Bridging Contemplation and Action
Jonathan Rose discusses his work at the Garrison Institute, a retreat center in the Hudson Valley dedicated to the intersection of contemplation and engaged action.
Activism
Activism in Buddhism, also called socially engaged Buddhism, applies the dharma and meditation to social justice. Buddhist leaders such as Thich Nhat Hanh have helped to make socially engaged Buddhism widespread. Read articles on how dharma can inform social action by Buddhist activists, meditation teachers, and scholars.
The Practice of Freedom
Meditation teacher Oneika Mays discusses what she’s learned about love and liberation as the first mindfulness coach at Rikers Island Correctional Facility.
Writing as Radical Refusal
Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses the first anthology of writing by Vietnamese diasporic authors.
Peace and Metta in West Orange
The New Jersey iteration of an international Buddhist conference asks monastics and laypeople how they can put wisdom into practice. Tricycle contributor Georgia Good reports from the scene.
A Moving Temple
Buddhists gather across New York City for the Day of Remembering Our Interdependence.
Bringing World Peace through the ‘Lotus Sutra’
Through decades of anti-war activism, Nichidatsu Fujii aspired to carry the teachings of Nichiren into the 20th century and realize a pure land on Earth.
What Do Buddhists Think of Fort Worth’s “Walk for Peace” Monks?
Teachers respond to the viral cross-country trek.
Silent Underground
A twelve-hour meditation protest on the London Underground
Reimagining the Story of Citizenship
Journalist Daisy Hernández discusses how she brings her Buddhist practice to bear on conversations about citizenship and what it means to be an American.
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