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Buddha Buzz Weekly: Aug. 4, 2018

Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje plans to return to India, a Koyasan monk tells off tourists, and China labels Tibetan groups as organized crime. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

By Eliza Rockefeller and Matthew Abrahams

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Buddha Buzz Weekly: May 18, 2018

A Japanese monk sues his temple, Eric Schneiderman escapes to meditate, and a Chinese county bans teachers trained in India. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

By Matthew Abrahams

Buddhist Cafe Culture and “Happiness Classes”

Monks from Mt. Koya (Koyasan), a center of Shingon Buddhism, are coming into Tokyo to offer classes to harried city-dwellers in cafe setting. This immediately made me think of the city centers of American Zen Centers,…

By Tricycle

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