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Tricycle.com Site - (Interactive Forum of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review) Founded in 1991, Tricycle is a non-profit quarterly magazine with an
educational charter to spread the dharma. It is a subscription-driven magazine
(in contrast to an ad-driven publication) and needs your support. We urge you to
subscribe rather than
purchase individual copies on the newsstand. It greatly benefits us and it's
cheaper for you! Why "Tricycle"? The essential components of a tricycle--three, vehicle, and wheel--correspond to concepts found throughout Buddhist history. We speak of three treasures: the Buddha, dharma, sangha; of turning the wheel of dharma; and of the three great vehicles of Buddhism: Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. (And while there is no traditional concept that parallels handlebars, the Dalai Lama, on being presented with a small golden tricycle, took hold of each one and said, "the absolute and the relative.") What also influenced the name is the Zen expression "beginner's mind." It implies a mind that is open, available, not constrained by habitual mental patterns.
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