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Compassion is More Responsive Than Anger
The June Tricycle Book Club discussion of The Heart of the Revolution by Noah Levine is off to quite a start! The conversation has touched on many topics, ranging from inter-religious issues to getting mad in traffic. While preparing for this discussion, we had the opportunity to interview Noah about his new book, life and path. The interview, playfully titled "Captain Karma vs. The One Percenters" can be read here. When asked about how one might relate to anger, Levine explains: More » -
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Where do we go from here?: Day 28 of the 28-day meditation challenge
We did it! We just finished sitting together in the office for the final day of the 28-day meditation challenge. It feels good. Now we're all completely enlightened and we'll never have to meditate again. Just kidding. While the 28-day challenge has been a wonderful experience for all of us here at Tricycle—and hopefully for all of you—the real challenge is keeping up the meditation practice moving forward. Ideally, this experience has given you a taste of what a consistent meditation practice can do for your overall well-being and will provide you with the inspiration that you need to continue. For tips of maintaining your practice, check out Sharon's article on how to sustain your practice ("Sticking with It") in the most recent issue of Tricycle. More » -
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At the Book Club: A discussion of Living This Life Fully: Stories and Teachings of Munindra
“Munindra’s message is that we can go the distance,” writes Mirka Knaster in Living This Life Fully: Stories and Teachings of Munindra (Shambhala, 2010, $21.95 paper, 274 pp.), the first book about the highly revered and influential Bengali Vipassana teacher. It’s a testament to Anagarika Munindra’s character that this message comes across so effortlessly on the written page. Though the book includes previously unpublished material from his formal teachings, it’s the stories and memories shared by his devoted students that fully bring Munindra and his dharma to life. Knaster, a scholar, writer, and Vipassana practitioner, skillfully weaves these teachings and personal stories into 16 chapters, each assigned a specific quality of an enlightened being—from mindfulness to equanimity—that Munindra embodied. More » -
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At the Book Club: A discussion of Martine Batchelor's The Spirit of the Buddha
The discussion of Sharon Salzberg's Real Happiness is going so well at the Tricycle Book Club, we figured we should open up a forum to discuss another book as well. So now, in addition to Sharon's book, we're talking about Martine Batchelor's The Spirit of the Buddha.From the Winter 2010 issue's "Books in Brief": More » -
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Contemplate the Causes and Conditions that Led to Your Birth and Will Lead to Your Death
Sugarcoating it will do you no good: everyone you know someday will die. The best that we can hope for is to be prepared for the moment of death, as thoroughly as we can, whenever it comes. How does one begin to prepare for the end of life? For a Tibetan Buddhist approach to this question, join us at the Tricycle Book Club where we are discussing Anyen Rinpoche's new book Dying with Confidence. The conversation is being facilitated by Allison Graboski, the translator of the book, and Eileen Cahoon, the editor. From Dying with Confidence: More » -
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Contemplate Your Ideal Death
If you had control over death, how would you want to die? Join us at the Tricycle Book Club to discuss Anyen Rinpoche's Dying with Confidence, his recent book that explores death from a Tibetan Buddhist perspective. From Dying with Confidence: Contemplate Your Ideal DeathWhat will your mind be like? What qualities will you have developed? What practice will be most important for you to do or hear at that time? Who do you want to be there to help you stay focused on your practice as you are dying? Join the conversation here. More »
