• I Went on a ‘Dark Retreat’ and Spent Three Days in Total Darkness
    Tuesday, October 21, 2025 from NYT > Buddhism
    The author spent days in a room with no light. Who would he be when he emerged?
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS: Tara Watch Over Me (Song of Longing) with Green Tara Mantra Extended Play Music Video #佛教誦經音樂
    Monday, October 20, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    ✨ ✨ A BEAUTIFUL modern song based on the ancient "Song of Longing for Tara" by Lama Lobsang Tempey Gyaltson -- HERE in an EXTENDED PLAY with GREEN TARA MANTRA between the verses. Don't miss this wonderful musical and video tribute to...
  • 3 Meditations from Ram Dass
    Monday, October 20, 2025 from Lion's Roar
    These three meditations from “There Is No Other: The Way to Harmony and Wholeness,” a new book of teachings by the late spiritual teacher Ram Dass, invite you to rest in awareness, follow the breath, and experience oneness with all life....
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO: Wei Tuo Pusa, Aspect of Vajrapani Bodhisattva, His Practice, Praise, Mantra 韋馱菩薩贊 #佛教誦經音樂
    Saturday, October 18, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Why is the great Buddhist protector Weito Pusa venerated as Bodhisattva? Why do we always see Weito first in many Buddhist temples? Why did Shakyamuni Buddha ask Weito to protect the Dharma and Sangha after his Nirvana? Why is he...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS MUSIC VIDEO: Chintamani Avalokiteshvara Guanyin Mantra 如意寶輪王陀羅尼咒 Wish-fulfilling Jewel Wheel King Dharani
    Friday, October 17, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    ✅ Chintamani Avalokiteshvara Mantra Wish-fulfilling Jewel Wheel King Dharani 如意寶輪王陀羅尼咒 消除病苦、貧苦、疾病、業障 Eliminate illness, poverty, disease, and bad karma ✅ Benefits: 此咒能使眾生所求如意圓滿「能於一切所求之事,隨心饒益,皆得成就」 This mantra can make all sentient beings'...
  • Three Ways of Working with Emotions
    Thursday, October 16, 2025 from Lion's Roar
    Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche shares a new article and video on the five kleshas — ignorance, aversion, craving, pride, jealousy — how they lead to suffering, and how not to let them. The post Three Ways of Working with Emotions appeared first...
  • Over 250 Buddhist Nuns to Receive Full Ordination at Global Peace Prayer Festival in Bhutan
    Wednesday, October 15, 2025 from Lion's Roar
    Hundreds of Buddhist nuns will receive full ordination as part of the Global Peace Prayer Festival in Bhutan from November 15-19. The post Over 250 Buddhist Nuns to Receive Full Ordination at Global Peace Prayer Festival in Bhutan...
  • How Buddhism’s “Three Marks of Existence” Can Lead Us to Freedom and Change
    Tuesday, October 14, 2025 from Lion's Roar
    Chan practitioner Mark Van Buren shares how the Buddhist concepts of impermanence, interdependence, and unsatisfactoriness (often rendered as "suffering") can point the way to our liberation. The post How Buddhism’s “Three Marks of...
  • What Ted Lasso, the Bhargava Gita and Derrida Can Teach Us About Ourselves
    Monday, October 13, 2025 from NYT > Buddhism
    Our culture is amok with binaries. We have two major parties, just two, and they are forever opposed.
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO: Milarepa: from murderer to Enlightened Sage: a Biography ending in Milarepa’s THE DHARMA SONG
    Saturday, October 11, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    How did a mass murderer and black magician Milarepa become one of the greatest of Buddhist Sages? Why was Milarepa, the great Buddhist Yogi, also known as the Golden-Voiced Singing Sage? Why did he teach with Song? Why did he have green...
  • Thich Nhat Hanh on How to Be Present
    Thursday, October 9, 2025 from Lion's Roar
    There is only one moment for you to be alive, and that is the present moment, says Thich Nhat Hanh. Go back to the present moment and live this moment deeply, and you’ll be free. The post Thich Nhat Hanh on How to Be Present appeared...
  • Wings of Contemplation
    Wednesday, October 8, 2025 from Lion's Roar
    Portrait of artist Taiji Terasaki at Ryosokuin Temple in Kyoto, Japan. Noel Alumit visits the Ryosokuin Temple in Kyoto to experience Taiji Terasaki’s latest art exhibition. The post Wings of Contemplation appeared first on Lion’s Roar .
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO: Kṣitigarbha Eliminating Fixed Karma Mantra 大願地藏菩薩 滅定業真言 Bodhisattva Rescuing Beings in 6 Realms
    Tuesday, October 7, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    CHANT ALONG the beautiful Ksitigarbha (Gizo) Eliminating Fixed Karma mantra, expressed with stunning cinematic images of the great hero Bodhisattva rescuing all beings in the 6 realms. We see him rescuing humans (and especially...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO: Hayagriva’s Shield: Sanskrit Dharani of Protection and Healing 1 Hour THE SECRET of FEARLESSNESS
    Monday, October 6, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Hayagriva Heruka's great Dharani is the most powerful of all Dharanis for overcoming obstacles, enemies, poisons, black magic demons, and danger. Hayagrivavidya, the great Dharani of Hayagriva, who is the wrathful aspect of...
  • The Paradox of Violence
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from NYT > Buddhism
    We explain why religious attacks can incline people toward faith.
  • ¿La estética budista de Corea del Sur es una moda o un despertar espiritual?
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from NYT > Buddhism
    Los jóvenes de Corea del Sur compran productos inspirados en el budismo. Los monjes esperan que el revuelo se traduzca en un compromiso con la religión.
  • Is South Korea’s ‘Buddhistcore’ Aesthetic a Fad or a Spiritual Awakening?
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from NYT > Buddhism
    Young South Koreans are buying Buddhist merch. Monks and experts hope the buzz will translate into deeper engagement.
  • 50 Songs of Milarepa and the Grand Epic Story of Mila the Cotton Clad: Murder, Evil, Revenge, Redemption, Ordeals, Doing What’s Right
    Friday, October 3, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Buddha Weekly Malarepa Buddhism Milarepa’s history is an epic story of grand scope — the essence and beauty of his story remain undiminished by time. With themes of evil and redemption, perseverance, and doing what’s right, Milarepa’s story grips both devout...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO: “I Beat on the Dharma Drum” – Námó Guān-shì-yīn Púsà 南無觀世音菩薩 Chanting for Protection & Merit
    Thursday, October 2, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Why is the saying “beat on the Dharma Drum” the equivalent to “speaking the Dharma?” Why is the drum especially associated with Guan Shi Yin, the listener of the world? We answer these questions and end with a beautiful one hour...
  • Sanskrit Buddhist Mantra of Wisdom, Compassion and Power beautifully chanted: Śrīmat Tsongkhapa Stutiḥ or श्रीमत् त्सोङ्खप स्तुतिः
    Wednesday, October 1, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Śrīmat Tsongkhapa Stutiḥ or श्रीमत् त्सोङ्खप स्तुतिः  is the Sanskrit Migtsema Lama Tsongkhapa Mantra, famous for combining compassionate activity, wisdom insight and power in one chant -- here beautifully chanted by  @3GemsBand  with...
  • Dharma Drum Avalokiteshvara; Guan Shi Yin Pusa chanted with Dharma Drum (includes music video)
    Wednesday, October 1, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Why is the saying “beat on the Dharma Drum” the equivalent to “speaking the Dharma?” Why is the drum especially associated with Guan Shi Yin, the listener of the world? We answer these questions and end with a beautiful one hour...
  • It’s Up to Us: Carrying the Dharma Forward in the West
    Wednesday, October 1, 2025 from Lion's Roar
    Set high in the Rocky Mountains, Drala Mountain Center is a sanctuary for deep spiritual practice, transformation, and peace. Discover how they aim to impact the world — one awakened heart at a time. The post It’s Up to Us: Carrying the...
  • Jane Goodall’s Message of Hope
    Wednesday, October 1, 2025 from Lion's Roar
    The celebrated environmental and animal activist and conservationist Jane Goodall passed away on October 1, 2025 at the age of 91. In this interview with Lion’s Roar editor Andrea Miller, she spoke about the compassion that exists in our...
  • Lama Tsongkhapa’s Enlightened Wisdom, Compassion and Activity: Śrīmat Tsongkhapa Stutiḥ श्रीमत् त्सोङ्खप स्तुतिः – Sanskrit Migtsema Sung by @3GemsBand
    Tuesday, September 30, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Buddha WeeklyLama Tsongkhapa Cover 2Buddha Weekly Why is the Migtsema of Lama Tsongkhapa a Daily Practice for many Buddhists? What is the Tibetan Migtsema in Sanskrit and English? In what way is it a complete practice of Buddhist Wisdom, Compassion and Enlightened Activity? Why does the...
  • Donate to the Lion’s Roar 19th Annual Auction
    Monday, September 29, 2025 from Lion's Roar
    The 19th Lion's Roar Annual Auction goes live November 9-23, 2025. Support our mission by becoming a donor. The post Donate to the Lion’s Roar 19th Annual Auction appeared first on Lion’s Roar .
  • Why is Vajravarahi Practice so Powerful? Vajravarahi Vajrayogini Practice and Mantra: Practicing Buddhist Wisdom and Method Without Renouncing the Worldly
    Sunday, September 28, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Kushali monk is shocked when the old leper woman transforms into Vajrayogini from 3Gems Band music video with her 8 lines of praise in SanskritBuddha Weekly Vajravarahi, Queen of Dakinis, also known as Vajrayogini, is the Enlightened Wisdom of all the Buddhas, applied in daily life as activity. It is for this reason, Vajrayogini practices are so popular today. How can her practice be both...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO: Black Tara Blue Tara Vadi Pramardani Tara Protection Sanskrit Puja Song with Powerful Mantras — Destroyer of Enemies
    Thursday, September 25, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    3Gems Band at their most powerful and cinematic, don’t miss this gem — Powerful Blue Black Tara. This is an entire practice, with Refuge, Offerings, Praises, Mantras and Dedication, sung entirely — and dramatically — in Sanskrit. VERY...
  • In the Bardo: An Interview with Amie Barrodale
    Thursday, September 25, 2025 from Lion's Roar
    In this intimate Q&A, Amie Barrodale opens up about writing as a parent, rediscovering her Buddhist roots, and how navigating an autism diagnosis transformed the story she thought she was telling. The post In the Bardo: An Interview...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO: Virūpākṣa: Heavenly King West | Mantra Music Video: Protection • Power • Wisdom • Loving-Kindness
    Thursday, September 25, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Experience the majestic presence of Virūpākṣa—the Buddhist Heavenly King of the West, “He Who Sees All,” and mighty protector of the Dharma. In this powerful music video, @BuddhaWeekly brings to life his sacred mantra and profound role...
  • How Buddhism Shaped ‘Trip,’ Amie Barrodale’s Odd, and Oddly Funny, Debut Novel
    Wednesday, September 24, 2025 from NYT > Buddhism
    Raised Buddhist in Texas, Amie Barrodale came to embrace the teachings. Years of practice inform her odd, and oddly funny, debut novel, “Trip.”
  • The Psychological Value of Repentance
    Tuesday, September 23, 2025 from NYT > Buddhism
    Every major world religion has a process for moral accounting. That’s something we rarely talk about in secular society.
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO: 觀音救難頌 GuanYin Rescue Song 南無觀世音菩薩 – Official Music Video | @3GemsBand #buddhistmusic 佛教誦經音樂
    Monday, September 22, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Experience the Miraculous Rescue Power of Guanyin Through Cinematic Sound & Story 透過電影級的畫面與音樂,親身體驗觀音菩薩神奇的救難力量 In this original song and breathtaking cinematic music video, the timeless rescue stories from the Universal Gate Chapter...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO: Why is Vajravarahi Practice so Powerful in Modern Times? Mantra 27 Times
    Friday, September 19, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Vajravarahi, Queen of Dakinis, also known as Vajrayogini, is the Enlightened Wisdom of all the Buddhas, applied in daily life as activity. It is for this reason, Vajrayogini practices are so popular today. How can her practice be both...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO: Vajravarahi Vajrayogini 8 Lines of Praise Sanskrit Dharani Mantra Inspirational Song  @3GemsBand 
    Thursday, September 18, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
      Vajravarahi, Queen of Dakinis, also known as Vajrayogini, is the Enlightened Wisdom of all the Buddhas, applied in daily life as activity. She is the “sarvabuddhadakini” meaning the “dakini who is the essence of all Buddhas.” It...
  • Buddhist practice and worldly obstacles — we all have them, but how do you overcome and purify negativities? Advice from Dalai Lama, Garchen Rinpoche and others.
    Tuesday, September 16, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Buddha Weekly Dalai Lama and lamas leaving Tibet Buddhism Obstacles are plentiful in daily life. Whether we’re dealing with an emergency with our children, rushing around trying to find an emergency plumber, dealing with the aftermath of an accident — or even something more terrible, such...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS: EXTENDED PLAY Medicine Buddha Sanskrit Mantra and Praise with new animations
    Tuesday, September 16, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Lapis Lazuli Medicine Buddha  @3GemsBand Song Title: Lapis Lazuli Medicine Buddha @3GemsBand’s Most Beautiful and Serene Healing Vocals! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO  @3GemsBand  for MORE BEAUTIFUL DHARMA MUSIC -- The Long Play Music Videos are...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS: Unlimited Tara – Mother of All Buddhas – Pandita Canrakirti’s 8 Main Forms & the 21, 108, 1008 Forms
    Saturday, September 13, 2025 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Why does Mother Tārā have so many forms, as Mother of the Buddhas, Dakini, as Earth Mother, star in the sky, and Wrathful Protector? Why did the famous 9th century Pandita Canrakirti refer to Tārā as Varahi Tārā? Does this mean she is...
  • A Reporter Who Looks for the Books That Make You Tick
    Friday, September 12, 2025 from NYT > Buddhism
    Alexandra Alter, who covers publishing industry news and writes Books features for The Times, is always on the hunt for the next Harry Potter.
  • How flying a flag can take on a whole new meaning | Letters
    Wednesday, September 3, 2025 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    Cllr Phil Davis says the St George’s flag is being used in a far-right attempt at intimidation, while Neil Knowles says it no longer means what it used to. Plus letters from Lorna Walker and Nelson A Rocha Your correspondent who feels no...
  • London’s Peace Monk Chants, Drums and Walks to Urge an End to War
    Saturday, August 30, 2025 from NYT > Buddhism
    For 40 years, the Rev. Gyoro Nagase has overseen a temple to peace in a popular park in Battersea, his ever-present drum by his side.
  • The secret to happiness? Finding joy in others. It’s free, simple and will gladden your heart | Nadine Levy
    Sunday, August 24, 2025 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    When we rejoice in others’ success, the Dalai Lama once said, we multiply our chances by billions. These are good odds! Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life I once had a...
  • Xi Jinping Visits Tibet as Dalai Lama’s Succession Looms
    Wednesday, August 20, 2025 from NYT > Buddhism
    A power struggle is taking shape over choosing a successor to the 90-year-old Buddhist leader. In a trip to Tibet’s capital, China’s leader emphasized maintaining Beijing’s control.
  • Joanna Macy obituary
    Wednesday, August 20, 2025 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    Environmental activist, author, scholar of Buddhism and pioneer of workshops to help people deal with anxiety The American environmentalist writer and teacher Joanna Macy, who has died aged 96, pioneered workshops that helped people deal...
  • John Hipkin obituary
    Wednesday, August 6, 2025 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    My father, John Hipkin, who has died aged 90, was a teacher, councillor and former mayor of Cambridge. He brought intelligence, compassion and moral clarity to his four decades serving in local government, first as a Labour county...
  • ‘A joyous day’: India celebrates return of ancient gems linked to the Buddha
    Thursday, July 31, 2025 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    Culture ministry had threatened legal action over planned auction of Piprahwa precious stones The Indian government has secured the repatriation of ancient gem relics linked to the Buddha’s remains, two months after it halted their...
  • The hunt for the next Dalai Lama - podcast
    Monday, July 28, 2025 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, and the Tibet activist Lhadon Tethong discuss the battle between Buddhist monks and the Chinese state over the successor to the Dalai Lama Before long, Tibetan Buddhism will...
  • The voice of our own inner critic can be strong. How can we break free from the mental prison? | Nadine Levy
    Sunday, July 27, 2025 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    Being aware of negative and intrusive thoughts means we can see them with greater clarity and try to offer ourselves some mercy Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life The Buddha...
  • Monks behaving badly: the sex scandal rocking Thailand’s Buddhist clergy
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    Stories of monks behaving badly are not uncommon in Thailand, but the scale of a recent scandal has sparked questions about wealth and privilege The disappearance of a respected monk from his Buddhist temple in central Bangkok has...
  • ‘They feel cleansed, they cry … some really don’t like it!’ The 12-hour psychedelic theatre-rave Trance
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    Inspired by club culture and reincarnation, Tianzhuo Chen and Asian Dope Boys have devised a mesmerising show that unfolds in six two-hour chapters. Prepare to enter hell and then be healed Naked performers covered in paint roll around...
  • Buddhist rebirth v Chinese control: the battle to choose the Dalai Lama’s successor
    Saturday, July 5, 2025 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    The spiritual leader has said his inner circle of monks will find an heir, but China believes the choice is in its hands Few celebrations have the hills of Dharamshala abuzz like the birthday of the Dalai Lama. But this year, as monks...
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