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Temple Sets Record with 330,000 Candles

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…

By Amanda Lim Patton

Fall 2021

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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

Environment

Earth Day 2017: Awakening in the Age of Climate Change

Honoring Earth Day 2017 with five articles from the Tricycle archives that illustrate the significant relationship between Buddhism and our planet.

By Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar

Apr 21, 2017

How Meditation Offers a Planetary Perspective

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By Tricycle

Apr 20, 2015

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Good Earth Day

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…

By Tricycle

Apr 22, 2011

Ideas Climate Change

Earth Day: The World Without Us

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…

By Tricycle

Apr 22, 2010

Ideas Climate Change

Earth-touching articles from Tricycle

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…

By Tricycle

Apr 21, 2010

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Temple Sets Record with 330,000 Candles

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

Earth Day 2017: Awakening in the Age of Climate Change

How Meditation Offers a Planetary Perspective

Good Earth Day

Earth Day: The World Without Us

Earth-touching articles from Tricycle

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