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Monks at a temple on the outskirts of Bangkok lit 330,000 candles on Earth Day 2021, setting the Guinness World Record for largest burning image, according to Agence France-Presse. The candles, arranged around the Dhammakaya Temple’s central shrine, depicted a world map, a meditating figure, and the event’s slogan: “Cleanse the Mind, Cleanse the World.” […]
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 events of this week in the Buddhist world.
Honoring Earth Day 2017 with five articles from the Tricycle archives that illustrate the significant relationship between Buddhism and our planet.
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Hello Earth. What can we say to you on a day like today—your day—when the glaciers are melting and the rivers are rising? That we’re sorry? We know that you’re sick. We know that we’ve taken advantage of you, that we’re responsible for your dangerously high temperatures. Should we apologize to you on your big […]
Happy Earth Day to all! May all beings wake up to the beauty and gravity of our planet! Here is part of a conversation between environmental journalist Alan Weisman and Tricycle contributing editor Clark Strand (see his writings on “Green Meditation” in the most recent issue of Tricycle) about global warming, population control, and what […]
Mara is tired and cranky. The demon tempter has tried everything in his power to prevent this sitting man from attaining his goal, and now he’s finally out of tricks. In a desperate last hurrah to stop Siddhartha he sputters: So you think you’re going to wake up, do you? Go on then, become a […]
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