How to Contemplate Death; Join Us for a Free Live Guided Meditation; The Benefits of Emptiness

 

09.30.2025

Join Our Free Weekly Live Guided Meditation Start your Wednesdays with a calm mind and open heart. Beginning October 1, join our resident teacher Mary Stancavage for a free live online guided meditation every week at 8:30 am PST / 11:30 am EST. These short, 20-minute Zoom sessions are designed to help you feel the power of a simple, steady routine.   How to Contemplate Death Lisa Ernst on how to be mindful of death — and live with more wisdom, freedom, and gratitude.   Thupten Jinpa on the Benefits of Emptiness Buddhist scholar Thupten Jinpa explains how embracing emptiness allows us to let go of clinging. FROM LION’S ROAR   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.   Buddhism A–Z: Bodhichitta Bodhichitta is the state of mind of the bodhisattva – a mind striving toward enlightenment and infused with the compassionate motivation to help others.   Gaining Perspective on Habitual Patterns When you’re caught in your habitual patterns, says Joan Sutherland, try not to fixate on your reactions. Instead cultivate awareness of everything that is happening in the moment.   New for Members: “How to Cultivate Friendliness through Metta Meditation with Mary Stancavage” Workshop In this four-part video work shop for Lion’s Roar members, Mary Stancavage teaches the transformative practice of metta meditation, to develop genuine friendliness toward yourself and others, creating wellbeing, patience, and connection while releasing harshness and resentment. View our full library of workshops here.