Pilgrimages to sacred Buddhist sites led by experienced Dharma teachers. Includes daily teachings and group meditation sessions. A local English–speaking guide accompanies and assists.
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At the Tricycle Book Club: An Interview With David Loy
David Loy is going to be at the Tricycle Book Club Monday, September 20 to discuss his latest book, The World is Made of Stories. If you are planning on joining the conversation (or aren't sure yet and need some convincing), you will enjoy listening to a Q&A about the book between Loy and Tricycle's Joan Duncan Oliver. During the interview Loy explains the big subject of his little book: what constitutes a story and why it matters. More » -
David Loy at the Tricycle Book Club
Join us Monday, September 20 at the Tricycle Book Club for the discussion of David Loy's The World is Made of Stories. In this small book about big ideas, Loy attempts to tell the story of stories by engaging in a playful, energetic dialogue with wisdom quotations from a wide variety of sources. Everything that we know, Loy contends, we know from stories. He writes: "We play at the meaning of life by telling different stories." If stories hold this much power, and we're all storytellers (Loy also points out that to not tell a story is to tell a story), then what can we take away from this understanding? More » -
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Freeing the Body, Freeing the Mind: Yoga & Buddhism
Starting Monday, we'll be discussing the new book Freeing the Body, Freeing the Mind: Writings on the Connections Between Yoga & Buddhism in the Tricycle Community Book Club. Freeing the Body, Freeing the Mind Shambhala Publications, 2010, $18.95 paper For a 30% discount, use the code BODYMIND when you purchase it! More » -
Church bans yoga
Reading the tabloids is a bad habit I've developed this summer. I've weaned myself off most of them, though, but I can't quite quit the British tabloid the Sun ("Got a story? We pay £££"). Today's edition reports that a Methodist church near Manchester has banished an over-50s yoga group, leaving elderly yogis throwing up their hands. The church's new minister fears the yogis could be preaching "rival religions"—more specifically, Hinduism and Buddhism. Iris Turner, a 64-year-old yogini, isn't happy with the church's new minister, Rev. Amanda Roper: "Her views are extreme," she tells the Sun. "We are hurt, disappointed and offended." Mrs. Turner invited Rev. More » -
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Coming Soon to the Tricycle Community: A Discussion on the Poems of "the angry monk," Gendun Chopel
Join us at the Tricycle Community Poetry Club from July 26th through August 2nd for a discussion with Professor Donald S. Lopez Jr., the translator and editor of In the Forest of Faded Wisdom: 104 Poems by Gendun Chopel. A highly regarded modern Tibetan poet, Gendun Chopel is also known as "the angry monk." Here is Lopez's commentary on poem number 33. The poem itself is below: When Gendun Chopel departed from his home in Amdo, setting off for Lhasa and Drepung Monastery in 1927, he was accompanied by an uncle and his son, Gendun Chopel’s cousin. More » -
Rodney Smith at the Tricycle Community Book Club
Join us Monday, July 26 at the Tricycle Community Book Club for the discussion of Rodney Smith's Stepping Out of Self-Deception: The Buddha's Liberating Teaching of No-Self. Smith dives into the depths of the Buddha's teachings on no-self and impermanence, while remaining accessible and skillfully avoiding the risk of superficiality. It's one of those rare books that will appeal to both newcomers and to those with experience on the spiritual grind. From the introduction: The Buddha's Eightfold Path can either build upon or dismantle the sense-of-self, depending upon how we use it. When aligned within its proper orientation, the path appears like a perfectly formed diamond, each link complementing the beauty of the whole. More »
