
Ambedkar

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…

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Low-Caste Buddhist Converts Denied Affirmative Action in India
Indian state denies benefits to Dalit Buddhists trying to escape caste discrimination, a bipartisan bill seeks to protect the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation, and an alleged thief ring targeted US temples. Tricycle looks back at the events…

CultureMagazine | Books, Openings
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing plus a book worth rereading

Magazine | A Day in the Dharma, Openings
A Day in the Dharma: Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo, cofounder of Sakyadhita
The professor of religion at the University of San Diego visits Mumbai, India, as an educator and pilgrim.

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Unearthing and Rebuilding
India’s prime minister spurs the excavation of a Buddhist site, a Michigan meditation center rebuilds after a fire, and two reporters jailed in Myanmar win a Pulitzer. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week…

From Catholic to Chemist to Buddhist Missionary
The story of how an Italian immigrant from Brooklyn helped to bring the dharma back to India

5 Questions for the Buddhist Band Dhamma Wings
The Indian rock band uses the teachings of the Buddha and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar in hopes of ending class inequality in their country.

IdeasMagazine | Special Section
The Great Conversion
Dr. Ambedkar and Buddhist Revival in India

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