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4+ week, 2+ day ago  (318+ words) Talks & Teachings With Monthly Resident Teachers Helpful Guides Curated by Lion's Roar The Maitreya Association's co-founder and president explains the creation of the first-ever professional network of Buddhist college chaplains and its impact on American Buddhist higher education ministry. By…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1357+ words) Talks & Teachings With Monthly Resident Teachers Helpful Guides Curated by Lion's Roar If you think Buddhism is free of the religious nationalism and violent extremism that plague other religions, think again. Editor-at-large Melvin McLeod talks to journalist Sonia Faleiro about…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (506+ words) Talks & Teachings With Monthly Resident Teachers Helpful Guides Curated by Lion's Roar He was the author of the classic biography, Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Zen Teaching of Shunyru Suzuki, as well as Thank You and OK: An American Zen…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (774+ words) Books in Brief: March 2026Lion's Roar Books in Brief: March 2026 Jessica Little reviews new books for the March issue of Lion's Roar. Geshe YongDong Losar, a Tibetan lama who emigrated to Canada in his late twenties, decided that he wanted…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (467+ words) Talks & Teachings With Monthly Resident Teachers Helpful Guides Curated by Lion's Roar A heartfelt commentary by Zen teacher Roshi Joan Halifax on how, in this time of danger and loss, we can find "the measure of our humanity." I am…...