• SUPPORTING MEMBERS MUSIC VIDEO: Lion-Faced Simhamukha Dakini Mantra — 14 Syllables of PROTECTION! Buddhist Sengdongma, the Joyful, Fierce Dakini
    Friday, April 17, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Simhamukha, the Snow Lion-Faced Dakini Mantra -- fierce and joyful at the same time. Lion-Faced Dakini is a fully enlightened Wisdom Dakini  in Vajrayana tradition — despite her fierce face and appearance. She cuts through ignorance,...
  • 4 Heavenly Kings Puja and Mantras: Special Practice for Protector Day (29th Lunar) or Any Day You Need Help
    Tuesday, April 14, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    4 Heavenly Kings Group 24Buddha Weekly In Buddhism, our Refuge is always the Three Jewels, Buddha Dharma and Sangha. In times of need, or strife, suffering, war and misery, we turn to our refuge. We also ask for help from our Protectors. Within the scope of the three Jewels,...
  • How to Step Out of Your Stories and Into the Present
    Monday, April 13, 2026 from Lion's Roar
    Leslie Gossett shares the power of creating and changing your own story. The post How to Step Out of Your Stories and Into the Present appeared first on Lion’s Roar .
  • The Sunlight of Awareness
    Monday, April 13, 2026 from Lion's Roar
    Shine the warm light of awareness on your thoughts and feelings, says Thich Nhat Hanh. The post The Sunlight of Awareness appeared first on Lion’s Roar .
  • How Do People Cope During War?
    Sunday, April 12, 2026 from NYT > Buddhism
    We explore how the rituals of religion persist — even as war alters the world.
  • SUBSCRIBING MEMBER VIDEO: Buddha Weekly’s You Ask, We Answer: 3 Buddhist Mantra Questions from patrons, members and subscribers
    Saturday, April 11, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Welcome to our new Dharma video series, Buddha Weekly’s You Ask, We Answer! (And, we invite you to give us your answer at the information icon, Youtube Quiz!) Here we’ll answer some of our member, patron, subscriber, viewer and reader...
  • Wisdom for Caregivers
    Thursday, April 9, 2026 from Lion's Roar
    Drawing on Shin Buddhist teachings, Rev. Dr. Mutsumi Wondra explores caregiving as a path of compassion and insight. The post Wisdom for Caregivers appeared first on Lion’s Roar .
  • Lion’s Roar Is Hiring a Copy & Story Editor
    Thursday, April 9, 2026 from Lion's Roar
    Lion’s Roar is seeking a thoughtful, skilled Copy & Story Editor, with a focus on advancing and integrating Asian American voices. The post Lion’s Roar Is Hiring a Copy & Story Editor appeared first on Lion’s Roar .
  • Namo Amitabha’s “Never Goodbye” Song: Remembering our Animal Companions in Amitabha’s Pureland- Official Music Video “Whispers to the Western Sky
    Wednesday, April 8, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    💎💎💎 @3Gems Band new song “Never Goodbye” (available on music streaming) is a tribute to all our beautiful animal companions who have passed on to the Purelands. Written by 3Gems in memory of all...
  • The Antidote to Greed, Hatred & Ignorance
    Monday, April 6, 2026 from Lion's Roar
    Buddhism teaches that the three poisons — greed, hatred, and ignorance — are the root causes of all suffering, yet through practice we can learn to recognize these forces and respond with clarity and care. Rev. Marvin Harada, Karen...
  • Easter, Passover, and Artemis II
    Sunday, April 5, 2026 from NYT > Buddhism
    The holidays and the moon launch each tell a redemption story. Why do those stories keep appearing, again and again?
  • Black Manjushri Healing Mantra: Venerable Zasep Rinpoche with transmission of mantra 21 timesSUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO:
    Friday, April 3, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    What Buddhist practices are helpful for healing agressive diseases such as cancer or any illness? Which practices help avert damage from radiation, pollution, and even curses or negative intentions from others? Which practices are...
  • She Who Removes All Fear
    Thursday, April 2, 2026 from Lion's Roar
    Lama Döndrup Drölma introduces the first seven of Tara’s twenty-one emanations, showing how each helps us meet whatever arises with courage and compassion. Illustrations by Lasha Mutual. The post She Who Removes All Fear appeared first...
  • You Are Already a Buddha
    Thursday, April 2, 2026 from Lion's Roar
     width= In this, the first of a three-part series on tantra, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche presents the three stages of meditation. Meditation, he says, is the process of recognizing your buddhanature, then nurturing that recognition. The post You Are...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO: Om Mani Padme Hum: Mani Mantra removes 6 Types of Suffering, Crushes the 6 Poisons, 六字大明咒
    Wednesday, April 1, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Benefits of the 6 Sacred Syllabes “on hearing, speaking, seeing or touching.” 🙏 Purifies, transforms and crushes anger, jealousy, greed, attachment, ignorance, and hate. 🙏 Purifies the 6 Realms of Existence 🙏...
  • Tendzin Choegyal Taklha obituary
    Tuesday, March 31, 2026 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    The younger brother of the Dalai Lama who became a trusted confidant for the Tibetan spiritual leader Tendzin Choegyal Taklha, who has died aged 79, was confidant, sounding board and chief support of the Dalai Lama, his elder brother,...
  • Your Deepest Questions
    Monday, March 30, 2026 from Lion's Roar
    Koan practice isn’t limited to formal Zen inquiry. It can also be carried into the unresolved places of ordinary life—into grief, uncertainty, ethical crossroads, and love itself. Lisa Ernst explains. The post Your Deepest Questions...
  • Michael Pollan Wants You to Rethink Consciousness
    Monday, March 30, 2026 from Lion's Roar
    Michael Pollan, whose new book tackles the mystery of consciousness, sits down with Andrea Miller to explore why our usual assumptions about the mind fall short and how new research is reshaping the way we understand awareness itself....
  • Books in Brief: May 2026
    Monday, March 30, 2026 from Lion's Roar
    Jessica little reviews a new lineup of books for the May 2026 issue. The post Books in Brief: May 2026 appeared first on Lion’s Roar .
  • Faith in Fandoms
    Sunday, March 29, 2026 from NYT > Buddhism
    We’re looking at the religious impulses in the manosphere and pop groups.
  • Animal Phowa – Helping Pets Transition to Amitabha’s Pureland – Practices for Pets
    Saturday, March 28, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    🙏 What practices are beneficial and traditional in Buddhism for an animal passing away? How do I help my beloved animal companion transition to Amitabha's paradise, the Sukhavati Pureland? Can I practice this Pureland...
  • Namo Amitabha’s “Never Goodbye” Song – Official Music Video “Whispers to the Western Sky”
    Thursday, March 26, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    💎💎💎 @3Gems Band new song "Never Goodbye" (available on music streaming) is a tribute to all our beautiful animal companions who have passed on to the Purelands. Written by 3Gems in memory of all beloved companions...
  • A Storied Rockefeller Art Trove Goes on View at Asia Society
    Thursday, March 26, 2026 from NYT > Buddhism
    Our critic offers a guide to 70 years of great devotional sculptures in the Asia Society collection — including some that he once helped install.
  • The Role of Public Theology in Crisis
    Sunday, March 22, 2026 from NYT > Buddhism
    As the war in Iran enters its fourth week, I’m yearning for a more robust conversation about morality — in politics, in our workplaces and online.
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO: Padmasambhava Song of Abundance: Protective Practice and Prosperity Mantras – Dorje Dechen Lingpa
    Thursday, March 19, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    A famous wish-granting and prosperity Terma revelation practice of the great Dorje Dechen Lingpa, originally translated as "Summoning the Spirit of Abundance: A Rain of Flowers.” 🙏 🙏 🙏 This Short...
  • Robert Goodman obituary
    Monday, March 16, 2026 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    Leading child psychiatrist known for developing a simple questionnaire (SDQ) to determine the state of a young person’s mental health In 1992 a man with poorly controlled schizophrenia climbed into the lions’ enclosure at London Zoo and...
  • After an Antisemitic Attack, Some Jews Are Giving Thanks
    Sunday, March 15, 2026 from NYT > Buddhism
    They are using an ancient prayer to express gratitude.
  • Where is Buddha? Where are Purelands? Where is the most Sacred Place? “Your mind” is where you’ll find Buddha, Dharma and Sangha
    Sunday, March 15, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Buddha Weekly Meditation mind stars universe Buddhism Is Bodh Gaya the Holiest Place on Earth for Buddhists? Although it is certainly special, it is not the most sacred place on earth. Chamtrul Rinpoche tells us where we’ll find the Holiest Place in the entire Universe: “The...
  • A Visit to a Temple at the Heart of the Thailand-Cambodia Conflict
    Friday, March 13, 2026 from NYT > Buddhism
    A rare visit to a Khmer temple on Thailand and Cambodia’s border showed how deadly clashes between the two countries have scarred a heritage site.
  • Buddhist Karmic Feng Shui: Decluttering Your Mind for Contagious Good Fortune — a Buddhist Approach to Removing Bad Luck
    Friday, March 13, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    We all want a home that feels good—a space filled with positive energy, harmony, and a sense of peace. Feng Shui, the ancient art of placement, offers tools to achieve this by arranging our physical environment to optimize the flow of...
  • Special Merit Opportunity: Avalokiteshvara Guanyin’s “Money Borrowing Day” — Need a Loan on your “merit”? March 14, 2026 is the Day
    Thursday, March 12, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Guanyin Money Borrowing Day 2026Buddha Weekly Mark your calendars! This year, the highly anticipated “Goddess Guanyin’s Money Borrowing Day” (also traditionally known as Guan Yin Opens Treasury) falls on Saturday, March 14, 2026. Occurring just once a year on the...
  • Chosen by the Buddha: Sivali Bhante Arhant and the Power of Renunciation
    Wednesday, March 11, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Gold Phra Sivali Statue dreamstime xl 335376049Buddha Weekly The Buddha conferred renunciation upon numerous disciples, many of whom later emerged as highly influential monks within the Buddhist Saṅgha. The relationship between the Buddha and Sīvali Bhante (Phra Sivali or Venerable Sivali or...
  • Sadhanas, and the Three Secrets of Vajrayana Buddhism, Like Three Acts of a Movie Script
    Wednesday, March 11, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    A film crew filming the Buddha meditating under the Bodhi Tree.   What are the three secrets in Vajrayana Buddhism that makes it possible to attain enlightenment in only one lifetime? What is the “role-playing secret” of Buddhist Sadhanas and why do they help make us better Dharma...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO: Tear-Born White Tara Mantra — 22 Powerful Sanskrit Syllables for Purification of all Karma, 8 Protections, Long Life and Healing
    Saturday, March 7, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Experience the profound healing of the 22 Powerfully charged syllables transmitted by Tara Herself in the White Tara Mantra: Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mama Ayur Pune Gyana Puntim Kuru Svaha.  🙏 🙏 🙏 This sacred Tibetan...
  • Buddhist Practices for Pacifying War: Tārā and Hayagrīva by Siddhi Tangtong Gyelpo (WITH VIDEO)
    Friday, March 6, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    Pacifying War with Tara and Hayagriva Practice Thumbnail How can Mahayana Buddhist practices help pacify war? Why is the combined practice of Hayagriva and Tārā so effective in averting fear and strife of war? If these practices work, why is there still war in this world? What prayers and...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBERS VIDEO: Seven Ways Mantras work, and how you can tap into all of them: Buddhist Science of Sound
    Thursday, March 5, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
      What are the seven ways Mantra work apparent miracles? Why should we recite mantras in their original transmitted language, usualy Sanskrit? Did you know the entire Universe is in a state of constant vibration? Why and how can...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO: Tara Samaya Mantra Sanskrit Chanted Wish-Granting, Protection, Renewal, Purification: Music Video
    Saturday, February 28, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    ✅ BENEFITS of Tara Samaya Mantra: ✅ Overcome Obstacles, 5 Poisons and 8 Dangers ✅ Purification of all downfalls ✅ Merit accumulation. ✅ Protection. ✅Wish-Granting ✅ Erasing even the most heinous...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO: Buddhist Practice: Samaya Mantra. Wish-Fulfilment through Merit, Purification through Remedy
    Wednesday, February 25, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    What is the one practice, in Buddhism, that achieves them all, empowered by 100 sacred Sanskrit syllables? BENEFITS: Purification of all Negative Karma, Renews your vows with Yidam and Guru, Vast merit accumulation and wish-granting,...
  • Éliane Radigue, Composer of Time, Silence and Space, Dies at 94
    Tuesday, February 24, 2026 from NYT > Buddhism
    Her Tibetan Buddhist spiritual practice and her experiments with synthesizers came together in vast, slow-moving works that drew wide acclaim.
  • Temple of boom! Why Taiwan’s religious sites are becoming unlikely rave venues
    Tuesday, February 24, 2026 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    Dance culture faces barriers in Taiwan, with frequent raids on nightclubs. But Temple Meltdown is trying a different tack, with sound systems overseen by gods When Andrew Dawson brings a sound system to Puji Temple in Tainan, Taiwan, for...
  • SUPPORTING MEMBER VIDEO: Medicine Buddha Victory Mantra Beautifully Chanted (Gufeng style) with Refuge, Offering, Mantras Dedication
    Sunday, February 22, 2026 from Buddha Weekly: Buddhist Practices, Mindfulness, Meditation and Views
    MEDICINE BUDDHA VICTORY MANTRA: Medicine Buddha Victory Mantra is a powerful and potent healing mantra. Often chanted softly and meditatively, 3GemsBand here inspirationally sings in a victorious Chinese Gufeng style to reflect the power...
  • In Tibet, a Writer Finds Peace on a Trek to 18,000 Feet
    Saturday, February 21, 2026 from NYT > Buddhism
    A writer grapples with the death of her sister, and the end of a marriage, during a challenging trek in Tibet.
  • Thai police go undercover as lion dancers to catch thief
    Thursday, February 19, 2026 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    Officers devise unusual plan to arrest man suspected of stealing about $64,000 worth of Buddhist artefacts Thai police donned a lion costume during this week’s lunar new year festivities to arrest a man accused of stealing about $64,000...
  • How to Pay Attention
    Sunday, February 15, 2026 from NYT > Buddhism
    “Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer,” the philosopher and mystic Simone Weil wrote.
  • Monks bring balm for America’s wounds as Washington cheers peace odyssey
    Thursday, February 12, 2026 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    Buddhist monks had walked 2,300 miles from Texas, braving snow and often barefoot – their arrival in the capital was greeted by thousands Bhante Saranapala gazed down at more than a hundred Buddhist monks wearing burnt-orange, saffron...
  • I drove hours to see the monks walking for peace. Five minutes with them was the gift of a lifetime
    Tuesday, February 10, 2026 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    I glimpsed the monks on their 2,300-mile pilgrimage across America – their message of loving-kindness had me in tears “I’m obsessed with the monks ,” my friend Sam told me. “It’s the only thing getting me through the violence of this...
  • Beijing condemns Dalai Lama’s Grammy win as ‘anti-China political manipulation’
    Tuesday, February 3, 2026 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    Buddhist spiritual leader wins best audiobook and says he sees win ‘as a recognition of our shared universal responsibility’ Bad Bunny and Kendrick Lamar win big in Grammys ceremony filled with anti-ICE sentiment The Dalai Lama has taken...
  • Buddhist monks pass halfway mark on 2,300-mile Walk for Peace through US
    Saturday, January 17, 2026 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    Despite injuries, walkers and pet dog continue trek to promote ‘peace, loving kindness and compassion’ in the US A group of Buddhist monks has passed the halfway mark on a 2,300-mile Walk for Peace, as they seek to raise awareness of...
  • The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’ – podcast
    Friday, January 16, 2026 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goals By Sonia Faleiro. Read by Dinita Gohil Continue reading...
  • On these in-between days I’m ‘growing down’, sinking into the present moment and savouring small delights | Nadine Levy
    Sunday, December 28, 2025 from Buddhism | The Guardian
    My centre of gravity has shifted. The holidays are no longer something to construct but something to receive Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life Just over a year ago, my...
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