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Behind the Scenes: An Inside Look at Tricycle’s Summer 2010 Issue
Our Summer 2010 issue hits newsstands later this month, but we thought you might enjoy a sneak peak at some of the pages back when they were still being mapped out on bulletin boards in the Tricycle office. More » -
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The New Tricycle Gallery
We are very proud to announce the launch of the Tricycle Gallery. These beautiful world class works of Himalayan Art from the Rubin Museum of Art are available to download and print for personal use on a shrine or wall, as desktop wallpaper on a computer or mobile device, and can be sent through email as gifts for friends. This gallery will surely grow as we collaborate with more museums, institutions, and collectors. More » -
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Joan Oliver interviews Bernie Glassman on the Symposium for Socially Engaged Buddhism
From August 9th to 14th, 2010, the Zen Peacemakers will be hosting “The First Symposium for Western Socially Engaged Buddhism”, in Montague, MA. It will be a gathering of leading Western activist practitioners, sponsors, and academics in this ever-important and growing field. Throughout the coming months, we at Tricycle will be posting a series of video interviews with prominent figures from the world of Socially Engaged Buddhism, beginning with this one with Bernie Glassman, who is a pioneer of the movement, founder of the Zen Peacemaker order, and co-organizer of the symposium. More » -
Earth Day: The World Without Us
Happy Earth Day to all! May all beings wake up to the beauty and gravity of our planet! More » -
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Earth-touching articles from Tricycle
Mara is tired and cranky. The demon tempter has tried everything in his power to prevent this sitting man from attaining his goal, and now he’s finally out of tricks. In a desperate last hurrah to stop Siddhartha he sputters: So you think you’re going to wake up, do you? Go on then, become a Buddha. Who cares? Who is here to vouch for your achievement? I demand to know, wise guy: who will be your witness? Siddhartha—under the Bodhi tree, who at this very moment is becoming the Buddha—says nothing. In what has got to be the best possible response to Mara’s harassment (it gives me gooseflesh!), the Buddha silently reaches down and touches the earth with his fingertips. Boom. Rivers roar, flowers bloom, and the mountains walk. More » -
Stephen Batchelor Week 3: Letting Go
Here's a clip from Stephen Batchelor's Week 3 teaching entitled "Letting Go." It's from his online retreat, "Buddhism for This One and Only Life." More »
