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Psychedelics’ Buddhist Revival
For some Buddhists, experiences of selflessness induced by hallucinogens are tools for practice. But others see distraction and even danger.
For some Buddhists, experiences of selflessness induced by hallucinogens are tools for practice. But others see distraction and even danger.
A meditation teacher and political columnist makes a case for considering the Internet an intoxicant that should be used in moderation.
Serving alcohol for a living, Brent R. Oliver still thinks about the consequences.
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron, Lama Palden, Allan Badiner, and Norman Fischer share their thoughts on refraining from intoxicants.
Tricycle readers’ thoughts on the fifth precept: refraining from intoxicants
Don Lattin on how practice helped him recover from addiction
Do you have a problem with the fifth precept—refraining from intoxicants? If so, Don Lattin, author of The Harvard Psychedelic Club, encourages you to ask yourself why that might be. In his piece “Recovery & The Fifth Precept” from the Fall 2010 issue of Tricycle, Lattin writes: Many of us who came of age in […]
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