Ambedkar

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Thai Temple Sets World Record on Earth Day

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…

By Amanda Lim Patton and Emily DeMaioNewton

May 01, 2021

Buddha Buzz

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…

By Karen Jensen

Sep 21, 2019

CultureMagazine | Books, Openings

What We’re Reading

The latest in Buddhist publishing plus a book worth rereading

By Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar

Fall 2019

Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo bowing to a statue of Ambedkar at Chaityabhumi Stupa

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.

Photographs by Sara Hylton

Summer 2019

Buddha Buzz

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…

By Matthew Abrahams

Apr 20, 2019

a photo of venerable lokanatha in monk's robes

IdeasMagazine | Ancestors

From Catholic to Chemist to Buddhist Missionary

The story of how an Italian immigrant from Brooklyn helped to bring the dharma back to India

By Philip Deslippe

Winter 2017

Culture Music

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.

By Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar

Oct 09, 2017

bhimrao ramji ambedkar in front of a large crowd

IdeasMagazine | Special Section

The Great Conversion

Dr. Ambedkar and Buddhist Revival in India

By Christopher Queen

Spring 1993

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Buddhist Chaplaincy Evolves in Japan

Shingon priest Reverend Nathan Jishin Michon studies the relatively new field with an eye to enriching the profession in the West.

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The Principles and Practices of Shamatha Vipassana

Meditation teacher Narayan Helen Liebenson investigates how shamatha (calming the mind) and vipassana (inquiring into the true nature of phenomena) fit together.

By Narayan Helen Liebenson

Jun 2023

Ambedkar

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Thai Temple Sets World Record on Earth Day

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Low-Caste Buddhist Converts Denied Affirmative Action in India

What We’re Reading

A Day in the Dharma: Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo, cofounder of Sakyadhita

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Unearthing and Rebuilding

From Catholic to Chemist to Buddhist Missionary

5 Questions for the Buddhist Band Dhamma Wings

The Great Conversion

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