‘In the Zen tradition the Buddha realised awakening after seeing the morning star. Did you see the morning star this morning? Not to worry it shines everyday.’ Zen

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I was born in 1951 in Tokyo, Japan. I grew up in a military family, and over the years we lived in Okinawa, Germany, and El Paso, Texas. I encountered Buddhism for the first time in about 1963. A friend’s mother took her to Soka Gakkai meetings, and my parents allowed...

The fellowship seeks to support and amplify voices of people of Asian descent writing on Buddhism, culture, and life for a predominately North American audience.  Over the course of a year, fellows will develop a body of work for publication across Lion’s Roar’s...

When I was little, I often felt as though I lived in two completely different worlds. My parents’ home was like an ice castle. Everything looked beautiful. Everything was orderly. Everything appeared exactly as it was supposed to. But it was cold. My mother rarely let...

For the past twenty months, I’ve been feeding myself through a tube. I’m not able to eat through my mouth because of a complication with swallowing that carries food to my lungs instead of my stomach. During this mouthless feeding period, I’ve spilled my meals and...

“Being easy to please is often mistaken for having no needs at all.” ~Unknown We’d been together four years when my husband turned to me in the car and asked, completely out of nowhere, “What’s your favorite color?” I laughed, assuming he was joking. He wasn’t. “I’m...

‘At the heart of the Buddha’s message is the teaching of the Middle Way—a path that avoids the extremes of indulgence in sensual pleasures on one side and severe asceticism on the other. Before his enlightenment, the Buddha had experienced both ends of this spectrum.’...