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    Buddha Buzz: Rude Buddhas and Undertaker Bodhisattvas Paid Member

    Posted by Emma Varvaloucas on 16 Mar 2012
    First off, some follow-up on past Buddha Buzz items: Remember the three Tibetan hunger strikers in New York? They were paid a visit by "Tibet's best friend" (the words of Tsewang Rigzin, president of the NYC Tibetan Youth Congress, not mine), actor Richard Gere last week. And this Tuesday, U.N. Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights, Ivan Simonovic, invited Rigzin to his offices, where the two discussed the hunger strikers' requests, the Huffington Post reports. Looks like they are making some progress! More »
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    Ten Years Ago... Paid Member

    Posted by Emma Varvaloucas on 14 Nov 2011
    ...Tricycle held a conference on practice and inquiry called "Buddhism—Does it Make a Difference?" at the World Trade Center's Marriott Hotel. Jeff Wilson summarized the three day event in this article, quoting conference speakers like Joseph Goldstein, Gelek Rinpoche, and Pat Enkyo O’Hara Sensei. I particularly love this quote from Tsoknyi Rinpoche: “Thought and emotions are innocent. You know human rights; well, there are thought rights. Thoughts have a right to come. But we have a right not to go along with them. We give them space. Give love to your thoughts. Think, Oh, I have waited so long for you to come!’ Hug them, love them. Let them come into your mind, but with peace.” More »
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    Old Buddhist Humor on Timeless Human Greed Paid Member

    Posted by Emma Varvaloucas on 27 Oct 2011
    Check out this old comic, published in the Summer 1993 issue of Tricycle:   A good reminder in these Occupy Wall Street days that all of us, not just the 1%, are capable of greed. More »
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    Buddha Buzz: Zazen in a Bottle Paid Member

    Posted by Emma Varvaloucas on 23 Sep 2011
    Brad Warner's blog, Hardcore Zen, recently highlighted this amazing product: I AM BLISS energy shots. I AM BLISS drinks (so blissful, they need capital letters), use a combination of chamomile flowers, passion flowers, lemon balm, and Ashwagandha plants to give the drinker "an authentic experience of BLISS." As their website says, this is "no small undertaking when you consider the commonly understood meaning of BLISS is a euphoric state of being usually associated with drugs, mystical experiences, or the result of years of meditation." You hear that, dedicated meditators? Someone has bottled you. More »
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    Buddha Buzz: How to fall asleep on an airplane Paid Member

    Posted by Sam Mowe on 02 Sep 2011
    Having trouble sleeping? Try meditating! In a recent piece on The New York Time's Opinionator blog, "How to Sleep on a Plane," Virginia Heffernan writes: More »
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    Don't worry if you don't understand stuff Paid Member

    Posted by Sam Mowe on 19 Jul 2011
    There is a distinct 90s vibe to the Neal Crosbie cartoons that are published in the "Letters" department of every issue of Tricycle. This one is from the Summer 2011 issue. Image: © Neal Crosbie More »