A Long Guest in Someone Else’s Home
Indie rock luminary Phil Elverum on the Buddhist breadcrumbs in his back catalog, “Non-Metaphorical Decolonization,” and the art of being engaged but not hung up
Music
Aural Pastoralist
Talking Western psychology, Buddhist recovery, and tenacious groundhogs with visionary American folk guitarist Joseph Allred
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.
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,…
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