
Trike Daily History & Philosophy
Mother of Tulkus
The story of one Tibetan mother who refused to surrender her children to monastic life
The story of one Tibetan mother who refused to surrender her children to monastic life
In telling the story of one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most influential scholars, a biographer reminds us to see great teachers—past and present—as human beings.
Teacher to the First Karmapa, the Indian master Vairocanavajra was also an alchemist
Tracing Buddhist lineages online
Biography and autobiography in Tibet are important sources for both education and inspiration. Tibetans have kept such meticulous records of their teachers that thousands of names are known and discussed in a wide range of biographical material. All these names, all these lives—it can be a little overwhelming. The authors involved in the Treasury of Lives are […]
“When we allow ourselves to be enlightened by everything that exists, then we can’t help but to also serve.” —Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara In the final week of Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara’s retreat, “To Be a Bodhisattva,” she interprets and adapts the last slogan of Zen Master Dogen from the Genjokoan: to be enlightened by the […]
Biography and autobiography in Tibet are important sources for both education and inspiration. Tibetans have kept such meticulous records of their teachers that thousands of names are known and discussed in a wide range of biographical material. All these names, all these lives—it can be a little overwhelming. The authors involved in the Treasury of Lives are […]
During the Second Propagation of Buddhism in Tibet around the 11th and 12th centuries, new scriptures and new ritual technologies were brought over the high Himalaya by scores of Tibetans, Indian, and Nepali masters to a Tibetan Plateau politically divided into small kingdoms and powerful clans which provided patronage for religious work. The influx of […]
In the second week of Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara’s retreat, “To Forget the Self,” she expounds on the second slogan of Zen Master Dogen from the Genjokoan: To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self, Enkyo Roshi says, is to forget the idea of the self: its story and its […]
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