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If as Buddhist teachers we fail to reveal our emotional and psychological issues, we do a great disservice to the entire spiritual community.
By Josh Korda
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Filmed over three years, the film is a meditative look at monastic life in rural France.
By Wendy Joan BiddlecombeIf as Buddhist teachers we fail to reveal our emotional and psychological issues, we do a great disservice to the entire spiritual community.
By Josh KordaThai forest monk Thanissaro Bhikkhu discusses four main takeaways from his new translation of the Sutta Nipata.
By Emma Varvaloucas
Snakes. Flying. Disease. Dogs. You name it—someone fears it. The special section in Tricycle’s latest issue features Buddhists who weigh in on living despite and amidst our anxieties. Dharma Punx guiding teacher Josh Korda describes how to meet terror with tenderness in “A Safe Container for Fear”; creative writing professor Daisy Hernández discusses her mother’s once undocumented status and the worry that kept her from writing about it earlier in “Learning to Speak the Truth”; and Buddhist nun Marcela Clavijo explains “What Green Tara Can Teach Us about Fear.” (Spoiler: She’ll show you how to recognize and overcome it.)
Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers
What are you afraid of? For many of us, the list is long. In this series, Tibetan Buddhist nun Marcela Clavijo introduces the four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy, and equanimity—which help us replace unhelpful habits of mind and behavior for positive states and traits. With practice, these teachings can help assuage our deepest fears, whatever they may be.
Tricycle wisdom in e-book format
The third volume of Tricycle Teachings: Meditation offers a selection of the clearest and most helpful meditation instructions from Pema Chödrön, Joseph Goldstein, Sharon Salzberg, and many others. The guidance of these master meditators will help you start or reinvigorate a daily meditation practice.
Buddhist films and discussion for the Tricycle Community
When Nob, an aging Thai villager, loses his job, his son, and his wife in quick succession, he turns to drink to soothe his pain. As he wanders drunkenly through Thailand’s dense jungles without hope or purpose, an encounter with a solitary forest monk sparks a desire in him to rectify his failures and commit to the monastic life. This award-winning drama is a story not of redemption but of renunciation, and it offers a rare look into a Thai forest monk’s ascetic practice.
Directed by Boonsong NakphooTimeless teachings. Modern methods.
We all know that life is full of suffering. The historical Buddha knew that, too, which is why in his very first teaching he offered a roadmap to navigate this suffering. Join teachers Stephen Batchelor, Christina Feldman, John Peacock, and Akincano Weber of Bodhi College in our newest online course—an innovative exploration of the Buddha's earliest teachings—and discover how their ancient wisdom can lead to a freer way of being in our modern world.
With Stephen Batchelor, Christina Feldman, John Peacock, and Akincano WeberConversations with contemporary Buddhist leaders & thinkers
We live in a world of fear. But need we be driven by it? In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Dr. Pilar Jennings, a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner and psychotherapist, speaks with Michael Kinnamon, former Dean of the Lexington Theological Seminary and author of the The Witness of Religion in an Age of Fear, about the restlessness, anxiety, and even panic characteristic of contemporary society.
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