‘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...

On the eightfold path, right thought, right speech, and right action all go together and cannot be separated from each other. The most important is right thought, because—as Buddhism teaches—everything starts from thought. A passage in the Dhammapada phrases it this...