How to Make Friends With Your Monsters; The Insight That Made Me a Buddhist; Podcast: The Dharma of Harriet Tubman with Spring Washam

 

02.21.2023

How to Make Friends with Your Beautiful Monsters Anger, fear, envy — usually we’re ashamed of our so-called monstrous emotional patterns. Yet if we make friends with our monsters, says Tsoknyi Rinpoche, magic happens. We are no longer afraid.

The Simple Insight That Made Me a Buddhist John Mifsud shares the story of how he found himself at the feet of a golden Buddha in Thailand, where a simple insight changed his perspective.

The Lion’s Roar Podcast: The Dharma of Harriet Tubman with Spring Washam Lion’s Roar’s Pamela Ayo Yetunde talks to Spring Washam, author of The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground, about the power of calling upon the spirit of this veritable bodhisattva to heal the particular wounds of American injustice and tragedy.

Tuning In: A Buddhist Subtle Energy Practice for Anxiety What does your body tell you when you’re anxious? C. Pierce Salguero explains how Buddhist practice can help us tune in when strong emotions arise.

Finding My Spiritual Home as a Muslim and Buddhist Som Pourfarzaneh’s two religions are sometimes at odds. Can he practice both without losing the richness of either?

Healing America’s Racial Karma More than 150 years after the end of slavery, America’s tragic racial karma rolls on. If we understand how karma really works, says Buddhist teacher Larry Ward, we can stop it.

For Subscribers: “The Essential Guide To Working With Difficult Emotions” Ebook So much of our happiness depends on how we work with our emotions. Buddhist practice helps us understand the energy of strong emotions, free ourselves from negative emotional patterns, and discover the wisdom in even the most difficult emotions. In this helpful guide a number Buddhist teachers offer insights and techniques to help us work with difficult emotions.