by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Twitter: @marlonw IG: stlmarlonwest Spotify: marlonwest) Happy Monday, y’all! I’m back with another collection in my “Afro” playlist series — “AfroBeatles.” Earlier…

K Dot is making his mark on the world of music yet again. According to Variety.com, Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Kendrick Lamar and…

Four Buddhists explore how the life and work of the Black, feminist, lesbian poet Audre Lorde serves as a gateway to the dharma The post…

Pure Land is both a distinct school of Buddhism that developed in Japan and, says Aaron Proffitt, a cornerstone of the whole Mahayana tradition. The…

Tú ya eres perfecto. Tú ya eres un buda. De hecho, no hay diferencia entre tu verdadera naturaleza, justo ahora mientras estás sentado leyendo esto,…

Meditation comes alive through a growing capacity to release our habitual conflicts and worries that make up our sense of self, and to rest in…

When a car drove over her foot, Carla Beharry felt like her anger would never end. She soon learned that the only way out of suffering is through it. The…

At the heart of the path of the paramitas is prajna, or wisdom—but a wisdom that goes beyond our conventional ideas about it. Yongey Mingyur…

Jules Shuzen Harris teaches Zazen, the meditation practice at the heart of Zen Buddhism. The post How to Practice Zazen appeared first on Lion’s Roar.

Dhondup T. Rekjong tells the story of Ngakpa Kalzang, an exile of Tibet and experienced tantric Buddhist practitioner working as a landscaper on Canada’s Vancouver…