Pilgrimages to sacred Buddhist sites led by experienced Dharma teachers. Includes daily teachings and group meditation sessions. A local English–speaking guide accompanies and assists.
Tricycle/Spring 2008
Volume 17, Number 3In This Issue
my view
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How are we meant to understand this key Buddhist teaching? -
How teenagers in an impoverished Parisian neighborhood discovered Buddhism and the courage to sustain hope.
thus have i heard
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Understanding the Buddha's paradoxical view of reality
on gardening
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In an excerpt from her new book, Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate, Wendy Johnson recalls a personal pilgrimage across the mountains of Northern California.
contributors
dharma talk
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Joseph Goldstein teaches that we can improve the way we relate to others—strangers and friends alike. Artwork by Qiu Deshu
editors view
feature
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Just as a seed contains the whole plant, the syllables of Siddham calligraphy are concentrations of enlightened energy. This holy script played a crucial role in the journey of Tantric Buddhism from ancient India to East Asia. Text and artwork by David Schneider
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Fundamentalists here and abroad have been giving religion a bad rap lately, and so-called militant atheists have used the opportunity to take up the offensive. But according to prominent sociologist Robert N. Bellah, both sides have it wrong: they are mistaken about what religion actually is.
insights
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Taitetsu Unno teaches that Buddhism is the inclusive path of optimism.
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Ajaan Lee explains how the Buddha gave us the tools to free ourselves.
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Practicing caring connection, Sylvia Boorstein learns, can bring peace—even under the threat of natural disaster.
interview
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Contributing editor Katy Butler speaks with renowned architect Christopher Alexander, who has spent decades investigating the source and forms of beauty. What he has found is a pathway to God.
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What did the Buddha really mean by “mindfulness?” B. Alan Wallace describes how misunderstanding the term can have implications for your practice.
letters
on practice
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A guide to allowing a gentle and meaningful death for our loved ones and for ourselves, from Joan Halifax
parting words
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Artwork by An Xiao. Haiku by Andrew Schelling.
reviews
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A look at some of the latest Buddhist titles, hot off the presses.
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What makes some countries happy as clams (or Icelanders).
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Shaolin's story
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Getting Emptiness
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Loving, one step at a time
sangha spotlight
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A dharma hall opens in a most unlikely place: the United States Air Force Academy.
special section
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An introduction to our special section, Satyagraha: The Force of Truth
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Gandhi’s lifelong engagement with human imperfection changed the future of politics.
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By applying Buddhist ideals to present-day issues, engaged Buddhism takes the dynamics of Gandhi’s work in an inspiring direction.
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How Martin Luther King, Jr., brought satyagraha to the U.S. and revolutionized the civil rights movement.
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Philip Glass talks with Tricycle about how Gandhi has inspired his life and work.
on the cushion
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After thirty years of practice, one meditator finds it's gotten him nowhere. That's just fine with him.
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