The playwright's newest, The Oldest Boy, tells the story of an American mother’s dilemma after her child is recognized as a high Buddhist lama.

Well, boys and girls, the discussion ain’t over. (As it shouldn’t be.) Soto Zen priest and author James Ishmael Ford has added his voice into the mix of American Buddhist teachers who are remarking on the…

Not to be outdone by Burma’s shocking level of prejudice against Muslims, a group of Sinhalese Buddhist monastics known as the “Buddhist Force” is campaigning to ban halal meat in Sri Lanka amidst attacks on Muslim-owned…

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…

Tricycle's Interview with Darlene Cohen

Tricycle‘s Fall 2012 issue features the stunning, black-and-white photos of Nicholas Vreeland: a monk, professional photographer, and newly-appointed abbot of Rato Dratsang monastery. (He also happens to be the grandson of fashion icon Diana Vreeland.) The…