaving a question alone. I know what matters to me. What gives me energy. What drains it. What I want more of. And what I have absolutely no intention of...

Trigger Warning: This story mentions cancer, the loss of loved ones, and grief. Please read with care. Chloe grew up in South Africa as the youngest child by several years. By the time she was old enough to understand the world around her, her siblings were already...

‘When we sit in zazen, all sorts of thoughts come and go that cannot be labelled delusion, confusion, or satori.’ Harada Sekkei Roshi

‘You cannot teach insight.’ Zen Graffiti

‘Anicca: Lit. not-eternal. One of the first insights of the Buddha "all that arises ceases", are not reality, not nirvana, not liberation.’ Everyday Buddhism