Buddha

Tricycle visits Bhikkhu Bodhi at Chuang Yen Monastery

Earlier this week, some Tricyclers were lucky enough to make it up to Carmel, New York in order to visit with Bhikkhu Bodhi at Chuang Yen Monastery. Chuang Yen is a Chinese Chán monastery, and my…

By Tricycle

Apr 01, 2011

News

Fake Monks and Buddha Thievery

Has anybody read the Bangkok Post lately? Seems like the paper is absolutely determined to expose all Buddhist fraud and thievery these days. First, in “Bogus Monks exploit Buddhism,” we learn of foreign monks immigrating to…

By Tricycle

Mar 29, 2011

A Sutra Noir: The Big Awakening

Nearly thirty years ago, Tricycle’s features editor, Andrew Cooper, wrote a fine piece of Buddhist humor that made the rounds in various Buddhist publications. It is an imagined Buddhist sutra told in the voice of a…

By Tricycle

Mar 28, 2011

Buddhists and Evolution

Blogging for the Chicago Tribune, Stephen Asma recently wrote about Buddhists and evolution: Turns out, many American biology teachers like Beau Schaefer are sneaking creationism into their classrooms. Buddhism, like every philosophy, has many problems, but…

By Sam Mowe

Mar 24, 2011

Russell Simmons’s Buddhas

The Financial Times recently ran a profile of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons’ New York City apartment. Inside they found a whole lot of Buddha statues. Mark Wellwood writes: The decor in Russell Simmons’ homes is dominated…

By Tricycle

Mar 22, 2011

Wednesday Work Buddha

This hard-working little jizo is ready to help sweep away your midweek worries and troubles. But you have to start working before he’ll help—he won’t do it for you! This image is from the Flickr stream…

By Tricycle

Mar 16, 2011

Environment

“Eco-monastery” to open in the Buddha’s birthplace

An “eco-monastery” will open in April in Lumbini, Nepal—the birthplace of the Buddha. The Lumbini Udyana Mahachaitya World Center for Peace and Unity (LUM), a project headed by Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche, will be the largest temple…

By Tricycle

Mar 11, 2011

What are you holding onto?

It’s been a good week at Pamela Gayle White and Khedrub Zangmo’s “Letting Go” retreat. You can watch the two videos that make up Week 1 here—the second video is meditation instructions.) One of the best…

By Tricycle

Mar 10, 2011

Pop Culture

The Buddha of the future will have six-pack abs

As Chade-Meng Tan points out in his lastest blog post, enlightenment can look good. At least, that’s what this first century Gandharan representation of Maitreya, the future Buddha, seems to indicate. Look at those abs! Meng…

By Tricycle

Mar 04, 2011