History

Trike Daily Society & Environment

How a Historic Buddhist Site Has Eluded Destruction—for Now

Plans to open-pit mine the ancient city of Mes Aynak in Afghanistan have been put on hold, but the site is still far from safe.

By Brent Huffman

Feb 06, 2020

Trike Daily History & Philosophy

Did the Buddha Really Have a Wife and Son?

Reconsidering the familiar tale we know about the Buddha’s family

By Matthew Gindin

Jan 29, 2018

Trike Daily History & Philosophy

Do Buddhists Have Fellow Travelers in the Stoics?

What an ancient group of ethicists can teach us about overcoming self-caused suffering

By Matthew Gindin

Dec 29, 2017

Now What Do We Do?

Buddhist history to consider on Inauguration Day

By Kurt Spellmeyer

Jan 20, 2017

Trike DailySociety & Environment

Talking Buddha, Talking Christ

In his address to Congress, Pope Francis drew attention to an unlikely American: the Trappist monk Thomas Merton, who played no small role in popularizing Buddhism in the West.

By Max Zahn

Sep 30, 2015

Trike DailyHistory & Philosophy

The Myth of Religious Violence

Modern society has made a scapegoat of faith.

By Karen Armstrong

Mar 10, 2015

Commemorating Pearl Harbor and Celebrating Rohatsu

Yesterday marked the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor. Thousands lost their lives, and a nation filled its heart with anger. On the following day, December 8th, 1941, President Roosevelt declared.

By Tricycle

Dec 08, 2011

Trike Daily

Blavatsky’s Buddhism

Rita Gross recently headed a Tricycle retreat called Buddhist History for Buddhist Practitioners in which she discussed the “how-it-all-began” history of Indian Buddhism, later relating it to issues that Buddhism(s) worldwide are currently dealing.

By Tricycle

Nov 07, 2011

Trike DailyHistory & Philosophy

Building the Buddha’s Birthplace

People around the world are celebrating Vesak this month (the exact date of the holiday varies according to different calendars used in different countries and traditions), which honors the life of the Buddha. Even.

By Tricycle

May 19, 2011

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Daily wisdom, teachings & critique

History & Philosophy

Why I Read Namtars, the Memoirs of Masters

The Tibetan literary tradition tells the inspiring life stories of spiritual devotees.

By Daniel Goleman

Feb 25, 2020

Magazine

The Buddhist Review

What Our Kids Are Reading

A glimpse of the latest in Buddhist books for kids

By Sumi Loundon Kim

Spring 2020

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

Living the Lotus Sutra

Nichiren Shonin taught that the essence of the Lotus Sutra is found by developing faith through chanting what’s called the daimoku (or the odaimoku), the sutra’s sacred title. Myokei Caine-Barrett, the first woman and the first Westerner to hold the position of bishop in the Nichiren Order of North America, leads us through daimoku practice.

Myokei Caine-Barrett

Feb 2020

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