It goes a lot deeper than how many times a day you check your phone. According to Buddhist teacher Judy Lief, distraction is the very foundation of ego, the way we protect ourselves against both the pain of life and the open space of awakened mind. You could even say that letting go of all distraction is the path to enlightenment.
Caring for people who are suffering is a loving, even heroic calling, but it takes a toll. Roshi Joan Halifax teaches this five-step program to care for yourself while caring for others.
Buddhism and psychoanalysis take the same approach to calming the anxious mind, says Dr. Pilar Jennings—look with friendly curiosity at your anxiety and what causes it.
Sozan Miglioli, sacerdote en el linaje Soto Zen, nos habla sobre la ceremonia del Jukai, la cual marca el comienzo del camino budista en la tradición Zen.
In this audio collection available exclusively to Lion’s Roar subscribers, Trudy Goodman gives a talk and teaches a practice for “cutting through deep identification with the body”; Judy Lief explains how to relate to death (and life!) through Tibetan Buddhism’s bardo system; Roshi Joan Halifax teaches practices for transforming grief.
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