Art

Directors on the Diaspora

Ritu Sarin and Sonam Tenzing, the filmmakers of The Sweet Requiem, discuss Tibetan exile and collective trauma.

By Julia Hirsch

Dec 10, 2019

The Timbre of Timber

A Zen student’s composition for percussion quartet uses the sound of scrap wood to convey a Buddhist sutta’s teachings.

By A. Jesse Jiryu Davis

Nov 20, 2019

The Bodhisattva Blues

Bluesman Reverend Freakchild discusses his music, sobriety, and why he’s pursuing a master’s degree in Buddhist studies.

By Jeff Goldberg

Nov 12, 2019

The New Leonard Cohen Music Video Is Very Buddhist

The video for the late singer’s Happens To The Heart features Buddhist monks in a nod to the musician’s practice.

By Matthew Gindin

Nov 06, 2019

A Hidden Trove of Japanese Buddhist Art Revealed in New Jersey

The Newark Museum’s Beyond Zen exhibition presents an extensive collection for the first time.

By Kay Larson

Oct 23, 2019

Songs from the Bardo Guides Us to the Next Rebirth

Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith’s reinterpretation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is as faithful as it is provocative.

By Dan Zigmond

Oct 09, 2019

A Japanese Ensemble Keeps an Ancient Sound Alive

The musicians of Reigakusha perform gagaku, court music that developed alongside early Buddhism in Japan.

By Matthew Abrahams

Oct 03, 2019

Why We Sing: Three Spiritual Music Masters on the “Sounds of Liberation”

“Rock star nun” Ani Choying Drolma, chant master Krishna Das, and chant leader Lama Tenzin Sangpo discuss music’s role in practice and the effort to repair their teacher’s monastery.

Interview with Ani Choying Drolma, Krishna Das, and Lama Tenzin Sangpo by Matthew Abrahams

Sep 10, 2019

buddhist artist michela martello in her studio

An Artist’s Buddhist-Feminist Renaissance

Michela Martello draws on her Italian and Buddhist roots to raise questions around gender and womanhood.

By Julia Hirsch

Apr 30, 2019

Trike Daily

Daily wisdom, teachings & critique

You Just Borrow These Things: Poet Arthur Sze

The acclaimed poet discusses the Buddhist and Taoist influences in Sight Lines, his latest collection and winner of the National Book Award.

Interview with Arthur Sze by Kenji C. Liu

Jan 26, 2020

Magazine

The Buddhist Review

The Mandala Master

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

Interview with Losang Samten by Anne Doran and Frank Olinsky

Winter 2019

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

Digital Detox: Reclaim Your Mind From Social Media Addiction

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram—these sites and other social media platforms can be emotional minefields, and they eat up far more time than many of us are OK with. Triratna teacher Bodhipaksa offers five practices from the Buddha that we can use to break our e-addictions.

Bodhipaksa

Jan 2020

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Art

Trike Daily Arts & Culture

Directors on the Diaspora

Trike Daily Arts & Culture

The Timbre of Timber

Trike Daily Arts & Culture

The Bodhisattva Blues

Trike DailyArts & Culture

The New Leonard Cohen Music Video Is Very Buddhist

Trike DailyArts & Culture

A Hidden Trove of Japanese Buddhist Art Revealed in New Jersey

Trike DailyArts & Culture

Songs from the Bardo Guides Us to the Next Rebirth

Trike DailyArts & Culture

A Japanese Ensemble Keeps an Ancient Sound Alive

Trike DailyArts & Culture

Why We Sing: Three Spiritual Music Masters on the “Sounds of Liberation”

Trike DailyArts & Culture

An Artist’s Buddhist-Feminist Renaissance