Legislating Love
Letter from California, 2008
Politics
The Dalai Lama’s Big Brother
Gyalo Thondup’s memoir recounts the founding of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and the CIA’s part in the Tibetan resistance.
Climate Change Is a Moral Issue
A Buddhist response to Pope Francis’s climate change encyclical
No Teachers Come Here
A Palestinian tells us what it's like to be a Buddhist in the birthplace of Christ.
An Unholy Alliance
Thailand’s military government takes a special interest in Thai Buddhism and the moral authority its institutions command.
China Asserts Control over Dalai Lama Lineage
According to the Dalai Lama’s autobiography, Mao Zedong, the founder of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), once characterized religion as “poison.” The modern CCP maintains official atheism to this day, but that hasn’t stopped officials from…
The Myth of Religious Violence
Modern society has made a scapegoat of faith.
A Tibetan Buddhist Nun Blazes a Trail for Other Women to Follow
Founded by Thubten Chodron, Sravasti Abbey is one of the only communities in the US where women can become fully ordained in the tradition.
I Survived Ebola. But the Fight Doesn’t End There.
Ashoka Mukpo—journalist, human rights worker, and son of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche—sits down with Tricycle to discuss his personal ordeal with Ebola, his work in Liberia, and how spiritual communities can help.
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