Spirituality
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...
If the closest you get to nature is an image on your screen saver, science recommends getting a better dose of green. Here are three ways inspired by urban garden designers. The post 3 Simple Ways to Reconnect With Nature (Even If You Live in the City) appeared first...
“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.’...
Jay Pitter, author of the book Black Public Joy, offers placemaking concepts and practices for cultivating a healthy sense of connection with ourselves and the outside world. The post Belonging Begins in the Body appeared first on Mindful.
I am at an interfaith gathering of clergy who are meeting with local police. One of our unhoused neighbors—a middle-aged female struggling with her mental health—was recently shot with rubber bullets. Some clergy express outrage at the violent police tactics. Others...
“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” ~Toni Morrison, Beloved My father was on the other side of my bedroom door, banging hard on it with the flat of his hand, screaming at me to get back to the table and finish my plate. I told him there was no way I...
‘The Buddha’s path is one that must be lived. As we live it, our practice becomes the vessel that carries us forward, and with each moment of awareness, we touch upon the truth the Buddha himself encountered under the Bodhi tree.’ Everyday Buddhism