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Lion’s Roar

WHEN ANXIETY ARRIVES UNEXPECTEDLY

THE BARDO OF ILLNESS • Facing a deadly infection, ANN TASHI SLATER learns how to live.

THE ESSENTIAL PRACTICE NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT • JOSH KORDA on why right effort is so important—it keeps the mind from slipping into the spirals and storylines that make life harder than it needs to be.

RIDE THE WAVES • Novice bodysurfer C. J. BAHNSEN on what the ocean taught him about spacious awareness.

HOW HAS PRACTICE CHANGED THE WAY YOU RELATE TO ANGER?

TOO MUCH TO DO, TOO LITTLE TIME • ALLYSON PIMENTEL on how to take refuge when overwhelm takes over.

SOCIAL KOANS • BRIAN JOSHIN BYRNES explores how Zen practice meets the hardest human situations and asks what compassion really requires.

BOOKS IN BRIEF

Thay’s Continuation • BARRY BOYCE explores how the Plum Village community is carrying Thich Nhat Hanh’s wisdom into the future through collective leadership, living practice, and bold new forms of transmission. Marking the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, this is a portrait of a tradition reinventing itself while staying rooted in the teacher who shaped it.

What It Means to Live • The Buddha taught that life is shaped by three universal qualities: impermanence, suffering, and no-self. In this special section, three Buddhist teachers take an indepth look at these three marks of existence, revealing how what may sound bleak actually opens the way to clarity and liberation.

Impermanence • Embrace change, says DIANA WINSTON. Mindfulness can help you savor this fleeting moment.

Suffering • HOLLY GAYLEY on how dukkha drives the search for elsewhere—and how turning toward discomfort opens the path to meaningful action.

No-Self • DAWA TARCHIN PHILLIPS on how to see through the illusion of a solid, separate identity—and the deep compassion that arises when we do.

Finding Relief from Depression & Anxiety • Psychoanalyst and dharma teacher PILAR JENNINGS weaves Buddhist wisdom with contemporary psychotherapy to illuminate the mind’s capacity to heal. She reveals how meeting suffering directly can restore a sense of well-being.

Wise Engagement • Not-knowing, bearing witness, and taking action—these tenets offer a grounded way to meet charged moments with clarity and compassion. JITSUJO T. GAUTHIER explains how to bring this three-fold path into your life.

The Art of CONNECTION • PAULA PIETRANERA reveals how her sculptural paintings arise through interconnection—between materials, tradition and innovation, and the attentive practice that shapes her work.

Being Present in Your Yard