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    His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Western Connecticut State University Paid Member

    Posted by Emma Varvaloucas on 22 Oct 2012
    If you pay attention to the Tricycle Twitter, you might have noticed me live Tweeting from a Dalai Lama event last Thursday and Friday. It was an epic Twitterfest from a truly epic event. (And if you don't pay attention to the Trike Twitter, for shame! We're @tricyclemag. Get on that.) His Holiness showed up at Western Connecticut State University last week for a two-part talk: "The Art of Compassion" on Thursday and "Advice for Daily Life" on Friday. The Dalai Lama, now 77, has been on a whirlwind tour of the eastern U.S. these past couple of weeks, dropping by Middlebury College, MIT, Brown University, The College of William and Mary, Syracuse University, and Rockefeller University. I swear, that man has a schedule that would scare a first-year investment banker. More »
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    Communicating with Harmony: Week 4 of Vishvapani's Retreat on Right Speech Paid Member

    Posted by Alex Caring-Lobel on 21 Oct 2012
    Today begins the fourth and final installment of Vishvapani Blomfield's retreat on Right Speech. In "Communicating with Harmony," Vishvapani reflects on the importance of practicing speech that is conducive to harmony, and refraining from malicious, slanderous speech. With the election season upon us and the heated political discussion that that entails, bringing awareness to our communication takes on an even greater importance. Using our motivation as a touchstone, we should examine it repeatedly in order to communicate truthfully without engaging in unnecessarily divisive speech. If you are a Tricycle Supporting or Sustaining Member, you can now watch this week's retreat here. If not, join or upgrade your membership here. Here's a preview: More »
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    Working with Mindfulness: An Interview with Mirabai Bush Paid Member

    Posted by Emma Varvaloucas on 10 Oct 2012
    Mirabai Bush is the co-founder of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society, an organization devoted to bringing contemplative practice into mainstream institutional life. Though its current focus is on higher education, Bush herself is known for her work at such corporate behemoths as Google, Monsanto, and Hearst Publications, where she has taught mindfulness training. Her most current work in the corporate landscape has been at Google alongside Chade-Meng Tan, a Google engineer, and Daniel Goleman, author of the book Emotional Intelligence, in developing an emotional intelligence, mindfulness-based course called Search Inside Yourself. More »
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    Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Teaches in NYC Next Week Paid Member

    Posted by Alex Caring-Lobel on 05 Oct 2012
    Join Buddhist teacher, artist, and author Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche at the META Center in New York City next week for "Uncommon Kindness," a three-part series of meditations to awaken the heart. Running the evenings of Wednesday through Friday (10/10-10/12), the teachings will show us how to overcome our limited focus of self-concern, giving us the tools to forge lives filled with empathy and kindness. Until then, have a read of Pema Chödrön's latest Tricycle article “The Fundamental Ambiguity of Being Human.” Pema is a current student of Rinpoche's. Get the details and purchase tickets here. More »
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    Trust in the Heart: Dr. Reggie Ray Teaches in NYC this Sunday Paid Member

    Posted by Alex Caring-Lobel on 28 Sep 2012
    Attention, New Yorkers! This Sunday, Dr. Reginald "Reggie" Ray, co-founder of the Dharma Ocean Foundation and senior teacher (Acharya) in the Shambhala tradition, will be giving teachings and leading a meditation on bodhicitta at Insight Meditation Center in New York City. Reggie will speak about the centrality of bodhicitta to the Mahayana and Vajrayana paths. For details, check out the flyer below. See you there!   More »
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    Remembering September 11: A Buddhist Reflection from Sharon Salzberg Paid Member

    Posted by Emma Varvaloucas on 11 Sep 2012
    Eleven years ago the United States was shook to its core by a terrorist attack of unprecedented scale. At the time, in response to the tragic events, Tricycle released in its next issue a special section—"September 11, Practices and Perspectives"—that shared Buddhist teachings on how to face the nation's acute suffering with patience and compassion. You can read "September 11, Practices and Perspectives," here. More »