Feast Day of Ioannes Eremita Cassianus

 

Goodhart's Law

When a metric becomes a target, it ceases to be a good metric.

Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

https://tricycle.org/

Established in 1990 as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational organization, The Tricycle Foundation is dedicated to making Buddhist teachings and practices broadly available. In 1991 the Foundation launched Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, the first magazine intended to present Buddhist perspectives to a Western readership. Tricycle soon became the leading independent journal of Buddhism in the West, where it continues to be the most inclusive and widely read vehicle for the dissemination of Buddhist views and values. Our readership includes longtime practitioners, those who are curious about Buddhism or meditation, and those who do not identify as Buddhist but value the teachings of wisdom and compassion that Buddhism has to offer.

By remaining unaffiliated with any particular teacher, sect or lineage, Tricycle provides a unique and independent public forum for exploring Buddhism, establishing a dialogue between Buddhism and the broader culture, and introducing Buddhist thinking to Western disciplines. This approach has enabled Tricycle to successfully attract readers from all walks of life, many of whom desire to enrich their lives through a deeper knowledge of Buddhist traditions.

Tricycle has been recognized with the prestigious Folio Award for Best Spiritual Magazine three times, and has twice garnered the Utne Media Award, most recently in 2013. As part of our commitment to our readers who are seeking to implement or sustain Buddhist values and practices, Tricycle accepts advertising only from teachers, programs, centers, and businesses whose offerings we believe will support those aims. Because of this selective policy, we depend on donations to support ever-rising printing and production costs, content updates to our website, and life-enriching programs. The Foundation also hosts occasional pilgrimages that provide opportunities for new and experienced practitioners to explore sites of importance to Buddhist history and practice.

Donations in support of Tricycle’s work may be made by mailing a check made payable to Tricycle at 89 5th Avenue, Suite 301, New York, NY 10003, or by visiting us at tricycle.org/donate.
Mission Statement

The mission of the Tricycle Foundation is to make Buddhist teachings and practices available and to explore their traditional and contemporary expressions. Our work is inspired by the freedom of mind and heart that the Buddha taught is possible.

Tricycle is an independent foundation unaffiliated with any one lineage or sect.
Why “Tricycle”?

A three-wheeled vehicle aptly evokes the fundamental components of Buddhist philosophy. Buddhism itself is often referred to as the “vehicle to enlightenment,” and the tricycle’s three wheels allude to the three treasures: The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, or the enlightened teacher, the teachings, and the community. The wheels also relate to the turning of the wheel of dharma, or skillfully using the teachings of the Buddha to face the challenges that the circle of life presents.
Sustainability

Tricycle is committed to helping create a sustainable future. In addition to our editorial efforts in print and online—where we often explore what Buddhism has to offer in a time of environmental crisis—we have taken the following steps toward sustainability in our operations:Our printer, Lane Press, uses petroleum-free, soy-based inks only.
Tricycle is printed on recycled paper and is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, whose mission is the promotion of environmentally sound, socially conscious and responsible management of the world’s forests.
We no longer “poly-bag” magazines we ship, mailing them instead without packaging.Our travel partners at RetreaTours purchase triple carbon offsets for all transportation taken during Tricycle pilgrimages. With this 300% offset, RetreaTours offsets more carbon than is produced during these trips.

Tricycle will continue to look for ways to contribute to a sustainable future. Through our media channels, we will continue to foster public discussion of the ecological crisis we face through the apt lens of Buddhist thought and practice.

The Cursive Scandinavian Slave by Bengt af Klintberg

Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific

 

Shadow of the erdtree

 

Voyager 2 live view

 https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/sc_voyager_2

Kiko Miyares

 

The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter BY EZRA POUND

After Li Po


While my hair was still cut straight across my forehead

I played about the front gate, pulling flowers.

You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse,

You walked about my seat, playing with blue plums.

And we went on living in the village of Chōkan:

Two small people, without dislike or suspicion.

At fourteen I married My Lord you.

I never laughed, being bashful.

Lowering my head, I looked at the wall.

Called to, a thousand times, I never looked back.



At fifteen I stopped scowling,

I desired my dust to be mingled with yours

Forever and forever, and forever.

Why should I climb the look out?



At sixteen you departed

You went into far Ku-tō-en, by the river of swirling eddies,

And you have been gone five months.

The monkeys make sorrowful noise overhead.



You dragged your feet when you went out.

By the gate now, the moss is grown, the different mosses,

Too deep to clear them away!

The leaves fall early this autumn, in wind.

The paired butterflies are already yellow with August

Over the grass in the West garden;

They hurt me.

I grow older.

If you are coming down through the narrows of the river Kiang,

Please let me know beforehand,

And I will come out to meet you

As far as Chō-fū-Sa.

XV88 Battlesuit

 

Skull and Bones

 

Kubb

 

Grasping Fortune

 https://www.tamriel-rebuilt.org/content/grasping-fortune-teaser

Kohutt - Tasmania

 https://kohutt.com.au/

https://kohutt.com.au/Borne of the SeaBorne of the Sea

Weather Station Kurt

A counterexample to Euler’s conjecture on sums of like powers by L.J Lander and T.R Parkin

 

Re-TROS

 

Abiodun Olaku Lunar Symphony (Story of Makoko), 2023

 

What if...

 

Kill 6 Billion Demons

 https://killsixbilliondemons.com/

Lancer

Sounds for Celebration (Liars Remix) from RRASFC by Re-TROS

The King of Rome

 

The W. Ross Ashby Digital Archive

 https://ashby.info/

John Locke's A New Method of Making Common-Place-Books

 

The Long Season

 

The Last Words of Boromir

 

Poet-Monks The Invention of Buddhist Poetry in Late Medieval China

HEINRICH SCHLIEMANN PAPERS

 https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/archives/heinrich-schliemann-finding-aid/

Collection Number: GR ASCSA GL HS 003
Name(s) of Creator(s): Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890)
Date [bulk]:
Date [inclusive]: 1839-1890
Quantity: 30 linear meters
Language(s): Greek, English, French, Italian, German, Russian, Turkish
Summary: The Heinrich Schliemann Papers consist of personal documents, diaries and notebooks, manuscripts, personal documents, correspondence (incoming and outgoing), financial documents and registers, expenditure books, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs and posthumous material.