‘The difficulty starts with interpretations of Amida’s power. Some believe you have to repeatedly say the nembutsu; others believe you only have to say it once. Ippen said you only have to say it once, but with a pure heart!’ Ippen

The most rewarding aspect of our work at Lion’s Roar is being able to reach out to those who are searching for the dharma, who seek deeper understanding of themselves and the world, and who hope to make a difference.  To the greatest extent possible, we want to enable...

‘Aren't we living in awareness day and night?’ Avalokiteshvara

Growing old, like anything else, has its advantages and disadvantages—the disadvantages obvious, the advantages less so. But they are there. If you are an older person, you have known yourself, and others in your life, for a good long while. Friendship is one of...

The tent was ten feet wide by twenty feet long, and its plastic roof and walls were the color of raw chicken. It had two large windows whose mesh screens were green with algae and black with mold; geckos laid delicate white eggs in the rolled-up weather flaps. My...

I’ve had the good fortune of studying with His Holiness the Dalai Lama for several decades. Let me tell you what it’s like to study with him. His Holiness is extremely broad-minded and inclusive, respecting all religions and doing practices from the four Tibetan...