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Lion's Roar

THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

UP A TREE, WITH NOWHERE TO GO • ROSHI JOAN HALIFAX reflects on speaking and remaining silent—and on how to find our way when both feel perilous.

LOVING SOMEONE ON A DIFFERENT PATH • NICO HASE on what to do when your inner work opens your heart and changes you—but your partner remains the same.

WHAT HELPS YOU FACE AGING AND DEATH?

NOURISH YOURSELF • JENNA HOLLENSTEIN explores the six paramitas as a path to self-compassion, nourishing body, heart, and mind.

THE QUIET WORK OF BECOMING RESILIENT • PAWAN BAREJA shows how mindfulness helps us meet suffering with compassion and discover a deeper sense of inner refuge.

BOOKS IN BRIEF

bEaRinG WiTnESS iN GaZa • Having seen the devastation in Gaza firsthand, CLAYTON DALTON reflects on how we can show up with compassionate, unflinching presence, even in the face of overwhelming suffering.

A NEW VISION for EDUCATION

Discover Your True Self • In this special section, explore the Buddhist path to authenticity—from understanding nonself, to transforming the inner voice that holds us back, to uncovering our deepest aspiration. Together, these teachings reveal the freedom, clarity, and connection that arise when we show up in the world as our whole, genuine selves.

No Separate Self • BRADLEY DONALDSON explores how insight into the five aggregates can free us from suffering.

Which Inner Voice Defines You? • ALISA DENNIS traces how the inner critic forms and how—with practice—a truer, more compassionate voice can begin to take its place.

Be Beautiful, Be Yourself • Come home to yourself, says JO CONFINO. Uncover your deepest aspiration and show up for others with presence and love.

The Power of Insight • Insight—the often overlooked second part of mindfulness—cuts through the misconceptions that cause suffering and clarifies what truly brings happiness. In this excerpt from his new book, With a Single Breath, MELVIN McLEOD says insight is what makes mindfulness a complete, transformative path of life.

Tara Who Is Perfect Peace • LAMA DÖNDRUP DRÖLMA presents the last seven of Tara’s twenty-one emanations, revealing how even our most difficult experiences can become conditions for wisdom and liberation.

MANTRAS for the SEVEN TARAS of TRANSFORMATION & FREEDOM

A GUIDED PRACTICE with JETSUN DRÖLMA MAJA CHENMO

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