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Tricycle/Spring 2006
Volume 15, Number 3In This Issue
special section
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Princeton's Jacqueline Stone explains the unique place of the Lotus Sutra in Buddhist history
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In this excerpt from the Lotus Sutra, buddhas and believers gather in the sky to hear the preaching of the Wonderful Law.
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The Lotus Sutra puts all Buddhist practitioners on the way to Buddhahood.
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Michael Wenger explains how studying the sutra opened up his sense of practice.
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It is perhaps the most significant text in East Asian Buddhism, but the Lotus Sutra's seminal role in shaping Western Buddhist practice is scarcely acknowledged. What is the hidden influence of this enigmatic text?
reviews
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The master's touch
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But who's listening?
on gardening
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Spying on the winged monarchs of decay
sangha spotlight
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A small Philadelphia sangha marks the crossroads of Buddhism and Quakerism.
thus have i heard
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The transformative power of a single moment of insight
practical pilgrim
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A journey to the site of the Buddha’s first sermon
on relationships
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Loving the other without losing yourself
dharma talk
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Ajahn Sumedho recounts the joyful unfolding of a deep appreciation for his teacher and parents.
profile
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"Poems are maps to the place where you already are..."
feature
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Kate Wheeler finds new inspiration at the Dalai Lama's thirteenth Mind and Life conference.
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A skeptical George Johnson takes in the Dalai Lama's inaugural "Dialogues between Neuroscience and Society" lecture at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
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In his recent book, The Universe in a Single Atom, the Dalai Lama argues for the immateriality of mind. B. Alan Wallace explains why this just may make perfect sense. Artwork by James Kerr.
insights
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Roger Housden on the virtues of being taken advantage of
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How British Colonel Francis Younghusband invaded his Shangri-La before falling in love with it
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on practice
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After years of meditation, you may feel you're making very little progress. But the guide you may need has been with you all along: your body. Drawing on Tibetan Yogic practices, Reggie Ray takes on the modern crisis of disembodiment. Artwork by Angelo Musco
Latest Comments in this Issue
Well, I don't want to save the sufferring masses.
I know I can't save even one person let alone the sufferring...
I have no desires, goals, or directions for Buddhism in North America or anywhere else. I was just highlighting that...
However innumerable sentient beings are, I vow to save them; however inexhaustible the passions are, I vow to master...
Dear Celtic Passage:
What do you want Buddhism in North America to be like instead?