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“Twitter monk” Haemin Sunim deactivates his Twitter and returns to monastic life after backlash, the UK Charity Commission criticizes Rigpa leaders for failing to protect students from Sogyal Lakar Rinpoche, and a new Tibetan literary journal arrives on the scene. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
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Scholar Sam van Schaik discusses Buddhist Magic and the disappearing act around the dharma’s supernatural history. (Plus, six Buddhist enchantments for curious practitioners.)
Interview with Sam van Schaik by Julia Hirsch
When the pandemic hit, veterans of Green Gulch Farm joined with Bay Area leaders and activists to distribute their sangha-grown vegetables where it was needed most.
By Wendy Johnson
As uncertainty and distress escalate amid social, political, and environmental unraveling and on the brink of a US presidential election, it can be hard not to get caught up in the times. But as Editor-and-Publisher James Shaheen writes in this issue’s editorial (“A Time for Eternities”), we must do our best to ground our experience of such day-to-day turbulence in the spiritual truths that endure. In “Living in a World That No Longer Exists,” social critic Curtis White ruminates on the changed shape of cultural artifacts he previously thought to have vanished; pop music icon Tina Turner reflects on the Buddhist teachings and practices that made her indestructibly strong throughout her adult life; and Insight Meditation teacher Tuere Sala talks about racial justice in the context of her time as a Buddhist prosecuting attorney. And because patience can’t be valued enough, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche expounds on this pillar of Buddhist practice in the Dharma Talk “The Path of Patience.”
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How life’s little annoyances can teach us ever-greater tolerance.
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The iconic anime of Studio Ghibli explores fundamental truths through the imagery of Japanese and Buddhist lore.
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Pamela Weiss, author of A Bigger Sky: Awakening a Fierce Feminine Buddhism, shares stories of Buddhist women who illuminate how feminine energy can support people in their practice. These often overlooked figures exemplify qualities cultivated on the Buddhist path and provide an important counterbalance to the historically patriarchal tradition.
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Ahimsa, or non-harming, is a cornerstone of the Buddha’s teachings. It also has driven various social movements. Through interviews with activists and experts, this film explores how nonviolent action brings about radical change.
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Shifting the Ground We Stand On: Buddhist and Western Thinkers Challenge Modernity, introduces a fresh perspective to the dialogue between Buddhism and science. This anthology of Tricycle essays and interviews by Linda Heuman brings together Buddhist scholars, neuroscientists, and cultural critics on the question of finding meaning in our modern world.
Conversations with contemporary Buddhist leaders & thinkers
Amid the craziness of this year, some Buddhists are returning to the classics to ground themselves and their practice. One such classic is the 8th-century Indian philosopher Shantideva’s The Way of the Bodhisattva, whose sixth chapter gets new treatment in Dzigar Kongtrul’s new book, Peaceful Heart: The Buddhist Practice of Patience.
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Tricycle’s Editor and Publisher James Shaheen sits down with Kongtrul Rinpoche to discuss turning inward to steady oneself for the world, using humor to combat hurt feelings, and how patience is not passivity.
Kongtrul Rinpoche is the founder of Mangala Shri Bhuti, an organization in the Longchen Nyingtik lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He’s also the author of eight books, including Training in Tenderness: Buddhist Teachings on Tsewa.
Tricycle Talks is a podcast series featuring leading voices in the contemporary Buddhist world. You can listen to more Tricycle Talks on Spotify, iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and iHeartRadio.
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