Pure Land

Video Teachings: Ken McLeod on the 37 Practices of the Bodhisattva

Ken McLeod, executive director of Unfettered Mind in Los Angeles, is beginning new series of video teachings on the 37 Practices of the Bodhisattva here at Tricycle. The 37 Practices were forforumlated in the 14th century…

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Oct 03, 2011

Focusing with David Rome: Finding the Felt Sense

Today we begin our Tricycle Retreat with David Rome on Focusing. If you’re not sure what Focusing is, you’re not alone. Not so long ago, even David Rome didn’t know! You can read his story of…

By Tricycle

Oct 03, 2011

Ideas

Green Koans: One-Page Dharma

The Venerable Kyobutsu said: “Words of the Dharma for the person aspiring to the world beyond will not exceed a single page.” BACKGROUND: Kyobutsu—A 13th century Japanese hijiri (wanderer monk). In spite of the fact that…

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Jul 22, 2010

The Obon Festival, honoring the dead, and the last of the Japantowns

The Obon Festival is a Japanese Buddhist three-day observance during which families honor their deceased ancestors. According to scholar and Shin priest Alfred Bloom, The Obon observance has deep roots in Asian ancestor cults from India…

By Tricycle

Jul 11, 2010

IdeasMagazine | Interview

The Buddha of Infinite Light and Life

Mark and Taitetsu Unno speak with Tricycle’s Jeff Wilson about the subtle wisdom at the heart of Pure Land Buddhist practice

By Jeff Wilson

Spring 2009

IdeasMagazine | Ancestors

They Teach the Buddhist Faith

On September 1, 1899, Dr. Shuye Sonoda and Rev. Kakuryo Nishijima, the first two missionaries of the Jodo Shinshu (Pure Land) Sect of Japanese Buddhism to be sent to North America, arrived in San Francisco at…

By Tricycle

Summer 1996

IdeasMagazine | Feature

The Western Pure Land

Although it is the oldest, best-organized, and most financially endowed Buddhist organization in North America, Shin Buddhism remains relatively isolated in American society. Why, after one hundred years, does it still appear foreign?

By Alfred Bloom

Summer 1995

Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature

Even Dewdrops Fall

An interview with Taitetsu Unno

By The Editors

Summer 1995

Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section

Confessions of a White Buddhist

Dharma, Diversity, and Race

By Rick Fields

Fall 1994

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Pure Land

Video Teachings: Ken McLeod on the 37 Practices of the Bodhisattva

Focusing with David Rome: Finding the Felt Sense

Green Koans: One-Page Dharma

The Obon Festival, honoring the dead, and the last of the Japantowns

The Buddha of Infinite Light and Life

They Teach the Buddhist Faith

The Western Pure Land

Even Dewdrops Fall

Confessions of a White Buddhist

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