Pema Chödrön’s 3 Ways to Transform Emotions; Podcast: Buddhanature with Joseph Goldstein; A Body Scan Mediation for Stress Relief

 

05.21.2024

Pema Chödrön’s 3 Ways to Transform Your Emotions In this exclusive excerpt from her book How We Live Is How We Die, Pema Chödrön teaches us a three-step practice to transform destructive emotions’ energy from a cause of suffering into a path to awakening. The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Buddhanature and Skillful Means with Joseph Goldstein This past weekend, the Insight Meditation Society celebrated the 80th birthday of one of its co-founders, Joseph Goldstein. In this conversation with Buddhadharma editor Rod Meade Sperry, Goldstein shares how he has come to practice with and understand buddhanature — a basic principle of Mahayana Buddhism — as a Theravada Buddhist who takes special care to inform his practice with wisdom from other traditions.   4 Buddhists Share What Vesak Means to Them Thomas Calobrisi, Lama Hun Lye, Mihiri Tillakaratne, and Noel Alumit explore the meaning and lessons of Vesak, the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the birth, death, and enlightenment of the Buddha.   ADVERTISEMENT   A Body Scan Meditation for Stress Relief From your facial muscles down to your toes, tuning into how each part of your body feels can help you discover what your body really needs.   How I Share the Dharma with My Kids Cathryn Dhanatya discovers the power of ritual to help her family create meaning and community, and to connect to their Thai heritage. This article was published in the first issue of Bodhi Leaves: The Asian American Buddhist Monthly. For more stories by Asian American Buddhists, sign up here. Do I Have to Pick Just One Buddhist Tradition? Rev. angel Kyodo williams addresses the challenge of sticking to one Buddhist tradition. For Subscribers: “Deep Dive Into Vipassana” Ebook Theravada is the earliest form of institutionalized Buddhism and is still practiced today in Sri Lanka. In the US, Theravada mostly manifests through the teaching of Vipassana, particularly its popular meditation technique, mindfulness, the awareness of what is happening now — thoughts, feelings, sensations — without judgment or attachment. In this ebook available exclusively to Lion’s Roar subscribers, you’ll learn the history behind Vipassana and how to practice it with wisdom from Bhante Bodhidhamma, Joseph Goldstein, Bhikkhu Bodhi and more.