Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha; Podcast: Working with Fear with Koshin Paley Ellison; Angry Bees

 

05.31.2022

Walking In the Footsteps of the Buddha When we visit the very places where the Buddha lived and taught, we discover deeper meaning in his teachings. Shantum Seth takes us on a sacred pilgrimage. From the July 2022 issue of Lion’s Roar.

The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Fear and Knowing How to Be Satisfied with Koshin Paley Ellison Fear can lead us to do regretful, hateful, and even violent things. Lion’s Roar’s new online course Medicine for Fear, inspired by Zen teacher Eihei Dogen’s essential instructions for awakening, offers a way to minimize fear’s impact on us. In this clip from Medicine for Fear, Koshin Paley Ellison talks about the problem of never feeling like you have enough.

Angry Bees and the Questions of 2020 Reflecting on the second anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd, Buddhist practitioner and beekeeper Marcella Prokop shares her account of working with the stickiness of suffering, and what the bees have taught her along the way.

Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, founder of the Tibet Center, has died Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, founder of The Tibet Center, reincarnate lama, and scholar of the Gelugpa order of Tibetan Buddhism, passed away on May 24, 2022 in Dharamsala, India.

How To Practice Tonglen Pema Chödrön teaches us “sending and taking,” an ancient Buddhist practice to awaken compassion. With each in-breath, we take in others’ pain. With each out-breath, we send them relief.

Yes, We Can Have Hope Roshi Joan Halifax reflects on the idea of “wise hope” and why we should open ourselves to it.

New for subscribers: “The Essential Guide to Loving-Kindness” Ebook Loving-kindness, or metta, is a time-honored, heart-opening practice that allows us to cultivate compassion for ourselves, others, and the world around us. With this ebook available exclusively to Lion’s Roar subscribers that features teachings and practices from Sylvia Boorstein, JoAnna Hardy, Mushim Patricia Ikeda, and more, you’ll learn how to bring the energy of loving-kindness into your everyday life.