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Redeeming Betrayers


The Times Online has an interesting article this week about a movement within the Roman Catholic church to rehabilitate the popular image of Judas Iscariot, betrayer of Jesus. Many theologians apparently think that Judas has been unfairly maligned in Christian history. The drive for change seems ...>

Buddhist Board Game


When you think about it, most board games are about defeating other players, often by simulated combat or by amassing more wealth than everyone else. Chess, checkers, Monopoly, Stratego, Battleship, Sorry, Risk, The Game of Life, etc. . . It makes you wonder what sort of lessons we're teaching kids ...>

Dukkha on the Rise


According to a USA Today story carried by Yahoo News, "Unhappiness has risen in the past decade." In 2004 researchers at the University of Chicago surveyed a cross-section of Americans about their attitudes and compared the results to a similar study done in 1991. Contrary to their expectations, ...>

The Transient and Permanent in Buddhism


Buddhist blogs have really taken off over the past year or two, and one of the most interesting sites is Fraught with Peril, the self-described "Frankenstein's Monster of Nichiren Buddhism." On F.W.P. a number of different writers from a variety of backgrounds and sects all park their blogs, provid ...>

Buddha Rising and Stumbling


The current issue of National Geographic has an article of obvious interest to readers of Tricycle: entitled "Buddha Rising," the essay by Perry Garfinkel, with beautiful photographs by Steve McCurry, represents both some of the best and the worst trends in reporting on Buddhism by mainstream media ...>

All Composite Things Are Subject to Change


Exciting news: Tricycle has expanded its stable of bloggers to include Stephen Batchelor, Sharon Salzberg, and Lin Jensen (and look for more in the future as well). A hearty welcome to these new Buddhist bloggers.This means changes for this blog as well. From now on, updates will occur at this add ...>

Communist Chinese Buddhist Publicity Stunt


This blog has been predicting that the World Buddhist Forum, just completed in the People's Republic of China, would turn out to be a cynical ploy at using Buddhism to improve the Communist powers' image, while simultaneously failing to deliver additional religious freedoms for China's hundreds of m ...>

Buddha’s Schnoz Haiku


Issa Kobayashi was a Shin Buddhist priest of the Tokugawa era, and a master haiku poet. For your enjoyment, here are a handful of his poems about, of all things. . . Buddha's nose!From the great Buddha’s noseA swallow emerges!At the tip of honorable Buddha’s nose--A fart bug.Wiping sootFrom the ...>

Communist China Says Buddhism Can Help the Country


According to People's Republic of China State Administration for Religious Affairs director Ye Xiaowen, Buddhism is uniquely positioned to contribute to a harmonious society. This statement was made in the run-up to a large state-sponsored Buddhist conference previously discussed on this blog. Mr. ...>

Buddha’s Big Break


Doyle Redland of the Onion Radio News files a shocking report:Calling the theological giant’s stranglehold on the religious industry “blatantly anticompetitive” a U.S. district judge has ruled that God is in violation of antimonopoly laws and ordered Him to be broken up into several less power ...>

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