Rod Meade Sperry

Jan 13, 2025 | lionsroar.com | Rod Meade Sperry

The Buddhist teacher Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi (born Ugyen Tenzin Jigme Lhundrup), recognized as the reincarnation (Yangsi) of the famed Nyingma teacher Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991), is no longer affiliated with the monastery that Dilgo Khyentse had founded, Shechen Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Dec 22, 2024 | lionsroar.com | Rod Meade Sperry

Shortly after entering hospice care following a heart attack a year ago, Hozan Alan Senauke — dharma teacher, musician, author, and abbot of California’s Berkeley Zen Center — has died.

Dec 10, 2024 | lionsroar.com | Rod Meade Sperry

Close to a year after suffering a heart attack, Hozan Alan Senauke — dharma teacher, musician, author, and abbot of California’s Berkeley Zen Center — has entered hospice care. On a December 4 entry on Senauke’s CaringBridge site, his wife Laurie wrote that “Alan had a downhill slide over the weekend – with fever and confusion – probably an infection, which is somewhat better now, though he remains weak and less communicative. This triggered a decision to engage hospice services.

Dec 3, 2024 | lionsroar.com | Rod Meade Sperry

Heartwood Refuge teacher Venerable Pannavati suffers heart attack, is “patched up” and on retreat “Don’t be sad or worried about anything. We are of the nature to suffer loss, grow old, be sick and die,” Ven. Pannavati wrote to her sanghamates. Venerable Pannavati, via Heartwood’s Facebook page.

Nov 6, 2024 | lionsroar.com | Rod Meade Sperry |Mariana Restrepo

When those who don’t live there think “Buddhism and meditation,” the Southeast U.S. may not jump immediately to mind — but there are numerous sanghas (spiritual communities), practitioners, and teachers in the area. And they, like so many in the region, are up against some hard times thanks to Hurricane Helene and the flooding she wrought on September 28th, 2024.