How I Stopped My Panic Attacks; Guided Compassion Meditation; Finding Balance Amidst Life’s Demands

 

How I Stopped My Panic Attacks Stricken with anxiety as a child, Buddhist teacher Mingyur Rinpoche learned how to heal his panic with awareness. He teaches us three techniques that helped him.

Watch: Guided Meditation to Give & Receive Compassion with Chris Germer Join psychologist Chris Germer for a guided meditation practice to give and receive compassion. In this 15-minute practice, Germer gently guides you to synchronize your breath with compassion, taking in kindness for yourself and sending out compassion to others.

Finding Balance Amidst Life’s Demands There are burdens we can’t put down, says Furyu Nancy Schroeder. That fact is the true heart of our human life.

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A Radiance of Nuns Tsunma Sherab Khandro attended March’s Alliance of Non-Himalayan Nuns’ Gathering in Dharamsala, India. Here, she shares her experience and her perspective on the many challenges today’s nuns are faced with as they strive to uphold their vows, including lack of community and financial support. Read more from Buddhadharma on its new online home.

Books in Brief: July 2024 Jessica Little reviews eight new books for the July 2024 issue of Lion’s Roar.

The Sacred Desire to Exist Out of the primordial desire to exist, everything comes into being. This sacred force, says Anam Thubten, is different from clinging, which is the source of our suffering.

For Subscribers: “The Essential Guide to Buddhist Teachings on Mindfulness” Ebook

Buddhists have been teaching and practicing mindfulness for thousands of years, with “right mindfulness” being the seventh step on the Buddha’s Eightfold Path to awakening. In this ebook available exclusively to Lion’s Roar subscribers, Diana Winston, Gaylon Ferguson, Anushka Fernandopulle, and more dive into the practice, foundation, and application of mindfulness in our everyday lives.