Comments for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review https://tricycle.org/ The independent voice of Buddhism in the West. Fri, 15 Dec 2023 02:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Comment on New American Cities: Sunyata Woods and Sankhara Rapids by PHILIP MURPHY https://tricycle.org/article/new-american-cities-sunyata/#comment-139746 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 02:37:59 +0000 https://tricycle.org/?p=70122#comment-139746 A comment from the Welsh author and mystic Arthur Machen, as quoted at Maria Popova’s The Marginalian website, seems appropriate:

“If ecstasy be present, then I say there is fine literature, if it be absent, then, in spite of all the cleverness, all the talents, all the workmanship and observation and dexterity you may show me, then, I think, we have a product (possibly a very interesting one), which is not fine literature… Substitute, if you like, rapture, beauty, adoration, wonder, awe, mystery, sense of the unknown, desire for the unknown… For some particular case one term may be more appropriate than another, but in every case there will be that withdrawal from the common life and the common consciousness.”

]]> Comment on Lovingkindness for Control Freaks by SUSAN JONES https://tricycle.org/article/lovingkindness-control-freaks/#comment-139615 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 14:51:05 +0000 https://tricycle.org/?p=69279#comment-139615 Just what I needed today. Thanks.

]]> Comment on New American Cities: Sunyata Woods and Sankhara Rapids by Glenn Wallis https://tricycle.org/article/new-american-cities-sunyata/#comment-139503 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 23:53:34 +0000 https://tricycle.org/?p=70122#comment-139503 This piece is so refreshing. I have long lamented the fact that Buddhist literature is by and large prosaic and uninspired. Sure, there are those wild sutras and tantras (the Avatamsaka, for example). But, to my mind, at least, those works turn out to be tedious at best and mind-numbingly tendentious at worst. Koteff’s writing gives me hope for a Buddhist literature that is, well, LITERATURE — probing, subtle, insightful, imaginative, inviting reflection, and highly intelligent. I applaud Tricycle for having the sensitivity to publish Koteff’s two pieces. Thank you!

]]> Comment on Carving the Divine by Pema Tashi https://tricycle.org/filmclub/carving-the-divine/#comment-139425 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:19:53 +0000 https://tricycle.org/?post_type=filmclub&p=70007#comment-139425 In reply to ERIC MITTELETTE.

Hi Eric, thanks for your note. The issue should be resolved now.

]]> Comment on The Value of Simplicity by VICTOR LOPEZ https://tricycle.org/article/value-of-simplicity/#comment-139413 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:29:03 +0000 https://tricycle.org/?p=68934#comment-139413 In reply to HOLLY SOCOLOW.

One can save the article as a PDF to iBooks or Kindle app and organize in a folder. Alternatively, one could copy or cut out the article from the hard copy magazine and file it. On could also buy the book from which this article is excerpted Much wisdom here to revisit.

]]> Comment on Lovingkindness for Control Freaks by Rusty Ennemoser https://tricycle.org/article/lovingkindness-control-freaks/#comment-139375 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:18:11 +0000 https://tricycle.org/?p=69279#comment-139375 Just lovely. Thank you.

]]> Comment on Awakening with a Rude Driver by ROBERTO BALBOA https://tricycle.org/article/awakening-with-a-rude-driver/#comment-139147 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:35:33 +0000 https://tricycle.org/?p=69964#comment-139147 Thanks for writing this! It was very timely, as something similar happened to me yesterday, and later I jotted it down.

“On The Go” Tonglen

I was sitting at an intersection
And a man blew through a red light.

Horns were blowing everywhere

Fingers flipped in rage

I noticed he was waving back sincere apologies

Mea culpa

As he passed me by, his head was buried in
guilt
shame
sadness

It all immediately came to me.
All these emotions
resulting in a wellspring of tears

And I took them in.

I had no choice.

Was he just diagnosed with cancer?
Is his child ill?
Did his mother just die?
Did he lose his job?

I sent him good wishes.

]]> Comment on The Collective Dimension of Happiness by ANNE JAFFE HOLMES https://tricycle.org/dharmatalks/the-collective-dimension-of-happiness/#comment-139091 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:15:49 +0000 https://tricycle.org/?post_type=dharmatalks&p=70004#comment-139091 Thank you for this beautiful and very helpful teaching!
It has truly opened a new understanding for me!

]]> Comment on On Grief, Willpower, and Finding Happiness by Shauna Alam https://tricycle.org/article/yiyun-li/#comment-138994 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 10:50:36 +0000 https://tricycle.org/?p=70113#comment-138994 This is such a beautiful and truthful article. Loss and grief are big dragons to handle. Thank you for being. You are an amazing person. I am happy you share your writings with many people that will benefit, such as me:)

]]> Comment on Carving the Divine by ERIC MITTELETTE https://tricycle.org/filmclub/carving-the-divine/#comment-138764 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 21:02:39 +0000 https://tricycle.org/?post_type=filmclub&p=70007#comment-138764 The link to this film (12/02/2023 Carving the Divine) doesn’t work.
Others film and video from the site are ok for me so I guess there is an issue with the URL ?

Best, and thanks for the film club
Eric

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