White House Celebrates Vesak; Glimpses of Awakening; How to Practice Zen Koans

 

05.17.2022

US president Joe Biden, White House extend warm wishes to Buddhists with second annual Vesak celebration On Monday, a second annual Vesak celebration was held at the White House honoring the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha.

Glimpses of Awakening Although enlightenment can seem like an unreachable goal, says Judy Lief, we’re actually having glimpses of it all the time.  Para leer este artículo en español: “Destellos del despertar”

How to Practice Zen Koans John Tarrant demystifies Zen koan practice. Yes, it’s paradoxical, poetic, and totally personal. And so is life.

My Flight From the Real Pico Iyer thought he would find what is truly real by going off to a monastery, but he was really fleeing it. Dropping his spiritual romaticism, he found it in ordinary life.

Read the Lion’s Roar Foundation “Report to Our Community — 2021: The Year in Review” To learn more about the Lion’s Roar Foundation and what we’re doing to share and support the dharma, read the Report to Our Community, published in April 2022.

Your Whole Body Is Hands and Eyes Ejo McMullen on the total response of Avalokiteshvara — with a thousand arms, an eye on the palm of each hand — as the model of the bodhisattva path.

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