Personal Reflections Death & Dying
But for a Moment
After his cancer diagnosis, a young man grapples with the question of how best to use what little time he has left.
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New Downloadable Transcripts for Tricycle Online Retreats
We are happy to announce that from now on, all of our online, four-week retreats will have downloadable transcripts for the hearing impaired. The transcripts for our current retreat with Segyu Rinpoche, and for all…
Buddha Buzz: Buddhist-Muslim Relations and a Harlem Shake Koan
Many predominantly Buddhist countries in lower Asia are also home to substantial populations of Muslims. Likewise, a number of Muslim countries are home to Buddhist minorities. Majority-minority relations can be contentious, but add ethno-religious lines to…
The Dangers of Spirituality
In recent decades, the decline of religious belief and affiliation in the West has been accompanied by a steady increase of interest in “spirituality” and the deployment of the term. The word has come a long…
New York Insight Community Drop-in Hours
Good news for all you dharma bums in NYC! Our friends (and neighbors—they’re just a couple blocks away from the Trike offices) over at NY Insight have opened their beautiful center for community use during the…
Buddha Buzz: Buddhist News from Around the World, Week of September 3
Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink. These days when I read about Buddhism in the mainstream media—heck, when I read about Buddhism in the Buddhist media—it’s more like, mindfulness, mindfulness, everywhere, and not…
Call for Submissions from Vipassana Journal Inquiring Mind
The following announcement came to us from our friends at Inquiring Mind, a donation-supported, semiannual journal of the Vipassana community. The publication is excellent, and to make matters even better, author, Tricycle contributor, and previous Turning…
Buddha Buzz: Taiwan’s First Gay Buddhist Wedding and Other Great News
July, it seems, is a very auspicious month for Tibetan Buddhists. Last Friday was the Dalai Lama’s birthday, and tomorrow it’s Pema Chodron’s 76th. Happy Birthday, Pema! Although she is in retreat for the entirety of…
Tricycle Trolls
Internet troll (from Urban Dictionary): 1. Noun. One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument. 2. Noun. A person whose sole purpose…
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