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Buddha Buzz: On Hiatus for Bonnaroo 2013

Buddha Buzz is on hiatus this week while Tricycle‘s daring and irreplaceable editorial assistant Alex Caring-Lobel travels to Manchester, Tennesee, for Bonnaroo 2013. Please come back in one piece, Alex. There he is! In the meantime,…

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Jun 14, 2013

Second Week of Chodo and Koshin’s Retreat: Serenity and Meticulous Effort

In this second week of Zen teachers Chodo and Koshin’s retreat, “Serenity and Meticulous Effort,” they develop the ideas from the previous week by exploring the third and fourth awarenesses from the Mahaparinirvana Sutra: serenity and…

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Jun 10, 2013

New Online Retreat: Caring in the World: The Eight Awarenesses

In our new online retreat “Caring for the World: The Eight Awarenesses,” with Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell, co-founders of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, the dynamic teacher-duo explores one of…

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Jun 03, 2013

Preeminent World Religions Professor Huston Smith Turns 94

Happy birthday to Huston Smith, who turns 94 today! Smith, widely recognized as the West’s preeminent teacher of world religions, has made a career of building cross-cultural bridges. For decades he has taught his readers about Buddhism,…

By Emma Varvaloucas

May 31, 2013

Final Week of Pat Enkyo O’Hara Roshi’s Retreat: To Be a Bodhisattva

“When we allow ourselves to be enlightened by everything that exists, then we can’t help but to also serve.” —Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara In the final week of Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara’s retreat, “To Be a…

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May 27, 2013

Third Week of Pat Enkyo O’Hara Roshi’s Retreat: To Be Awakened

In the third week’s teaching of Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara’s retreat, “To Be Awakened,” she addresses the third slogan of Zen Master Dogen from the Genjokoan: To forget the self is be enlightened by the myriad…

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May 20, 2013

News Brief: Mindfulness Conquers World

This just in from The NewsLeek, Buddhism’s Finest News Source. BOSTON, May 1, 2013—The International Mindfulness Foundation (IMF) today announced that mindfulness has officially succeeded in conquering the world. “Now that global leaders in business, government, the…

By P Law

May 15, 2013

Second Week of Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara’s Retreat: To Forget the Self

In the second week of Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara’s retreat, “To Forget the Self,” she expounds on the second slogan of Zen Master Dogen from the Genjokoan: To study the self is to forget the self.…

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May 13, 2013

Bearly Zen

Meet Bearly Zen, the most dedicated member of the Village Zendo sangha in lower Manhattan!This photo was snapped while we filmed the Village Zendo’s abbot, Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, for her May retreat, “Recognizing the Self.”…

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May 07, 2013