Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation; Why Ethics Are the Heart of Spiritual Practice; Finding Higher Power in the Ten Thousand Things

 

05.12.2026 Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation with Mary Stancavage In this practice excerpted from “How to Cultivate Friendliness through Metta Meditation,” a four-part workshop for Lion’s Roar members, Mary Stancavage guides us through a complete loving-kindness practice session to develop genuine goodwill for ourselves and others. By becoming a Lion’s Roar member, you gain access to new workshops and classes added each month. Learn more here. WATCH Take Your Seat, Wherever You Are Meditation practice doesn’t end when we rise from the cushion. Discover how Cabin Cushion and Centered Life are creating space for stillness, wherever you take your seat. THIS ARTICLE IS SPONSORED CONTENT, PAID FOR BY CABIN CUSHION AND CENTERED LIFE. READ MORE Ethics are the Heart of Spiritual Practice Genuine awakening depends on grounding our practice in nonviolence, compassion, and self-honesty, says Anam Thubten. READ MORE ADVERTISEMENT Finding My Higher Power in the Ten Thousand Things Bill K. explores how Zen and Alcoholics Anonymous reflect and support each other, revealing a cosmos alive with connection. READ MORE A.I., Yogacara, and the Mind That Was Never Only Ours AI, writes Rev. Mauricio Hondaku, is not a threat to the dharma, but “a new surface on which the dharma can write itself, provided we bring to its design the same care, depth, and intentionality that the tradition has always demanded of its vessels.” READ MORE Featured Workshop How to Develop Your Generosity Explore generosity with Judy Lief, not as occasional charitable giving but as a foundational Buddhist practice and virtue that produces peace—discovering the natural richness within yourself, learning to recognize the contrast between poverty mentality (feeling insufficient and lacking) and inherent abundance (a quality of mind without limits), and understanding generosity as the natural flow of breathing in and breathing out, welcoming and extending, giving and receiving in constant circulation with life itself. WATCH