Racism with a Smile
The current media vogue is to construe racism as something neo-Nazis, skinheads, or other marginal bigots do. This absolves the rest of us from taking responsibility not just for individual acts of discrimination and bias on…
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Race in the Sangha: Taking the Path Together
In 1992 I was visiting a Buddhist friend, and saw a copy of Beneath a Single Moon: Buddhism in Contemporary American Poetry (Shambhala Publications, 1991) sitting on the table. Intrigued, I picked it up and scanned…
New Downloadable Transcripts for Tricycle Online Retreats
We are happy to announce that from now on, all of our online, four-week retreats will have downloadable transcripts for the hearing impaired. The transcripts for our current retreat with Segyu Rinpoche, and for all…
Cultivating Compassion: Third Week of Segyu Rinpoche’s Retreat
In this week’s online retreat teaching, Cultivating Compassion, Segyu Rinpoche discusses the development of compassion and warns of the harmful pitfalls that often stem from our desire to help others. Rinpoche outlines compassion in three steps: motivation, action, and skillful means. Though empathy and the motivation to ease…
Meditation Month, Day 21: Acknowledging Anger
It was only a few years ago that I realized just how angry I was. I had been immersed in Buddhist practice for some time, but was in the habit of glossing over the token “Anger”…
A New Buddhist Story: Week Three of David Loy’s Retreat
In this third week of David Loy’s retreat, he delves further into the notion of a collective self, suggesting that in order to strive for a “collective awakening,” we as a species need to reconsider our…
Home Funeral Practices for Buddhists: Final Week of Caroline Yongue’s Retreat
This week begins “Home Funeral Practices for Buddhists,” the final week of Caroline Yongue’s retreat on preparing for death. In this last installment, Caroline walks us through the procedures of a home funeral, staging the readings…
Do Not Waste Time: Week Three of Caroline Yongue’s Retreat
This week begins “Do Not Waste Time,” the third week of Caroline Yongue’s retreat on preparing for death. In this third installment, Caroline advises us on how to eliminate distractions from our daily routines, how to…
Conveying Our Wishes: Week 2 of Caroline Yongue’s Retreat
This week begins “Conveying Our Wishes,” the second week of Caroline Yongue’s retreat on preparing for death. In this installment, Yongue enumerates a variety of options for near- and after-death care, and advises us to carefully…
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