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Sweetcake Enso at San Francisco Zen Center 4/29-5/29
The traveling art exhibiton Sweetcake Enso, which visited several New York-area centers in the fall of 2010 before heading to the Village Zendo in January 2011 (when the area received a record three feet of snowfall, on top of nearly two feet that fell on December 26th) is setting up shop at San Francisco Zen Center tomorrow, April 29th until May 29th. The Artists' Reception will be tomorrow night from 7 PM to 9 PM. Read more about this month-long exhibition here. More » -
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The Art of Buddhism: Photograph by Julie Hall
This beautiful image comes our way from photographer Julie Hall. Her work explores art, culture and place. This is from her portfolio "The Art of Buddhism." More » -
Peter Lieberson, Composer Inspired by Buddhism, Dies at 64
Peter Lieberson, an accomplished American composer and longtime Buddhist practitioner, passed away on Saturday. He will be missed. Please send him some good thoughts. Best wishes to his family, friends, and community.Shambhala SunSpace posted about his passing on Saturday and included a piece of his music and an article he wrote. Peter Lieberson, Composer Inspired by Buddhism, Dies at 64 (New York Times) More » -
shadow 4 from 108zenbooks
Every time I go to 108zenbooks I see—and read—something beautiful. This enso, "shadow 4", is stolen from there. Bows and thanks to Genju, the kind proprieter and artist. More » -
Mayadevi and the Birth of the Buddha
The birth of the Buddha was preceded by portents: In a dream, a white elephant holding a lotus circumambulated the Buddha's future mother, Queen Maya, three times before striking her on the right side with his trunk and disappearing inside her. The Buddha was later born in Lumbini, as recounted in our Mother's Day post last year: At the time of the Buddha's birth more than 2,500 years ago, Lumbini was a grove of natural grandeur, bursting with rare and beautiful flowers, where bees of five different colors hummed. Queen Maya Devi was passing through this earthly paradise on the way to her parent's house in Devadaha, capital of the Koliya kingdom, from Kapilavastu when the pangs of labor hit. After bathing in a nearby pond the queen walked 25 paces, took support of a Saal tree branch and gave birth standing up. She died a week later. More » -
Tricycle visits Bhikkhu Bodhi at Chuang Yen Monastery
Earlier this week, some Tricyclers were lucky enough to make it up to Carmel, New York in order to visit with Bhikkhu Bodhi at Chuang Yen Monastery. Chuang Yen is a Chinese Chán monastery, and my colleague Monty was immediately moved by the fact that Bhikkhu Bodhi, a Theravada Monk, takes residence there, saying, "At the end of the day Buddhists truly are one big family." More »
