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Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Any time we want life to be different than it is, we will experience suffering.
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Any time we want life to be different than it is, we are caught in impatience. We lose our sense of humor; and self-pity, despair, and blame seep into the heart. Gentle forbearance includes the spirit of forgiveness. ...
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review We try to deny it, but change is inevitable—and useful.
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As Buddhists, we work to accept the impermanence and inevitable decay of the physical body. But it’s not enough to accept it as a fact; we can believe in this and still not want it in plain sight. Nagarjuna ...
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Stopping short of gossip http://3.ly/zfo
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When talking about others is motivated by thoughts of ill will, jealousy, or attachment, conversations turn into gossip. These thoughts may seem to be subconscious, but if we pay close attention to our mind we’ll be able to catch them in the act. ...
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
Of all the words we use to disguise the hollowness of the human
condition, none is more influential than “myself.”
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Of all the words we use to disguise the hollowness of the human condition, none is more influential than “myself.” It consists of a collage of still images—name, gender, nationality, profession, enthusiasms, ...
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Comparisons are subjective, says Ch'an MAster Sheng Yen
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I have often cautioned… against comparing your practice with that of others or your own self at different times. Such comparisons are only subjective. Today someone burst out crying in the meditation hall. ...
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review The Dalai Lama speaks to Daniel Goleman about time and other things
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Daniel Goleman: What is the Buddhist understanding of Time? How can we relate our sense of the process of time to our experience of the present moment?
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Tricycle: The Buddhist Review A special page on Shin Buddhism at tricycle.com
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We put together a page with some articles on Shin Buddhism from the pages of Tricycle, as well as links to (and excerpts from) other places. Among the highlights:
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Walking from room to room: An exercise
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As you walk from room to room in your own home, try to really experience the transition from one place to another. Notice the difference between motion and stillness. Sense how you relate to various enclosures and open spaces. ...
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review "Meditation is not just a rest or a retreat from the turmoil of the stream or the impurity of the world. It is a way of being the stream." - Gary Snyder
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Meditation is not just a rest or retreat from the turmoil of the stream or the impurity of the world. It is a way of being the stream, so that one can be at home in both the white water and the eddies. Meditation may take one out of the world, but it also puts one totally into it.
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review We all love good-vs.-evil narratives, but what are stories like this teaching us? http://3.ly/Pr1
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We all love the struggle between good (us) and evil (them). It is, in its own way, deeply satisfying. Think of the plots of the James Bond films, the Star Wars films, the Indiana Jones films. In such movies, it’s quite obvious who the bad guys are. ...
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Why does the internet turn Buddhist teachers into bullies? http://3.ly/wkc
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What is it about the internet that turns some Buddhist teachers into bullies? Zenshin Michael Haederle has a few things to say about it.
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Chinese government warns Obama about seeing Dalai Lama, and in the process, compares itself to Abraham Lincoln
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It’s not surprising that China would warn President Obama against meeting with the Dalai Lama later this month, but the way Beijing warned/chastised Obama did come across as strange:
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review As long as we insist that meditation must be meaningful, we fail to understand it.
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As long as we insist that meditation must be meaningful, we fail to understand it. We meditate with the idea that we’re going to get something from it—that it will lower our blood pressure, calm us down, or enhance our concentration. ...
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Zen teacher Ezra Bayda asks: Why doesn't helping others always lead to a less self-centered life?
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One of the themes of practice is the gradual movement from a self-centered life to a more life-centered one. But what about our efforts to become more life-centered—doing good deeds, serving others, dedicating ...
