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Scholar rebelThe Kosambi whom historians know well is D.D., the brilliant iconoclastic scholar who brought about a fundamental change in the writing of ancient Indian history and who, ironically, himself acquired an iconic status in Marxist historiography.
Topix.net | 10-Sep-2010 10:58
Chinul and the Hwadu Meditation
This was originally written as a short paper for a seminary class on Chinul and Korean Son at the Five Mountain Seminary .
Topix.net | 09-Sep-2010 23:41
The Power of an Open Question - Turning Toward Suffering
Posted by Philip Ryan in : Buddha , Buddhism , Tibetan Buddhism , trackback When we turn our minds toward an honest reflection on the nature of suffering, what happens? We encounter a fuller experience of our life.
Topix.net | 09-Sep-2010 16:20
The Pursuit of Happiness
There's a lot of rhetoric about Buddhism and happiness that doesn't sit well with me. I find Buddhism being marketed (not necessarily by Buddhists) as a way to achieve happiness. I suppose that's an improvement on the old rap, which was that Buddhism was all about having to suffer, but it's still mighty glib.
...about.com | 09-Sep-2010 16:06
9-11 Memorial Floating Lanterns Ceremony
We're approaching the sad anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. I was in lower Manhattan that day, and thinking of that terrible loss is still hard. The lower corridors of the World Trade Center used to be part of my daily commute. I walked from the PATH trains to the Chamber Street subway station five days a week, and I still see the whole route clearly in my mind.
...about.com | 08-Sep-2010 17:35
Buddhist Beliefs
Buddhist beliefs are teachings of Lord Buddha that have the answers to the questions of the materialistic and spiritual world.
Topix.net | 08-Sep-2010 12:17
Ajanta Ellora Caves
At the distance of 30 kilometers from Aurangabad are the popular 29 Ajanta Caves and 34 Ellora caves.
Topix.net | 08-Sep-2010 12:17
5-week class on Meditation in Everyday Life
The class provides instruction and support for mindfulness meditation practice revealing everyone's innate stability, strength and clarity.
Topix.net | 07-Sep-2010 18:24
Recommendations
Via the Rev. Danny Fisher -- His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give three-day teachings on the Heart Sutra and Gyalsey Thokme Sangpo's "37 Practices of a Bodhisattva" that will be available to the public via live webcast. And if you miss the live webcast, you can download and watch the teachings later. Very cool.
...about.com | 07-Sep-2010 13:44
If Buddhism is rational, why do the texts describe magical acts?
How unlikely is it really? Photo: via Wonderlane on Flickr In the past I have privately answered emails from readers asking questions about basic points of Buddhist philosophy and practice, but from now on if an answer can provide value to others, I will publish it and list it under the keyword a Ask about Buddhisma .
Topix.net | 07-Sep-2010 08:10
Precepts & Commandments
Posted by James Shaheen in : Buddhism , Tibetan Buddhism , Tricycle , trackback From novice Tendai priest Innen Parchelo, in the Ottawa Citizen 's "Ask the Religion Experts": Q: What is the relation between religious laws and state law? A: There is no parallel between the teaching of the Buddha and the traditions of the Old or New Testaments or the ...
Topix.net | 07-Sep-2010 07:10
Deepak Chopra: Right Think and Wrong Think About Muslims
Earlier this year the Gallup polling organization provided two intriguing statistics about Americans and their view of Islam: 53 percent of Americans view Islam unfavorably compared with 42 percent who view the religion favorably.
Topix.net | 06-Sep-2010 23:06
Nepalese-Inspired Tibetan Painting Style the Subject of Exhibition
The All-Seeing Lord Avalokiteshvara, Tibet; 13th century. Brass with inlays of semiprecious stones, 42.75 x 20.25 x 11 in.
Topix.net | 06-Sep-2010 07:37
Jewish Teachings about Judging Others
Judging personality involves moral and ethical concerns as well as the search for accuracy in judgments of an individual's character.
Topix.net | 06-Sep-2010 03:38
Kihachiro Kawamoto obituary
Kihachiro Kawamoto was president of the Japan Animation Association from 1988. Photograph: Jasper Sharp Kihachiro Kawamoto, who has died aged 85, was best known in Japan for creating the vast array of puppets populating the live-action historical television series Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Tale of Heike .
Topix.net | 05-Sep-2010 22:18
Take your seat
Posted by James Shaheen in : Books , Buddhism , Buddhist Teachings , Tibetan Buddhism , Tricycle , trackback Every now and then I post a quote from Ocean of Dharma, a somewhat weekly email sent out by Carolyn Gimian, founding director of the Shambhala Archives and editor of many of Chogyam Trungpa's books.
Topix.net | 04-Sep-2010 19:16
Natural Creativity
Posted by Monty McKeever in : Art , Buddhism , Buddhist Teachings , Daily Dharma , Tibetan Buddhism , trackback Today's Daily Dharma: When we speak about natural creativity and its expression, we are not talking about something separate from our own mind and experience.
Topix.net | 04-Sep-2010 15:01
Female Monks Ordained in California
Posted by Rachel Hiles in : Buddhism , Events , News , Theravada , trackback Last Wednesday marked a historic occasion in the Thai Theravadan Buddhism.
Topix.net | 04-Sep-2010 15:01
Chopra on Islam
The cover of "Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet," by Deepak Chopra. Earlier this year Gallup provided two intriguing statistics about Americans and their view of Islam: - 53 percent of Americans view Islam unfavorably compared with 42 percent who view the religion favorably.
Topix.net | 04-Sep-2010 04:42
Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel Talk and Reading in New York City
Posted by Philip Ryan in : Books , Buddhism , Buddhist Teachings , Events , Tibetan Buddhism , trackback In the first of four talks for her Tricycle Retreat , Elizabeth says that standing on a street corner in Manhattan, she sees as many people in a moment as she might see in six months at home in Colorado.
Topix.net | 03-Sep-2010 20:33
Faith briefs for Sept. 4
The Niceville Christian Church, 225 Pine Ave., is celebrating its 50th Anniversary.
Topix.net | 03-Sep-2010 16:23
Temples offer food stalls, yoga to attract visitors
Morning market at Setagaya Kannon Visiting temples only for memorial services seems to be a thing of the past.
Topix.net | 03-Sep-2010 07:59
The Challenge of Equanimity
As you might see above, there's a new feature on Buddhism and equanimity , which is something I'm working on personally.
Topix.net | 03-Sep-2010 05:54
Buddhism's crumbling past
Posted by James Shaheen in : Art , Buddhism , History , Science , trackback Not to be an alarmist, but preserving Buddhism's past is an increasingly challenging endeavor.
Topix.net | 02-Sep-2010 17:30
The Karmapa on the Environment
Posted by Monty McKeever in : Buddhism , Environment , Mindfulness , Tibetan Buddhism , trackback I recently came across this interview in the Asia Sentinel with Ogyen Trinley Dorje, one of the two young lamas recognized as the 17th Karmapa.
Topix.net | 02-Sep-2010 17:30
Off the grid, into the mind
Posted by Rachel Hiles in : Buddhism , Meditation , Mindfulness , Vipassana , trackback In today's New York Times , Robert Wright, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, describes his experience returning to technology after a week-long Buddhist meditation retreat at Insight Meditation Society .
Topix.net | 02-Sep-2010 17:30
The Challenge of Equanimity
As you might see above, there's a new feature on Buddhism and equanimity, which is something I'm working on personally. Well, sort of working on it. At least, I've recognized I need to work on it. That's a start.
...about.com | 02-Sep-2010 15:56
How Buddhism could be a way out of the environmental mess we are in | Jo Confino
The Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh has turned his attention to how Buddhism could help ecology.
Topix.net | 02-Sep-2010 14:25
Silk Road: Monk's quest ends at place of peace
The temple of a famous Buddhist reconciles tensions between communism and religion, writes Jim Eagles.
Topix.net | 02-Sep-2010 07:55
Vipassana or Insight Meditation
Vipassana is a Pali word that means 'insight into reality' or 'to see things as they really are'. In reference to Buddhism, it refers both to a form of meditation, and to a specific movement within contemporary Buddhism.
Topix.net | 02-Sep-2010 03:36
Religious sex scandals: Are they all the same?
Jessica Miller writes on Killing the Buddha : Those of you who thought Buddhism was still the proverbial last righteous man in Sodom might be disappointed to read August 20th's New York Times .
Topix.net | 01-Sep-2010 21:31
Dennis Hunter, historical consciousness, and the speed of Buddhism's transition to the West
Dennis Hunter, historical consciousness, and the speed of Buddhism's transition to the West August 31, 2010 When we ask, "What shape will Buddhism take in the West?" most of us are bringing a historical consciousness to the question; we recognize that Buddhism has reinvented itself everywhere that it has gone in order to most effectively suit the ...
Topix.net | 01-Sep-2010 17:22
The Power of an Open Question - One with Everything?
Posted by Philip Ryan in : Buddhism , Tibetan Buddhism , food , trackback When we don't yet have a direct experience of interdependence and boundarylessness things can get a little abstract and vague.
Topix.net | 01-Sep-2010 17:22
Read Remembering Ron Allen in Remembering Ron Allen
"Ron was one of the heroic figures of the Cass Corridor in the '70s and '80s," wrote one fellow poet, Tyrone Williams, at an online discussion board.
Topix.net | 01-Sep-2010 15:22
Zen Women and the Path of Adaptation
As I mentioned in a recent post, I've been reading Zen teacher Grace Schireson's book Zen Women: Beyond Tea Ladies, Iron Maidens and Macho Masters. Here Grace Schireson discusses Zen convents and how they adapted Zen training practices for the specific abilities and cultural circumstances of women:
...about.com | 30-Aug-2010 23:59
Lodro Rinzler: Buddhism and Alcohol: Is There Such a Thing as 'Right Drinking'?
Many people look to Siddhartha Gautama as an example of someone who attained nirvana, a buddha.
Topix.net | 30-Aug-2010 04:57
Om Mani Padme Hum
The term Mani stone may also be used in a loose sense to refer to stones on which any mantra or devotional designs are inscribed.
Topix.net | 29-Aug-2010 17:37
Weighing the death penalty
Malaysia's efforts to seek clemency for Yong Vui Kong, who is on death row in Singapore for a drug trafficking offence, have raised questions about maintaining capital punishment in the country.
Topix.net | 29-Aug-2010 05:13
Sri Lanka: Politicising religious reformation
A group of Buddhist monks marched in protest and when prevented, the angry monks sat on the road and refused to move until the ritual was over.
Topix.net | 28-Aug-2010 14:29
Of tourists & politics
Tibet is a place steeped in Buddhism and spirituality, but politics is never far behind.
Topix.net | 28-Aug-2010 07:05
Riding easy on Buddhism
First Published: 19:14 IST Last Updated: 01:01 IST What is the favourite subject of most of the Delhi University Students Union candidates, especially those belonging to the two major parties, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and National Studenta s Union Of India ? It has to be MA in Buddhist Studies.
Topix.net | 28-Aug-2010 02:55
At the Tricycle Book Club
For the August discussion we're reading Freeing the Body, Freeing the Mind , a collection of essays exploring the connections between Yoga and Buddhism.
Topix.net | 28-Aug-2010 01:50
5 recent quotes from Thich Nhat Hanh in today's Guardian
Posted by James Shaheen in : Buddhism , Buddhist Teachings , Environment , Meditation , Mindfulness , Tricycle , Zen , trackback In the current issue of Tricycle , contributing editor Andrew Cooper recounts his travels with Thich Nhat Hanh, the much beloved Vietnamese teacher, poet, peace advocate and environmentalist.
Topix.net | 27-Aug-2010 21:36
The Power of an Open Question - How beautiful
Posted by Philip Ryan in : Buddhism , Environment , Tibetan Buddhism , trackback Many years ago, when we first moved to Colorado, Dzigar Kongrul Rinpoche and I were driving on a winding mountain pass in the Rockies.
Topix.net | 27-Aug-2010 17:26
Buddhism and the Japanese Internment
At Tricycle blog, James Shaheen has a post on the parallels between hostility toward Japanese-Americans during World War II and hostility toward Muslims in the United States today. As you may know, in one of the more shameful acts of American history, during World War II ethnic Japanese living in the western coastal states were forced into internment camps. A majority of the internees were U.S. citizens.
...about.com | 27-Aug-2010 15:38
What's On: EXHIBITIONS
"Nara's Ancient Temples and Buddhist Statues" exhibits 45 Buddhist statues and 19 artifacts owned by 19 historic temples in Nara, including Horyuji, Todaiji, Yakushiji and Kofukuji.
Topix.net | 27-Aug-2010 15:22