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Dhammakaya Temple in Thailand lights 330,000 candles on Earth Day, the Dalai Lama donates to India’s COVID-19 relief fund, and international relief groups request aid for monks and nuns in Myanmar. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
Asian American Buddhists organize a memorial service, a second wave of COVID-19 cases hits India, and the Dalai Lama signs a letter supporting the end of fossil fuel use. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
The Buddhist country has administered shots to a whopping 93 percent of its eligible population, thieves target a Buddhist temple in North Carolina, and activists in Myanmar choose protesting over celebrating the new year. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
A Thai monk is rescued after being trapped inside a cave for days, two Tibetan motorcyclists embark on a journey across India, and a communal matcha ceremony in Japan changes due to COVID-19. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
String of thefts target donations at Buddhist temples in Southern California, a Japanese temple programs “Buddhabot” with the Sutta Nipata, and Buddhist legal defender Alvin Sykes dies at 64. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
A fire destroys shelters and leaves thousands homeless at a refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims, Bhutan prepares to vaccinate its population, and Buddhists respond to the Atlanta shootings and the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
In Sri Lanka, a proposal to close over 1,000 Islamic schools and ban the burqa seeks government approval, monks in Seoul march to support anti-coup protestors in Myanmar, and Japanese monastics and worshippers walk on hot coals to pray for safety from the pandemic. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama receives his first coronavirus shot, one of South Korea’s oldest temples loses its main hall in suspected arson, and a buddha statue destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 is replicated with 3D projection. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
Los Angeles’s Higashi Honganji sees incredible donations after potential hate crime, Myanmar women put their bodies—and their bras—on the line, and over 150 monks at Tibetan monastery in India test positive for COVID-19. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.