Joan Duncan Oliver

What We’re Listening To

Podcasts and a guided meditation that no Buddhist listener should miss

By Joan Duncan Oliver

Winter 2019

What We’re Reading

The latest in Buddhist publishing, plus a book worth rereading

By Joan Duncan Oliver and Cara Dibdin

Winter 2019

A monk paints the front entrance of a building at Serenity Ridge Retreat Center

Blue Ridge Serenity

For over 20 years, a Bon Buddhist community has brought a bit of Tibet to Virginia’s wooded hills.

By Joan Duncan Oliver

Winter 2019

Image of the Buddhist architecture for Shamar Rinpoche's shrine

Architecture of Awakening

In bringing contemporary design to a Tibetan Buddhist center, an architect finds a foundation for his own practice.

By Joan Duncan Oliver

Fall 2019

Photograph of Lama Rod Owens' group Bhumisparsha

Magazine Society & Environment

Dharma For All

Bhumisparsha, a virtual sangha started by Lama Rod Owens and Justin von Bujdoss, aims to create a new kind of Buddhist community.

By Joan Duncan Oliver

Summer 2019

Kathok Getse Rinpoche, Head of the Nyingma School, Is Dead at 64

The distinguished lama led one of the oldest branches of Tibetan Buddhism.

By Joan Duncan Oliver

Dec 05, 2018

Remembering Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, Envoy to the Dalai Lama

The late activist, journalist, politician, humanitarian, and negotiator changed American-Tibetan relations.

By Joan Duncan Oliver

Nov 14, 2018

Triratna Buddhism founder Sangharakshita dies at 93

One of the first Westerners ordained as a Theravada monk established an international non-sectarian Buddhist movement.

By Joan Duncan Oliver

Nov 05, 2018

The Death of Eido Roshi, Problematic Pioneer

The passing of a Rinzai Zen leader, marred by sexual misconduct allegations, ends the generation of Japanese-born Zen masters who introduced Americans to Zen. A former student reflects on part of this cohort’s legacy in the wake of #MeToo.

By Joan Duncan Oliver

Feb 22, 2018

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Prejudice and Pride

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Dec 06, 2019

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The Mandala Master

For more than two decades, Losang Samten has spread lessons of interdependence in the West through Tibetan Buddhist sand mandalas.

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Winter 2019

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Pilgrimage Unbound

Pilgrimage is often thought of as a transformative journey to a far away place with trials and tribulations along the way, but this doesn’t always have to be the case. Learn how Himalayan Buddhist ways of relating to sacred spaces can inform a sense of pilgrimage grounded in the routines of our everyday lives.

Lama Elizabeth Monson

Nov 2019

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Kathok Getse Rinpoche, Head of the Nyingma School, Is Dead at 64

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Remembering Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, Envoy to the Dalai Lama

Trike Daily Obituaries

Triratna Buddhism founder Sangharakshita dies at 93

Trike Daily Obituaries

The Death of Eido Roshi, Problematic Pioneer