Pema Chödrön on Transforming Your Emotions; Tara: The Unconquerable Heroine; How to Speak Up in Difficult Moments

 

07.07.2026 Pema Chödrön’s 3 Ways to Transform Your Emotions At the root of our suffering are the destructive emotions that Buddhism calls the kleshas, or poisons. Pema Chödrön teaches us a three-step practice to transform their energy from a cause of suffering into a path to awakening. Explore our special commemorative edition, Pema Chödrön: A Life of Wisdom & Compassion, published in celebration in Pema Chödrön’s 90th birthday this week, featuring a rich collection of teachings, conversations, and meditations. READ MORE Tara: The Unconquerable Heroine Tara is the fully awakened buddha who appears in twenty-one forms. In this teaching on the middle seven emanations, Lama Döndrup Drölma explores the invincible clarity that restores balance after fear, offering a way to recognize this clarity within ourselves. READ MORE How to Speak Up in Difficult Moments Mary Stancavage reflects on how the Eightfold Path can help us move through fear, find our voice, and respond to injustice with wisdom and compassion. READ MORE ADVERTISEMENT Buddhism A-Z: Equanimity Equanimity, a virtue developed by Buddhist meditation and mindfulness practice, refers to a profound quality of strength and evenness of mind undisturbed by emotional upheavals. READ MORE Share Your Wisdom: How has your practice changed the way you relate to anger? Send your answer (approximately two to six sentences), location (city/town, state/province/country), and a high-resolution photo of yourself to themoment@lionsroar.com. READ MORE Featured Workshop Why Nothing Is Ever Enough: Working with No-Self and the Sense of Lack Zen teacher and philosopher David Loy unpacks one of Buddhism’s most important and misunderstood teachings, no-self, through the lens of what he calls the “sense of lack”: the nagging feeling that something is missing, that we’re not quite real or adequate enough. Drawing on Freud, Ernest Becker, and Dogen, Loy shows how our endless “lack projects” like money, fame, romance, and power are symptoms of a deeper confusion, and how Zen practice offers genuine help. VIEW DETAILS