Lama Rod Owens sits in the yard of his childhood home March 30 in Rome, Ga. Owens is an influential voice in a new generation of Buddhist teachers, respected for his work focused on social change, ...

Mushim Ikeda is a Buddhist teacher and writer who leads community engagement at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California. Ikeda teaches meditation retreats for people of color, women, and ...

ROME, Ga. — Instead of traditional maroon and gold Tibetan Buddhist robes, Lama Rod Owens wore a white animal-print cardigan over a bright yellow T-shirt with an image of singer Sade, an Africa-shaped ...

Pema Chödrön’s quote suggests that fear often accompanies growth, honesty, and self-discovery. The Buddhist teacher encourages people to face discomfort rather than avoid it, viewing fear as a sign of ...

Lama Rod Owens, 40, is a Buddhist teacher and activist. His new book is "Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation Through Anger." Can you tell the story of how Buddhism turned out to be the way [for you] ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link If you're one of the millions of people social distancing or quarantining right now, you might waiver from boredom to overwhelmed in a matter of ...

An admission that he once led “a fairly degenerate lifestyle” might be surprising and hopeful from a man who believes he is destined to become a Buddha -- an enlightened one who lives in perfect peace ...

Buddhist meditation centers and temples in coronavirus-hit countries around the world have been closed to the public in order to comply with social distancing measures. In Asia, Buddhist monks have ...

SEQUIM — Lama Zangshod will present “Freedom Through the Truths of the Enlightened” at 5 p.m. Thursday. The Dzogchen Buddhist teacher will speak in Rainshadow Hall at the Dungeness River Nature Center ...

Dharma teacher Frank Jude Boccio, a born and bred New Yorker, didn’t expect to like Tucson. The city changed his mind. The punk-rock-writer-turned-Zen Buddhist does miss a few things about New York ...

ROME, Ga. — Instead of traditional maroon and gold Tibetan Buddhist robes, Lama Rod Owens wore a white animal print cardigan over a bright yellow T-shirt with an image of singer Sade, an Africa-shaped ...