Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Vision for a Mindful Future; A 3-Step Practice for Anxiety; The Wisdom of Impermanence

 

07.01.2025

The Mindful Future: A Conversation with Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness isn’t just about cultivating personal well-being. In this final installment of a three-part conversation, Jon Kabat-Zinn talks to Melvin McLeod about how mindfulness is the key to fostering a more compassionate, ethical society.   A 3-Step Practice to Soothe Anxiety Psychologist Chris Germer’s three-step self-compassion practice to soothe your anxiety with kindness.   Trudy Goodman on the Profound Wisdom of Impermanence Trudy Goodman explains the profound wisdom of impermanence, one of Buddhism’s three marks of existence. ADVERTISEMENT When Sadness Rages Like Fire Pema Khandro Rinpoche shares the life of the Tibetan yogi Shabkar, whose practice and teachings were inseparable from loss and grief. Buddhism A-Z: Three Doors of Liberation The Three Doors of Liberation — no self, signlessness, and aimlessness — are Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings to transcend suffering and live in harmony with the true nature of existence. Books in Brief: July 2025 Jessica Little reviews new books for the July 2025 issue of Lion’s Roar 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.