The New Kadampa Tradition is an international association of Mahayana Buddhist meditation centers that follow the Kadampa Buddhist tradition founded by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.
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Our Glass House
OVER THE PAST several months my inbox—and perhaps yours, too—has filled with emails recounting the latest from Burma and now Tibet. Our web editor, Philip Ryan, has done an admirable job keeping abreast of quickly unfolding events in both countries on our editors’ blog, which is far better equipped than the magazine to keep track of breaking news. Tricycle.com has quickly taken up issues that a quarterly like ours cannot. More » -
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Millennium Mind
Seeking words of wisdom from a renowned adept, a young acolyte trekked to the top of a mountain. Sitting at the master’s feet he asked, “Can you tell the future?” The master said, “Certainly I can. It’s easy. Today is just like yesterday. Tomorrow will be just like today. Unless, of course, there’s a change of consciousness.” So far, there’s no indication that any change might prevent the degree of suffering in this millennium—local and…Seeking words of wisdom from a renowned adept, a young acolyte trekked to the top of a mountain. Sitting at the master’s feet he asked, “Can you tell the future?” The master said, “Certainly I can. It’s easy. Today is just like yesterday. Tomorrow will be just like today. Unless, of course, there’s a change of consciousness.” More » -
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Going to the Dogs?
“Buddha!” she called. “Come here! Buddha!" Her command had yet to work, and the young woman anxiously fingered the visor of her baseball cap. “Buddha!” “You call your dog Buddha?” I asked in disbelief as a honey-colored mutt slithered up, displaying shame for misbehaving in his every crouching step. I had not seen the young woman before. The regulars of this downtown Manhattan dog run know the names of all the dogs, but not of one another. The anonymity… More » -
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Bombs and Baby Bears: Toys R Us
Sifting through the images of Oklahoma City for signs of continuity and renewal, the most poignant to emerge - the saddest and the most disturbing - is that of a city whose grief came to be symbolized by the sudden presence of teddy bears. Men, women, and children alike seemed to clutch these comfort toys to their chests as if, without the softness and the innocence the toys symbolized, their broken hearts might collapse into the graves of… More » -
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Tradition in Transformation
For all the opinions put forth about what form Buddhist teachings should take, Western Buddhism continues to unfold in unpredictable ways. The process of assimilation will no doubt be a long one, measured in centuries rather than decades. But that Buddhism in the West will take on a distinctly Western flavor is inevitable, whether taught by Asians—many of whom broke with tradition themselves when they left their native lands—or by their Western heirs. As writer and teacher Stephen Batchelor points out in a recent interview “At the Crossroads,” we cannot “expect a Westerner to fully identify with and take on a given Asian orthodoxy.” On the other hand, we cannot dispense with orthodoxy altogether, he cautions, for it is the foundation upon which the Western model rests. More »
