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Consider the Source: Why didn't Chinese Zen dharma halls have Buddhist icons?
Consider the Source: Why didn't Chinese Zen dharma halls have Buddhist icons? In traditional Chinese Zen, the dharma hall had a special status as the place where the Zen master expounded the dharma. It was purposefully separated from the Buddha hall, where statues of the Buddha and other notables provided prominent devotional icons for temple services and visitors. The dharma hall itself, however, was always bare of such figures. Why? More » -
Eastern Self/Western Self Revisited
Eastern Self/Western Self Revisited More » -
Tricycle Short Film Trailer Release: Amituofo
"A lot of people believe that martial arts was born in the Shaolin Temple. That's not true. When the Chinese people were born, martial arts was born. But the Shaolin Temple was the first place to combine all the martial arts together." —Shifu Shi Yan Ming, abbot of the USA Shaolin Temple More » -
How to Change the World Without Getting Really Depressed: An Interview with John-Paul Flintoff
We all want to change the world, but we can quickly run up against despair, and worse, come to harbor the idea we can't make any difference whatsoever. In his new book from School of Life, How to Change the World, author and journalist John-Paul Flintoff offers examples of people who have done just that, and how they were able to do so. The fact is, whether we acknowledge it or not, we are all making a difference all the time. Flintoff implores us to be more conscious of that impact so that we may produce the effects we desire. Tricycle caught up with Flintoff via email to ask a few questions about the new book and how to overcome self-imposed obstacles to meaningful social change. More » -
Purposeful Action: How to Change the World
This is an excerpt from How to Change the World, by John-Paul Flintoff, part of Picador's The School of Life series. © 2013. How can I, one individual in a world of billions, hope to change anything? There are many reasons why this kind of defeatist question comes so easily to us. They include the way we have been brought up, a lifetime of putting up with things that frustrate or dismay us, and painful memories of failed attempts to Do Something. But the fact remains that we are all making a difference all the time. The real problem is that if we’re only affecting things unconsciously then we are probably not producing the effect we would wish for. More » -
The Myth of Progress
And there may be no "progress" in religion, in practice, or in the Dharma, either. —Gary Snyder I’ve been hearing from some people recently that Buddhism needs to change to fit with these modern times. I’m not sure what Buddhism they’re talking about. More »
