Alyda always wanted to be in control of her plans. As a perfectionist, she mapped out exactly how her life would go, especially her dream of moving to America. But when the pandemic hit in 2020, those plans completely fell apart, leaving her disappointed and depressed...

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” ~J.R.R. Tolkien It was my son’s fifteenth birthday. His basketball...

Lion’s Roar is delighted to announce that we have released our 2025 Report to Our Community. Our annual community report highlights the Lion’s Roar Foundation’s activities and accomplishments in 2025, introduces our board and staff, and gives an overview of financial...

“Rule your mind or it will rule you.” ~Buddha Some mornings I wake before dawn and lie still, listening for signs that the house is awake. A cough down the hallway. The sound of a drawer opening. Water running softly in the kitchen sink. My mother is ninety-seven...

‘Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.’ Bodhidharma

‘Sunyatā: The born — the temporal — and the unborn — the timeless the truth of enlightenment — of the Buddha's own discourses.’ Lucid Exposition of the Middle Way

‘Becoming and Nirvana — neither of these is existent; the complete understanding of becoming may be called Nirvana.’ Arya Nagarjuna

Buddhism is about liberation from suffering and sympathetic joy for all, so it makes perfect sense that Buddhists of all backgrounds would support a holiday celebrating freedom from bondage and the joy that comes with being free. For centuries, beginning in 1865, two...

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.” ~Carl Rogers I remember sitting on the living room floor one evening while my boys were playing nearby. One of them was trying to build something out of Legos and getting more and more...