Remnants of Devotion
Once central to Japanese Buddhist families, many butsudan, or home shrines, now collect dust in temple basements.
Jeff Wilson
Jeff Wilson is a Tricycle contributing editor, an author, a Shin Buddhist priest, and a professor of religious studies and East Asian studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Shinran’s Engaged Buddhism
Religious scholar Jeff Wilson explains how the radical teachings of Shinran Shonin, the founder of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, can help us navigate today’s social and environmental problems.
The Merit Economy
What happens to Buddhist institutions when the traditional model of support—merit-based giving—changes?
Pro-Life, Endless Births: Buddhist Views on Abortion
Scholar Jeff Wilson discusses his research on the history of pro-life movements in North America and Japan amid a renewed push for restrictions on abortion in the US.
Born Together With All Beings
Pure Land Buddhism’s emphasis on universal support is experienced personally as the feeling of “inner togetherness.”
On Mindfulness
Two new perspectives
A Big Gay History of Same-sex Marriage in the Sangha
Without fanfare, American Buddhists have been performing same-sex marriages for over 40 years.
From Monastery to Marketplace
Mindfulness is no longer just a form of meditation—it’s a lifestyle that can be bought and sold. Is there an upside?
Painting the West Saffron
A new map published by the Washington Post misrepresents Buddhist populations in Western states.
Podcasts
Mindful America
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Tricycle managing editor Emma Varvaloucas speaks with author and Tricycle contributing editor Jeff Wilson about how Buddhism influences and is appropriated by minority-Buddhist cultures in the United States and elsewhere. Wilson explains how an evangelical impulse has overtaken some mindfulness advocates. His latest book is Mindful America: The Mutual Transformation of Buddhist Meditation and American Culture.
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