CultureMagazine | Openings, Podcasts
Let Life Come to You
An excerpt from a conversation between Pico Iyer and Tricycle editor-in-chief James Shaheen
Pilgrimage
Aung San Suu Kyi Sentenced to Four More Years in Prison
This brings the disposed civilian leader’s sentence to six years, so far. Plus, a 72-year-old Thai monk nears the end of a 1,500-kilometer barefoot trek, and psychotherapist Mark Epstein’s new book comes out.
Journey to Buddhism’s Four Most Sacred Sites with the New Book Buddhism and Pilgrimage
While travel remains limited for much of the world, author Paolo Coluzzi transports the reader to Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath, and Kushinagar through his personal stories and historical context.
Magazine | By the Numbers, Openings
Buddhism by the Numbers: Climate Change and Pilgrimage Sites
The percentage of population growth in Bodhgaya, the cost of a Buddhist tour on the Mahaparinirvan Express, and more data around climate change and Buddhist pilgrimage sites.
IdeasMagazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
The Climate Threat to Buddhism’s Holy Sites
How climate change’s disproportionate impact on South Asia will affect the Buddhist pilgrimage circuit
Pilgrimage Unbound
Pilgrimage is often thought of as a transformative journey to a far away place with trials and tribulations along the way, but this doesn’t always have to be the case. Learn how Himalayan Buddhist ways of…
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Changed by Brightness
A new father’s pilgrimage to a sacred Japanese mountain inspires a meditation on awakening, parenthood, and what we pass on.
Tibet: The Trail of Light
Itinerant Tibetan nun Ani Rigsang leaves Lhasa with a thirst for freedom from monastic tradition and Chinese surveillance, embarking on a journey across the rural landscape of eastern Tibet in search of initiation into secret tantric…
NewsMagazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
Bodhi Tree in Need of TLC
The Bodhi tree, which marks the spot where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment in Bodhgaya, India, is showing signs of struggle.
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