Lion’s Roar

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has announced the 2026 awardees of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies, which “promotes the academic study of Buddhism, strengthens i...

Consider the comfort of your bed. Are you enjoying it, or are you mentally somewhere else, stressing about something that happened during the day or might happen tomorrow? Mindfulness practices promote being in the here and now over being in the past or the future—being in your senses over being in your thoughts. In helping you to be present, mindfulness meditation can cultiv...

Vesak represents many things to Buddhists: celebration, refuge, community, and more. For my temple, Vesak means the kids get to show off their knowledge!

I’ve always known that there’s something special about my Sri Lankan Buddhist temple, Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara in Los Angeles, but during Vesak, its unique approach becomes clear. Most Sri Lankan Buddhist temp...

It had been almost twelve months since I’d last seen her, and many years since we had lived in the same place. After I’d moved away for college, I hadn’t spent many long periods of time with Má. The summer I graduated, I’d gone to Plum Village in France for a summer retreat, then, with Má’s blessing, I decided to stay on and train with Thầy to become a nun in the Plum Village...

Back in 2000, our family van was getting old, with lots of miles on it, and we needed a new one. I did my research and decided to buy a Toyota Sienna minivan.

The Sienna came in three models. The top of the line was the XLE. It was sweet. It had wood-grain trim, premium stereo, alloy wheels, and an electric sliding door. The mid-level model was the LE, and it had th...