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The Hit Netflix Show Indian Matchmaking Has a Surprising Connection to Buddhism

Matchmaker Sima Taparia chants the daimoku to help her clients find the one.

By Lakshmi Gandhi

Sep 09, 2020

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

Chant with a Worldwide Sangha on Vesak

Mantra musicians are hosting a virtual chanting of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to celebrate the life of the Buddha.

By Shannon Sexton

May 19, 2016

Trike Daily Society & Environment

Peace and Politics

A complicated political relationship has given way to a large Buddhist movement that supports a pro-military reinterpretation of Japan’s constitution.

By Janak Rogers

Dec 09, 2015

Soka Gakkai International returns Ponzi scheme donations

VIA The Globe and Mail, A Buddhist organization is giving back more than $300,000 in donations it received from a Toronto businessman who was accused of running an elaborate Ponzi scheme. “In the circumstances, it was clear to us that it’s our moral duty to return these donations,” said Tony Meers, director-general of the Canadian […]

By Tricycle

Jul 14, 2010

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The Buddhist Traveler in Boston

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Summer 2022

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You Can’t Be Yourself By Yourself: Overcoming Structural Selfishness

In this Dharma Talk, Malcolm Martin proposes the term "structural selfishness" to discuss the ways that a fixed idea of self hinders our practice, while offering insight on how to embrace the complexity of interdependence.

Malcolm Martin

Jun 2022

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