How to Unleash Your Creativity; Tara Brach's Guided RAIN Meditation; Let Your Heart Break

 

How to Unleash Your Creativity Geshe Tenzin Wangyal tells us how to unleash powerful creative energy and turn every action into a work of art.

Watch: Guided RAIN Meditation with Tara Brach Developed by Vipassana teacher Michele McDonald, RAIN stands for: Recognize what is happening; Allow life to be just as it is; Investigate inner experience with kindness; Non-identification. In this video, Tara Brach shares a guided RAIN meditation practice to help us connect to our suffering and move through it.

Let Your Heart Break Awareness will not solve the world’s problems, says Ronna Bloom, but it’s an important first step.

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How Buddhist Abhidharma Practice Mitigates Aversion, Craving, and Suffering Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche explains how Abhidharma, a.k.a. Buddhist Psychology, can guide us toward inner freedom, compassion, and wisdom. Also included is a short breathing/meditation practice.

Share Your Wisdom: What life or spiritual lesson have you learned from your kids? Send your answer, location, and a photo of yourself to themoment@lionsroar.com for possible inclusion in the next issue of Lion’s Roar magazine.

How to Drink a Mindful Cup of Tea A cup of tea or coffee is a nice break. Drinking it mindfully is a real break. Joseph Emet teaches us this five-step practice. Para leer este artículo en español: Cómo beber una taza de té con atención plena

For Subscribers: “Great Dharma Teachers: Robert Waldinger” Audio Interview In this audio interview, Lion’s Roar editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod sits down with Buddhist teacher, psychiatrist, leading researcher, and author of The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness, Dr. Robert Waldinger to discuss his findings on what really makes us happy.