The Heart of the Buddha; Everything Is Enlightenment; Healing Begins with Gratitude

 

11.23.2021

The Heart of the Buddha Thubten Chodron on how to develop bodhichitta, the aspiration to attain buddhahood in order to benefit others.

Everything Is Enlightenment? Enlightenment is everywhere we look, says Joan Sutherland — we can choose to notice it, but at the same time, we can also trust that it will find us, wherever we are.

If You Meet The Buddha On The Road, Kill Him? Chris Pacheco, Lion’s Roar’s Associate AV Editor, unpacks ninth-century Chinese Buddhist monk Linji Yixuan’s famous quote, and what it really means to “kill the Buddha.”

Learn the “BASICS” of Insight Meditation Larry Yang teaches the basics of a simple practice you can do right now: insight meditation.

Healing Begins With Gratitude “The great open secret of gratitude,” writes Joanna Macy, “is that it is not dependent on external circumstance. It’s like a setting or channel that we can switch to at any moment, no matter what’s going on around us.”

Share Your Wisdom: Ask your child “Who is the Buddha?” We want to hear from kids twelve and under. Ask your child, “Who is the Buddha? What do you like about him?”   Send us their response, along with their first name, age, and photo to themoment@lionsroar.com. If you’d like to include your child’s drawing of the Buddha, we’d love to see it!

How Self-Compassion Can Help Us Survive the Holidays If you’re spending the holidays with family this year, Jeremy Mohler has some advice for staying present when old wounds pop up.