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A Vegetarian Thanksgiving: Teachings from Lama Shabkar
As you prepare for Thanksgiving tomorrow, please consider this teaching from Lama Shabkar, a Tibetan yogin known for his spontaneous songs. Though it was originally written from the perspective of a sheep, we've changed it around to reflect the coming holiday. For some Thanksgiving vegetarian recipe ideas, go to the next page. More » -
Help Buddhist Global Relief Win Millions to Combat World Hunger
Our friends over at Buddhist Global Relief, an all-volunteer organization started by students of Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi that is dedicated to combating chronic hunger and malnutrition, have a lot coming up in the next couple of months. (You can learn more about Buddhist Global Relief by visiting their website here or reading about them in Tricycle here.) Primarily, it's time to sign up for one of Buddhist Global Relief's Walks of Compassion, which raise money for programs that aim to alleviate hunger in the modern world. Here's the schedule: More » -
Buddha Buzz: Buddhist News from Around the World, Week of July 23
There's a lot going on in the world—it's hard to keep up! This is "Buddha Buzz," our weekly roundup of Buddhist news from around the world. Check back on tricycle.com every Friday to see the latest. Tricycle was deeply saddened to hear of Tibetan Buddhist master Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche's sudden death from a heart attack on Tuesday. He was only 57 years old. For those unfamiliar with Traleg Rinpoche, the former monk and previous abbot of Thrangu monastery was the spiritual director of the E-Vam Institute in Melbourne, Australia, as well as its affiliate in New York. You can read his full biography here and watch teachings by him here. More » -
Mindful Eating: You Saw It Here First
Mindful eating has hit the New York Times! One of our sharp-eyed editors spied this article yesterday in the Dining and Wine section of the Gray Lady: "Mindful Eating as Food for Thought." In it, Jeff Gordinier writes about his visit to the Blue Cliff Monastery in Pine Bush, N.Y., where he participated in a silent, vegan, mindfully-eaten lunch, something he found to be "captivating and mysterious." (Afterward, he tweeted, "& yeah I tried this mindful eating thing @ the monastery. Very cool. But not easy. Even putting my fork down was hard!") But it's not just the New York Times who has trumpeted mindful eating. As Gordinier says in the article, More » -
PHOTOS: BGR's Walk to Feed the Hungry
Buddhist Global Relief hosted its second annual Walk to Feed the Hungry event in New York City last weekend. Bhante Buddharakkhita led a large group of walkers up and down a beautiful stretch of Riverside Park, for a 3.5 mile walk. The afternoon included memorable lines from guest speak Venerable Ji Xing ("Family is an acronym: Father and Mother, I Love You"), a vegetarian lunch, and raffle prizes (I won some tea!). Of course, as the leaders reminded participants at the end of the day, this walk is really just beginning. Here are some pictures from the walk. Says photographer Miana Jun, "I hope these photographs share an ounce of what the beauty of the day was like." More » -
Walk to Feed the Hungry: Support Buddhist Global Relief
In his essay "The Need of the Hour," in the current issue of Tricycle, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi offers us guidance on how to find our "sacred calling." As the title of the essay suggests, the time to do this is now. He begins "The Need of the Hour" by reminding us of the urgency of this task. More »
