Vajrayana

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

3D Printing Reality

A Tibetan Buddhist teacher is helping Westerners get a clearer picture of the Wheel of Time mandala with a three-dimensional model.

By Matthew Abrahams

Nov 07, 2019

Trike Daily History & Philosophy

An American Tantra

With Modern Tantric Buddhism, Justin von Budjoss aims to make Vajrayana authentically our own.

Interview with Repa Dorje Odzer (Justin von Bujdoss) by Karen Jensen

Oct 29, 2019

Let Mind Nature Be Your Guru through Mystical Devotion

An esoteric song traces the path from outward faith to a direct experience of knowing itself.

By Ken McLeod

Feb 09, 2018

The Vidyadhara Vow: Reading the Small Print of the Vajrayana

A Guest Post by Lama Jhampa Thaye. Lama Jhampa’s most recent post on the Tricycle Blog can be found here. Although we usually think of the Vajrayana, the system of practice derived from the.

By Tricycle

Nov 11, 2011

What is Meant by “Empowerment”?

We talk a lot about “empowerment” in the Vajrayana and it is important to understand exactly what that means. To receive empowerment doesn’t mean that someone grants you the power to escape from your.

By Tricycle

Nov 15, 2010

Trike DailyTeachings

Shinnyo-en’s Boundless Prayer Ceremony: the Saisho Homa

Because we commonly associate Vajrayana Buddhism with Tibet, it can surprise some that forms of Vajrayana have persisted in Japan as well. One historical center of Japanese Vajrayana is Daigoji monastery, home of the.

By Tricycle

Nov 15, 2010

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Buddha Buzz Weekly: Vietnamese Monk and Activist Thich Tri Quang Dies at 95

Thich Tri Quang, a Buddhist political dissident during the Vietnam War dies, Myanmar court grants bail for detained anti-nationalist monk, and a Thai festival improves its trash problem. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

By Karen Jensen

Nov 16, 2019

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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

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narayan helen libenson teaching meditative inquiry

Meditation & Practice

Good Question! The Art of Meditative Inquiry

The Buddha encouraged us to investigate our experiences, but some ways of questioning mire us in confusion while others are liberating. Dharma and Insight Meditation teacher Narayan Helen Liebenson helps us distinguish skillful from unskillful types of inquiry and approach life’s deepest questions with a spirit of wholesome curiosity.

Narayan Helen Liebenson

Nov 2019

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