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Q&A With American Buddhist Perspective Blogger Justin Whitaker
Justin Whitaker, author of the blog American Buddhist Perspective and a Buddhist Ethics Ph.D. student at the University of London, writes thoughtful posts about everything from Amy Winehouse to Buddhisttorrents (a website that directs visitors to free but illegal online copies of Buddhist books). As part of our new series of interviews with Buddhist bloggers (check out our first one here, with The Reformed Buddhist blogger Kyle Lovett), Tricycle caught up with Justin recently via email to talk about the community of Buddhist bloggers, Buddhism in the West, and his addiction to English peanut butter. More » -
Q&A with Thirty-Year Vipassana Instructor Michele McDonald
Michele McDonald, who has been teaching vipassana meditation for thirty years, co-founded Vipassana More » -
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An interview with Anam Thubten (2009)
In the video interview below watch Tricycle's Joan Duncan Oliver speak with Anam Thubten Rinpoche about his book No Self, No Problem. This is a Tricycle Book Club interview from 2009. More » -
Q&A with "The Reformed Buddhist" blogger Kyle Lovett
Kyle Lovett, the Zen practitioner behind the blog “The Reformed Buddhist,” has for the past five years pissed off and freaked out the Buddhist blogosphere with posts that range from the off-color to the obscene. (One of his most popular posts, “And Not A Single F*ck Was Given That Day,” is a good example.) As a Buddhist-blog enthusiast and intern at Tricycle, I am an avid reader of “The Reformed Buddhist,” and as controversial as Kyle may be, he always seems to know how to get a discussion started. More » -
BuddhaFest: Filmmaker Christina Lundberg on For the Benefit of All Beings
For the Benefit of All Beings is the fifth film showing at the Tricycle BuddhaFest Online Film Festival, and is available for streaming. Below is a short Q&A with Christina Lundberg about the film.Join the Tricycle Community to watch For the Benefit of All Beings and five other Buddhist films through July 4. What inspired you to make For the Benefit of All Beings? Many students over the years had requested to Garchen Rinpoche that there be a movie made about his life story. Rinpoche finally agreed and asked me to make a movie that would help his students remember him after he passed away. More » -
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BuddhaFest: Filmmaker Johanna Demetrakas on Crazy Wisdom
In this (two-part) video Filmmaker Johanna Demetrakas talks about Crazy Wisdom, her documentary about the life and times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Crazy Wisdom will be showing at the Tricycle BuddhaFest Online Film Festival starting this Monday, June 27. All six films from the festival will be available through July 4. Get your festival pass here. More »
