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Tricycle/Winter 2005
Volume 15, Number 2In This Issue
on location
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In Sri Lanka, giving of oneself takes a literal turn.
on events
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The first Spiritual Activism Conference offers a hopeful vision for a movement of spiritual progressives—and interesting lessons for engaged Buddhists.
editors view
insights
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Andrew Cooper chats with Gerry Shishin Wick Roshi, President and Spiritual Leader of Great Mountain Zen Center in Lafayette, Colorado.
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Ajahn Brahm tells the tale of a fearless monk and a pair of pliers.
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Paul Breiter visits revered Thai teacher Ajahn Chah on his first trip to America.
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Shantideva, Dogen, . . . Shakespeare? Mark Lamonica finds the Buddha in the Bard.
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Search for self called off after 38 years.
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Tales of an unlikely Himalayan pilgrim
dharma talk
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Pema Chödrön walks us through Shantideva's prescription for solitude, verse by verse.
on practice
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Cultivating equanimity with Gil Fronsdal and Sayadaw U Pandita
interview
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Contributing editor Tracy Cochran speaks with Buddhist scholar Mu Soeng about the danger of selling the dharma.
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Storyteller Rafe Martin discusses the transformative and guiding power of myth with Joseph Sorrentino.
feature
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Rafi Zabor approaches the limits of suffering while caring for his aging parents.
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In a talk given at Smith College, Helen Tworkov reflects on a half century of American Buddhist women and reimagines the future of power.
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Andrew Black is a Buddhist who came in fifth in the 2005 World Poker Championship. Vishvapani asks him how Buddhism and poker stack up.
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At a time when our spiritual traditions struggle to remain relevant in a culture dominated by scientific materialism, Andrew Cooper considers the pros and cons of a new religious model based on the psychology of “flow.”
portfolio
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The brilliance and inconsequence of humanity through the eye of Michael Light
thus have i heard
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Andrew Olendzki examines the dilemma of good and evil in human nature.
reviews
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Documenting the Dalai Lama
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Old India's finest in translation
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Tibet through Chinese eyes
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Tibet at War
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Two documentaries expose divergent views of death and nature.
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Lessons from the factory floor
parting words
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Woven from the text of twenty enlightened ad campaigns
my view
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New Orleans evacuee Erik Hansen recounts the tense lead-up to Hurricane Katrina and searches for answers in its tragic wake.
Latest Comments in this Issue
Unbending faith in the Law of the universe is the means to develop and strengthen one's buddha nature. When the...
Excellent. And excellent comments as well.
Thank you melcher for your wise comment. And thank you to Gil Fronsdal and Sayadaw U Pandita for your kind...
A perfect message to follow an election. No matter who is the winner or who is the loser our struggles with illusion...