No Self, No Suffering; Podcast: The Joy of Freedom with Kamilah Majied; How Do We Make Sense of Rebirth?

 

07.26.2022

No Self, No Suffering The Buddha made a big promise — that if we know the cause of suffering we can end it. Melvin McLeod breaks down the Buddha’s four noble truths — including his unique insight into the real cause of our suffering — and argues it’s not only the ultimate self-help formula, but the best guide to helping others and benefiting the world.

The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Racism, Suffering, and the Joy of Freedom with Kamilah Majied Dr. Kamilah Majied is an expert on building inclusivity and equity using meditative practices. She talks to Lion’s Roar’s Pamela Ayo Yetunde about internalized racism in America, the nature of suffering, how to triumph over that suffering as a racialized person, and how we can all find a more freeing, joyous way to live.

How Do We Make Sense of Rebirth? Questions around rebirth — from how it works to whether it’s even real — have energized and divided Buddhists for millennia. In this excerpt from his book Rebirth, Roger R. Jackson unpacks the complexity of it all and offers four basic approaches to incorporating it (or not) into our own practice.

Awakening with “A Love Supreme” Rev. Dr. John Lee reflects on John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme and how he learned to view the album as an example of awakening.

How to Do Gatha Practice By reciting the short verses known as gathas, says Zachiah Murray, we transform any activity into an opportunity to awaken to our true nature.

La practica del amor auténtico Ivan Trujillo-Priego nos invita a evaluar profundamente nuestras intenciones y deseos para practicar íntegra y auténticamente.

New for Subscribers: “Deep Dive into Meditation” Ebook If you can breathe, you can meditate. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced meditator, you’ll find helpful wisdom to awaken your practice in this ebook available exclusively to Lion’s Roar subscribers. With teachings and instruction from experienced teachers such as Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Thich Nhat Hanh, Willa Blythe Baker, Norman Fischer, you’ll have all you need to go deeper in your practice.