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An American Zen Buddhist training center in the Mountains and Rivers Order, offering Sunday programs, weekend retreats and month-long residencies.
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BuddhaFest: Filmmaker Matt Flickstein on With One Voice
Matt Flickstein is an insight meditation teacher and the director of With One Voice, a documentary about mystical experience. With One Voice is the second film showing at the Tricycle BuddhaFest Online Film Festival, and will be available for streaming starting tomorrow. Below is a short Q&A with Flickstein about the film.Join the Tricycle Community to watch With One Voice and five other Buddhist films. With One Voice is distributed by Alive Mind Cinema. More » -
This week on tricycle.com
Last week, Gene Smith was honored with the opening of the Gene Smith Library at the Minorities University in Chengdu, China. Smith had left the university his collection of Tibetan texts. In the Summer 2011 issue of Tricycle, Noa Jones also honors the life of the late, eminent scholar of Tibetan Buddhism.From "The Man who Saved Tibetan Buddhism": More » -
Making Moonshine: How to make Bhutanese rice wine
In the current issue of Tricycle Food columnist Noa Jones shares a Bhutanese recipe for rice wine. More » -
This week on tricycle.com
The jury is still out on whether it's acceptable for Buddhists to enjoy a glass of wine now and again. While we wait for the verdict, some of us are in the mood for a little moonshine. This week on tricycle.com, Noa Jones shares a Bhutanese recipe for rice wine. She writes, "I’m not sure what Shakyamuni would have to say about all of this. In the sutras he recommended that one train in abstinence from substances that cause intoxication and heedlessness. This precept can be interpreted as a ban on alcohol, but upon close inspection, it does not actually state that alcohol as a substance is impure but rather our behavior, our indulgence, our attachment to it." We will also feature a fun video of Jones learning how to make ara, Bhutanese rice wine. More » -
Whose Buddhism is Truest? No one’s—and everyone’s, it turns out.
This is just what we hoped for: Buddhist bloggers picking up on Linda Heuman's article on the discovery of long-lost Gandharan scrolls and its ideas getting around and having an impact. This post from American Buddhist Perspective is informed, thorough, and has a very positive discussion.Justin Whitaker writes: More » -
Listen: Anne Waldman reads her poem Sleeping with the Hungry Ghost
The Summer issue of Tricycle features a poem by Anne Waldman, "Sleeping with the Hungry Ghost." You can read it by clicking on the link, or listen to her read it below. Enjoy!Image: from the Flickr photostream of Tommy Ironic More »
