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Meditation Barbie Wants to Be Your Dolly Lama

The doll who has it all is exploring a new career as a meditation teacher, but she’s having a hard time letting go of her material-girl lifestyle.

By Karen Jensen

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What Do Buddhism and Game of Thrones Have in Common? More Than You Might Think.

A tour at the Rubin Museum explores the parallels between the HBO series and Himalayan Buddhist art and history.

By Matthew Abrahams

Apr 08, 2019

The Dharma of Westworld

Reincarnation, no-self, and other Buddhist lessons from the popular HBO series.

By Dr. Jay Michaelson

Dec 07, 2016

Meditate—Don’t Annihilate—in this New Buddhist-Inspired Game

Scott Wayne Indiana is building a nonviolent space in the world of live role playing games.

By Lakshmi Gandhi

Sep 05, 2016

Mindfully Binge-watching “Making a Murderer”

Those of us who were swept up in the series may want to examine our own fast-brain thinking.

By Ginny Holbert

Jan 25, 2016

Harry Potter and the Mischievous Monks

Two Thai monks are in big trouble.

By Joanna Piacenza

Jul 10, 2014

Five-Minute Buddhist

Filmmaker Harold Ramis's pocket-sized Buddhist manifesto

By Max Zahn

Mar 10, 2014

Wet ‘n’ Wild Buddhism

Vietnam's Suoi Tien Cultural Amusement Park stirs together Buddhism and water park fun

By Joanna Piacenza

Feb 18, 2014

Thai Taxi Talismans

Artist Dale Konstanz has been addicted to taking Thai taxis since he moved to Bangkok in 2003. They became not just a way to get around, but an opportunity to chat with the drivers,.

By Dale Konstanz

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Buddha Buzz Weekly: Nepal and China’s Secret Border Deal Threatens Tibetans

Nepal-China extradition treaty worries Tibetans, 13 monks walking from Thailand to France are detained in India, and a peace prize recognizes Korean monk Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

By Emily DeMaioNewton and Karen Jensen

Feb 22, 2020

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By Sumi Loundon Kim

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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.

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Feb 2020

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