Never Again
A Japanese American group protests mass incarceration at the border. One of its Buddhist leaders envisions a new American identity.
Internment Camps
Buddha Buzz Weekly: Nepal and China’s Secret Border Deal Threatens Tibetans
Nepal-China extradition treaty worries Tibetans, 13 monks walking from Thailand to France are detained in India, and a peace prize recognizes Korean monk Ven. Pomnyun Sunim. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in…
Buddha Buzz Weekly: American “Concentration Camps”
Japanese Americans see history repeating as immigrant kids are held at a former internment camp, Slovakia’s first female president is a Zen meditator, and the Sri Lankan finance minister condemns monk’s anti-Muslim comments. Tricycle looks back…
Thus Have I Heard: An American Sutra
With the outbreak of World War II, Japanese Americans were incarcerated by the thousands. Out of the crucible of the camps, a uniquely American Buddhism was born.
Books in Brief
Covering the latest in Buddhist publishing
Outside Normal Limits
Why the new issue of Tricycle aims to confront the rise of nativism with stories from the past and present.
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Camp Dharma
The recent talk of a Muslim registry isn’t the first time the United States government has targeted individuals based on their religion. Duncan Ryuken Williams shares the often overlooked stories of Buddhist Japanese Americans who were…
Mountain of Compassion
Dharma in American Internment Camps
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