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    FOOD FOR THOUGHT Let us agree that Buddhism is not vegetarianism. It is not "virtue" either, or "peace," or "gratitude," or any other word or concept. To identify it with anything at all is to reduce what in essence is illimitable. In fact, Buddhism isn't even Buddhism. But now let us leave the pure and safe world of negation and consider living practice. More »
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    AUSPICIOUS BEGINNINGS The first issue of Tricycle was superb—a most auspicious beginning. I especially enjoyed Joel McCleary's fine tribute to Geshe Wangyal, Dean Rolston's moving "Memento Mori," and the delightfully unorthodox Spalding Gray interview with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The quality of the writing was very high and was matched by a marriage of intelligence, wit, and deep feeling, all qualities much needed in the kind of times we now live in. The time has surely come for the years of practice by American Buddhists to bear fruit in a new activism to begin to create a decent, sane, and just society. NICK PEARSON Weston, Massachusetts More »
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    Letters to the Editor Spring 2002 Paid Member

    Tricycle welcomes letters to the editor. Letters are subject to editing. Please send correspondence to: Tricycle: The Buddhist Review92 Vandam StreetNew York, NY 10013Fax: (212) 645-1493E-mail address: editorial@tricycle.com Absolute Dharma? In his illuminating article “One Dharma” (Winter 2001), Joseph Goldstein rightly points out that non-clinging is fundamental to all Buddhist traditions. However, he misleads when he proposes that we think of Buddhism as a “basic pragmatism, rather than an adherence to some philosophical system,” and Buddhist teachings as “skillful means for liberating the mind, rather than statements of absolute truth.”More »
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    It takes a while for a new magazine to find its voice. How sad that Tricycle's is maturing with the rasp of a feminist tract.George Fradin Ann Arbor, Michigan More »
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    FUNNYBONE DHARMA Not only is the visual design of the Winter 1991 issue of Tricycle very pleasing, but the subject matter is diverse and provocative, a veritable feast of paradox. We are told by Khyentse Rinpoche on page 41 that "To cut through the mind's clinging, it is important to understand that all appearances are void, like the appearance of water in a mirage." And then, in Rick Fields' piece, we are reminded by Bodhidharma that "one who thinks only that everything is void is ignorant of the law of causation." More »