Mindfulness Thai King Bestows High Honor on Western Buddhiststricycle.org - Ajahn Pasanno Thailand’s King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) recently invited four senior Western monks in the Thai Forest Tradition of Theravada Buddhism to receive …
El Paso, TX An El Paso Buddhist Center on Violence and the Seeds of Hatetricycle.org - Helga Carrion On Saturday, August 3, after posting a 2,300-word anti-immigrant manifesto online, a young man used a semi-automatic rifle to open fire at a Walmart …
Ladakh Buddha Buzz Weekly: Looking Forward, Looking Backtricycle.org - Karen Jensen Nothing is permanent, so everything is precious. Here’s a selection of some happenings—fleeting or otherwise—in the Buddhist world this week. Ladakh …
Pedicure Sole Searching: What’s a Mindful Pedicure?tricycle.org - Caitlin Van Dusen As rose petals swirl around my feet, a voice instructs me to focus on the “tip of the right big toe, tip of the right second toe . . .” My …
Mindfulness At Fort Sill, a Prayer That History Would Not Repeat Itselftricycle.org - Duncan Ryuken Williams In the following letter, scholar and Soto Zen priest Duncan Ryuken Williams recounts the events of July 20, 2019, when 25 Buddhist priests and lay …
From Empathy to Compassiontricycle.org - Fleet Maull Most of us likely know people who seem naturally kind and giving—who are always doing good deeds: bringing homeless people hot food, visiting the …
Apprenticeships Schedule as Teachertricycle.org - Ethan Blake “If everyone wears the same robe and follows the same rules, how can they find out who they truly are?” one student asked during our orientation of …
Bringing Insight to Berlintricycle.org - Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar Peter Doobinin has spent the past 20 years starting two successful New York City meditation centers with the philosophy that refuge is possible …
Buddhism Ask a Teachertricycle.org - Repa Dorje Odzer (Justin von Bujdoss) What can we do if we can’t afford to go away to a meditation retreat? For us as Buddhists, it’s important to address the impact capitalism has had on …
Vintage Parting Wordstricycle.org - Izumi Shikibu Although the wind blows terribly here, the moonlight also leaks between the roof planks of this ruined house. “Although the wind” from The Ink Dark Moon: …
Mindfulness The Mind Cure?tricycle.org - C. Pierce Salguero In Mind Cure: How Meditation Became Medicine (Oxford University Press, March 2019, $29.95, 336 pp., cloth), Wakoh Shannon Hickey provides the most …
David Johnson A More Human Naturetricycle.org - Matthew Abrahams Small talk doesn’t get much smaller than a conversation about the weather in a crowded elevator. Still, as the water drips down from our umbrellas, …
Tibet Tenzin Mariko: Tibetan Trailblazertricycle.org - Lakshmi Gandhi When Tenzin Mariko decided to step out on stage at the 2015 Miss Tibet pageant, she knew that she was making a life-changing decision. A former monk, …
Buddhism Changed by Brightnesstricycle.org - Sam Mowe On an early morning last November, about 20 pilgrims sat shoulder-to-shoulder in a small ritual hall at a Buddhist temple on a remote mountain in …
Buddhism Circling Emptinesstricycle.org - Lawrence Shainberg As it happened, one of Beckett’s production assistants on the Endgame rehearsals was a puppeteer who had done several productions of Beckett plays …
Tibet The Buddhist Roots of Hatha Yogatricycle.org - Matthew Gindin Much has already been written about how little those of us folding ourselves into downward dogs or stretching backward into camels understand yoga’s …
Mindfulness Awakened by Beautytricycle.org - Kurt Spellmeyer The world we take for granted—with its gardens and flowers—arises through an artistry not our own from a place deeper than thought. And we …
Acrylic Spirits in Exiletricycle.org - Emily DeMaioNewton Tibetan artist Tsherin Sherpa was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 1968, after his family fled persecution in Tibet. His father, Urgen Dorje, was a …
Rehabilitation Meeting the Friend She Always Knewtricycle.org - Sandy Boucher Some experiences take us into a realm we’ve rarely visited except in nightmares. And there I am, dragged through scenes that slip out of their …
Anger Angertricycle.org - Ken McLeod “Anger is one of the densest forms of communication. It conveys more information, more quickly, than almost any other type of emotion.” This is how …
Karma What's in a Word? Karmatricycle.org - Andrew Olendzki The Sanskrit word karma derives from a verbal root meaning “to do” or “to make” and simply means “action.” It is commonly used in English to indicate …
Racism Making the Invisible Visibletricycle.org - Rhonda Magee Many people react with skepticism—or resist altogether—the idea of microaggressions: subtle insults or assaults that dismiss or degrade based on race …
Buddhism On Not Losing Hearttricycle.org - Pema Chödrön When we are losing heart because of our own struggles in life, one of the best antidotes is to put things in a bigger context. Sometimes this just …
Illustration In Brieftricycle.org - The Editors There is a story about a husband and wife on silent retreat with the great Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki. At some point the husband is going for an …
South Philadelphia The Buddhist Traveler in Philadelphiatricycle.org - Samuel Newhouse “Love silence, even in the mind,” wrote William Penn, Philadelphia’s founding father. “True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit …
West Virginia A Day in the Dharma: Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, abbot of the Bhavana Society in High View, West Virginiatricycle.org - Susana Raab 8 a.m. After breakfast and morning meditation, I walk on the 1.2-mile path around the Bhavana Society’s property. I do two laps, and it takes two …
Tibet Architecture of Awakeningtricycle.org - Joan Duncan Oliver Anthony Poon wasn’t looking for a teacher or a spiritual practice in 2008 when he received a call from an old friend. The Tibetan Buddhist community …
Buddhism Turning Wordtricycle.org - Dawa Tarchin Phillips What Buddhist book has had a significant impact on your practice? The late Gendun Rinpoche, one of my esteemed teachers, spent more than 30 years in …
Buddhism What We're Listening Totricycle.org - Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar Soto Zen priest Domyo Burk looks at the ethical lapses of esteemed teachers through a central Zen teaching outlining the stages of spiritual …
Buddhism What We're Readingtricycle.org - Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness by Rhonda V. Magee. TarcherPerigee, …
