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Tricycle/Spring 2003
Volume 12, Number 3In This Issue
interview
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What is it like to be the abbot of a downtown zendo in post-9/11 New York City? Sensei Enkyo O’Hara talks to Tricycle about taking a stand, facing the enemy, and recent changes in her sangha.
feature
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Anne Cushman discovers that the ultimate destination is an inner one.
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Caught between the perspectives of the scholar and the religious practitioner, Andrew Cooper explores the meaning of faith in a world fixated on reason.
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Under the unorthodox tutelage of legendary photographer Minor White, John Daido Loori makes an unexpected discovery: between photographer and subject, there is no separation.
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Dubbed a “dharma brat” since childhood, Ethan Nichtern describes how he found his own path to Buddhist practice.
in the footsteps of the buddha
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On a trip to Kuan-yin’s sacred island, Sandy Boucher finds the Bodhisattva of Compassion not among the tourist-thronged monuments but within herself.
dharma talk
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Yvonne Rand offers two practices for bringing us into the Buddha space of Beginner's Mind.
on practice
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Bonnie Myotai Treace teaches us to be open to a world in which the old standards no longer apply.
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Christoper Titmuss revives the ancient practice of walking through fear.
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Rather than let anger fuel our response to those we oppose, Robert Thurman suggests a more effective way to cultivate energy for the good fight.
special section
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Advances in medical technologies are allowing scientists a peek into the brains of experienced meditators. The Mind and Life Institute (a nonprofit organization devoted to collaboration between Buddhism and science) is at the forefront of this exciting new research.
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Can meditation change the brain? Daniel Goleman, the best-selling author of Emotional Intelligence, offers Tricycle some surprising answers.
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Born into a culture that believed the world was flat, the Dalai Lama developed a passion for the natural sciences that transformed his view of his own tradition.
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Stem cell researcher and Zen student Dr. Neil Thiese discovers the synergy between dharma practice and scientific inquiry.
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Can chaos theory help us understand enlightenment?
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Does compassion make evolutionary sense? Does happiness, for that matter? Tricycle interviews science writer Robert Wright on where natural selection and Buddhism meet—and don't.
contributors
editors view
insights
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Caught in the swirl of worldly affairs, we long for a freedom that eludes us.
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As satirically reported by P.B. Law in the News Leek, a fictional Buddhist cousin of the Onion
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Aikido practitioner Eric Oberg’s aphoristic instructions on the principles of the “soft” martial art, offer a fresh approach to nonviolence and nonresistance in everyday life.
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A Zen student ventures into the thorny thicket of anxiety.
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On retreat in an anonymous motel, writer Jim Harrison discovers that the unique life of his dreams is the only true story he can tell.
in memoriam
on location
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Big changes are in the air in Bodh Gaya, sacred site of the Buddha's enlightenment.
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A recently restored Buddhist statue has become a symbol of renewal for war-ravaged Tajikistan.
on the cushion
brief teachings
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Do you ever find yourself rambling on during an all-too-brief meeting with your teacher? Burmese master Sayadaw U Pandita provides straightforward instructions for the personal interview process typical during a Vipassana retreat.
on gardening
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On a patch of barren earth, a garden to honor a friend takes root.
sangha spotlight
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After initial suspicions, a small Oregon town comes to terms wih its Buddhist neighbors.
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