
Politics

What can be done to address the ongoing crisis and suffering in Myanmar?

‘Dharma Vote’ Organization Meeting Weekly Until the Midterm Elections
The group aims to boost voter turnout by hosting guest lectures and letter-writing campaigns on Zoom.

Indian-Tibetan Aftab Pureval Has Been Elected as Mayor of Cincinnati
He is the city’s first Asian-American mayor. Plus, music stars gather to benefit a Tibetan monastery and nunnery in Nepal, and a kitchen fire destroys Edinburgh’s Dalai Lama-inspired cafe. Tricycle looks back at the events of…

Public Safety, Redefined
New York City Democratic mayoral nominee and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams envisions a city in which police meditate before and after they hit the streets.

Opinion: Buddhists Can Be Happy Trump Lost
Buddhism has been misused for the politics of discrimination and violence, but does it have a political heart? Yes, and it’s radical.

The Buddha’s Discourse on Defending Democracy
Seven questions from the canon for testing the health of a nation

Canvassing Like a Buddha
How I learned to listen from across the political line

Don’t-Know Mind and the Election of Our Lives
We don’t know who’s going to win, or what’s going to happen. There’s a Buddhist teaching that works with exactly that.

Our World in the Wheel of Life
A social critique inspired by Buddhist cosmology

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