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    Tricycle Talks: Ken McLeod speaks to Richard Eskow, Part 3 of 3 Paid Member

    Posted by Philip Ryan on 02 Feb 2012
    Teacher and translator Ken McLeod and Tricycle Contributing Editor Richard Eskow got acquainted at the 2011 Buddhist Geeks Conference in Los Angeles. (In 2012, the conference will be in Boulder.) They enjoyed their talks so much that they decided to meet up after the conference and continue talking, and they were gracious enough to share it with us. Part 3 of their conversation is below. In this third and final installment, they discuss the idea of "the enemy." As Ken McLeod says, "We regard someone as an enemy when they elicit in us feelings that we cannot tolerate." Listen to Part 1 and Part 2 of this discussion. More »
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    Tricycle Talks: Allan Lokos on Patience Paid Member

    Posted by Sam Mowe on 31 Jan 2012
    Listen to Tricycle's Sam Mowe speak with Allan Lokos about his new book Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living, the current selection at the Tricycle Book Club. Topics include: Is impatience ever a virtue? What's the relationship between mindfulness and patience? How can a person cultivate patience?Allan Lokos is the founder and guiding teacher of the Community Meditation Center in New York City. More »
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    Tricycle Talks: Ken McLeod speaks to Richard Eskow, Part 2 of 3 Paid Member

    Posted by Philip Ryan on 26 Jan 2012
    At the 2011 Buddhist Geeks conference (the next will be in Boulder in August 2012) Tricycle Contributing Editor Richard Eskow spoke to teacher and translator Ken McLeod. Their conversation was so fruitful they decided to meet up after the conference and continue talking, and they were gracious enough to share it with us. Part 2 of their conversation is below. In this second of three installments, they discuss the controversial idea of the Buddha as a scientist. This sounds very clinical and rational, but McLeod points out that the very idea of being a scientist is itself based on a set of beliefs. "Science," McLeod says, "is the unacknowledged religion of our age." More »
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    Tricycle Talks #5: Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede Paid Member

    Posted by Philip Ryan on 24 Jan 2012
    Bodhin Kjolhede is the roshi and abbot of the Rochester Zen Center in Rochester, New York. Founded by Philip Kapleau in 1966, RZC is one of the oldest and largest centers of Zen practice outside Asia. Roshi Kjolhede is leading the January Tricycle Retreat, The Precepts as Practice, and speaks to us in the Tricycle Talk about whether "enlightened masters" can move beyond the need to follow the precepts, how the precepts differ from the Ten Commandments, and how someone who has fallen off the wagon and is not living according to the precepts can get back on track. More »
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    Tricycle Talks: Ken McLeod speaks to Richard Eskow, Part 1 of 3 Paid Member

    Posted by Philip Ryan on 19 Jan 2012
    At the 2011 Buddhist Geeks conference (the next will be in Boulder in August 2012) Tricycle Contributing Editor Richard Eskow got into a bunch of stimulting conversations. One of those he spoke with was a fellow frequent contributor to Tricycle, teacher and translator Ken McLeod. They decided to meet up after the conference and continue their conversation, and they were gracious enough to share it with us. Part one of their conversation is below. In this wide-ranging discussion, they touch on a fascinating point that Eskow characterizes as a "dirty little secret" of the dharma: the question of paying for teachings. Listen below. More »
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    Tricycle Talks: Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche Paid Member

    Posted by Sam Mowe on 16 Jan 2012
    Listen to Tricycle's Sam Mowe speak with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche about his new book Tibetan Yogas of Body, Speech, and Mind, which we're currently reading at the Tricycle Book Club. Topics include: What is the relationship between body, speech, and mind? How do these three "doors" serve as entrances and exits to the spiritual path? How does identifying where our pain is help us to transcend it? Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual director of Ligmincha Institute. Recognized as one of the few Bön masters now living in the West, he is known for his clear, engaging style and his ability to bring the ancient Tibetan teachings into a contemporary format that is relevant for Westerners. More »