On the mountain where I live, the weather can be incredibly bipolar, which is great fun. In the winter we get snowed in and in the summer the sun burns us all to hell. A big fan of the “middle way,” though, my favorite time of year is… today, as it turns out: Spring...

‘True generosity arises from the recognition that when we give, we are not losing something, but participating in a flow of generosity that benefits both the giver and the receiver.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘To grasp the significance of pure lands is not to imagine them as distant or fantastical places, but to recognise that they symbolise states of awareness that are available to us here and now.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘When you turn within and drop off everything completely, realisation occurs.’ Hongzhi Zhengjue

‘Enlightenment, as described in the Diamond Sutra, is not a goal to be attained, nor a treasure to be claimed. It is the dropping away of delusion, the recognition of what has always been.’ Everyday Buddhism

‘The human mind thrives on notions of achievement. Whether in worldly or spiritual pursuits, we are conditioned to seek, strive, and accumulate. Yet, the Buddha’s teaching overturns this paradigm.’ Everyday Buddhism

It is with great sadness that we report the death of our dear friend and colleague Cindy Littlefair on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.  Cindy was known to many members of the Lion’s Roar community and our partners as the creator of our annual fund-raising auction. She was...

‘The Buddha’s presence is not confined to moments of deep meditation or profound insight; it is alive in the ordinary and the mundane, in the very fabric of our daily lives.’ Everyday Buddhism

In an historic ceremony held on April 11, the City of New York officially co-named a stretch of West 109th Street between Riverside Drive and Broadway as “Thich Nhat Hanh Way” in honor the late Vietnamese Zen teacher and his enduring legacy in the fields of...

As The Intercept, The New York Times, and other outlets are reporting, Mohsen Mahdawi — a student activist who has been critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza, and is the former president of Columbia University’s Buddhist Association — was detained by immigration...