The Dharma of the Beatles
Jonathan Cott talks with actor Richard Gere about “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “Penny Lane,” and embracing the dramatic spectacle of ordinary mind.
Music
Sounds of Enlightenment
Composer and musician Miguel Atwood-Ferguson on how Nichiren Buddhism saved his life
On ‘Music for Zen Meditation’
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Tony Scott’s groundbreaking spiritual jazz album, Tricycle looks back at Zen’s enduring influence on modern music.
Walking on Sacred Ground
An interview with singer-songwriter Kesang Marstrand
Buddha Buzz: Buddha Porta Potties, Marine Mindfulness, and Tibetan Rap
I don’t know what Dutch company Boels Rental was thinking when they green-lighted an advertising campaign that involved images of Shakyamuni Buddha printed on Porta Potties around the Netherlands, but it’s safe to say they didn’t…
Buddha Buzz: Buddhist News from Around the World, Week of October 22
Happy Halloween! Since it’s almost time for the year’s only holiday that encourages you to pretend to be someone else, it’s the perfect opportunity to let you know that if you live in Thailand, your local…
Buddha Buzz: The Cult’s Ian Astbury and Some Hard Partyin’ Monks
It’s Friday the thirteenth (paraskevidekatriaphobics, beware) and what better way to celebrate than with an interview with “smash-and-grab Buddhist” Ian Astbury, veteran grunger and bandmember of The Cult? As the interview begins on the Huffington Post,…
Buddha Buzz: Black Friday, Gray Mice, and White Wives
Black Friday is upon us. And as we’ve come to expect with the arrival of our favorite American holiday, there have been huge sales, massive crowds, and the trampling of workers and pregnant women. Actually, those…
Jeff Bridges: The Album
Last year, in an interview for Tricycle (“The Natural,” Fall 2010), Katy Butler asked Jeff Bridges whether he thought of himself as a Buddhist. His answer? “A Buddhistly bent guy sounds kind of right.” I’m not…
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