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Earth Day: The World Without Us
Happy Earth Day to all! May all beings wake up to the beauty and gravity of our planet! More » -
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Allan Lokos at the Tricycle Book Club April 19th
Join us April 19th at the Tricycle Community Book Club when Allan Lokos will start discussing his new book, Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living. Can't wait? Neither can we. However, in the pages of Pocket Peace Allan reminds us of the value of patience: We all have a sense of what patience is, and most of us would acknowledge how easy it can be to lose it. It is as if we think we have a limited supply of this "patience" stuff—perhaps a tiny sack, embedded in each embryo, which expands as we grow, reaching its full capacity of approximately one half-pint when we arrive at physical maturity. More » -
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Allan Lokos at the Tricycle Community Book Club
Starting April 19th, Allan Lokos will be leading the Tricycle Community Book Club in a discussion of his new book, Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living. Allan is the founder and guiding teacher of the Community Meditation Center in New York City. From the pages of Pocket Peace: It may seem surprising, but spiritual practice is not about becoming a better person. You are already whole and perfect as you are. Spiritual practice is about becoming present to that perfection. Mindfulness is the quality that opens the door to the presence of our true self. We become present to what is happening within us and around us as it is happening. More » -
“The Tree of Enlightenment”
As a Buddhist in the West, whether by my close non-Buddhist friends, semi-familiar acquaintances, or complete strangers, I have been asked many times to give a quick “general overview of Buddhism”. People often ask this very casually, as if they expect me to snap my fingers and summarize such a massive body of teachings, traditions, and histories, and voila, now you now about the Dharma! Personally, I find this task to be impossible. More » -
Batchelor’s "Confession of a Buddhist Atheist" examined by Mark Vernon
Here’s a review of Stephen Batchelor’s Confession of a Buddhist Atheist from The Guardian's Mark Vernon. Since publishing his best-selling Buddhism Without Beliefs, Stephen has become somewhat controversial in Buddhist circles for his Western approach to the Buddha’s teachings. More » -
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind in the Tricycle Community Book Club
The Tricycle Community Book Club is discussing Shunryu Suzuki Roshi's timeless classic, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. Zoketsu Norman Fischer, former abbot of San Francisco Zen Center, founded by Suzuki Roshi, introduced the book, and will be stopping by to check in on us from time to time. You need to be a member of the Tricycle Community to participate, but joining is easy, and free! More »
