History

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 war against…

By Tricycle

Dec 08, 2011

History

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 with. But…

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Nov 07, 2011

Ideas History

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 though the…

By Tricycle

May 19, 2011

Ideas History

Remembering the 16th Karmapa

In the 10th century AD, at the great Buddhist monastic university Nalanda in Bihar, India, there was a monk named Naropa who was of the school’s best and brightest students. Despite his academic standing, upon hearing…

By Tricycle

Apr 20, 2011

Culture History

Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan

The upcoming exhibition, Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan, at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery looks like it will be incredible. To anyone in or near the Washington, D.C. area, I highly…

By Tricycle

Feb 23, 2011

Ideas History

The Council of Lhasa (792-794 CE)

The Council of Lhasa did not take place in Lhasa, but rather at the Samye monastery, which is located 3-1/2 hours away from Lhasa by bus these days. Samye is said to be the oldest monastery…

By Tricycle

Dec 01, 2010

History

2,600-year-old Buddhist Monastery Unearthed in Afghanistan

Jeff Watt, the director of Himalayan Art Resources, just brought this story to our attention. A Chinese copper mining company in Afghanistan, the China Metallurgical Group Corp, recently unearthed an ancient Buddhist monastery that is believed…

By Tricycle

Nov 29, 2010

Ideas History

Part 3 of Buddhist History for Buddhist Practitioners: An Interview with Jacqueline Stone

At the Tricycle Community we’re beginning part 3 of our “Buddhist History for Buddhist Practitioners” series. This time we’ll be discussing an interview with Princeton’s Jacqueline Stone about the place of the Lotus Sutra in…

By Tricycle

Oct 20, 2010

History

Christian Buddhism in the West

How deeply does our Judaeo-Christian history affect how Buddhism takes root in the West? In a thought-provoking article on Buddhist Geeks, Dennis Hunter examines how Buddhism in the West has fused with the Judaeo-Christian roots of…

By Tricycle

Aug 19, 2010

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