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Thupten Jinpa, the Dalai Lama’s long-time English translator, explains how Buddhist contemplative wisdom can lead to greater emotional balance and address contemporary challenges in large-scale systems from education to healthcare.
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Tricycle’s latest issue looks to the past and the future, examining what we can learn from past actions to enact future change. In “When America Met Thich Nhat Hanh,” peace activist Jim Forest reflects on his experiences with the Zen master’s engaged Buddhist action. In “How to Bring Our Planet Back to Life,” environmentalist Paul Hawken argues that to save our planet, we need to create a world worth saving. Other features include an interview with playwright Sarah Ruhl about how Buddhist teachings helped her cope with Bell’s palsy and the COVID-19 pandemic; a portfolio featuring the multimedia works of artist Chitra Ganesh; and a look at how Buddhists have addressed—or ignored—the adverse effects of meditation, a.k.a. “Buddhism’s Biggest Open Secret.”
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Dr. Marc Lieberman, an ophthalmologist and self-proclaimed Jewish Buddhist, passed away at his home in San Francisco on August 2, the New York Times reported. Calling himself a “JuBu,” Dr. Lieberman practiced both faiths and sought to bridge the gap between them. In 1989 he organized the first formal dialogue between Jewish scholars and His […]
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For many Burmese people, poetry has been a source of hope and resiliency, helping them survive the military dictatorship’s total control over the country. In this 2017 documentary, take a cinematic trip to Myanmar and see the country through its people’s eyes and poetry. Burma Storybook centers around the 70 year-old activist and writer Maung Aung […]
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In this episode of Tricycle Talks, editor-in-chief James Shaheen sits down with writer and cultural critic Suzannah Showler to discuss Alison Bechdel’s latest graphic memoir, The Secret to Superhuman Strength.
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