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How to behave more like a lion and less like a dog
By Phakchok Rinpoche and Erric Solomon, Photography by Nick Brandt
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The bodhisattva aspiration is an everyday matter—everyday both in the sense of needing to be renewed as each day passes, and in the sense of applying to simple tasks, to ordinary actions motivated by a longing to reduce the difficulty and increase the happiness of those with whom we share our lives.
Daily wisdom, teachings & critique
Monks purify online vitriol with sacred fire, Burmese nationalist monk Ashin Wirathu is back, and Tibetan nuns earn advanced degrees. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
By Eliza RockefellerFor beginners, finding a place to meditate without distraction is key.
By Lama Dudjom DorjeeIn Buddhism, trees have long been recognized as living things worthy of recognition and protection.
By Lauren Krauze
Tricycle’s Fall 2018 issue visits themes of heightened sensitivity for Buddhists today and offers illuminating stories about Buddhist history, transmission, and philosophy. In “Brown Body, White Sangha,” college professor Atia Sattar explains how a traditional mindfulness of the body practice reveals white sanghas’ painful racial blindness; Buddhist teacher Ken McLeod addresses Buddhism’s elephant in the room—abusive teacher-student relationships—by explaining the Vajrayana path; we uncover Tibet’s hidden lineage of vegetarianism; and discuss the future of Buddhism’s foundational texts.
This issue also features a dharma talk from Tibetan Buddhist teacher Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on why we must sustain an open, loving heart; a call for social and political engagement from the respected Theravada monk Bhikkhu Bodhi; and instructions from Phakchok Rinpoche on cultivating a confident, dignified mind.
A charismatic Ohio-born lama brings the dharma to the Buckeye State.
By Mary Talbot, Photography by Andrew Spear
How to behave more like a lion and less like a dog
By Phakchok Rinpoche and Erric Solomon, Photography by Nick Brandt
The Atlanta-based organization Lead to Life: A People’s Alchemy for Regeneration has a commitment to nonviolence bolstered by spiritual insight and dedicated action.
By Wendy JohnsonTimeless teachings. Modern methods.
Why do we suffer? And how can we restructure our worldview in a way that aligns with the way things really are and leads to less dissatisfaction? Tackle these questions from a Mahayana Buddhist perspective in our newest course, where we will deconstruct what we “know” to be true and learn how to cultivate the wisdom of selflessness, emptiness, and compassion.
With John DunneVideo teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers
Everyone has a story about who they really are. Depending on how we write our stories, they can take a heavy toll on our mental and spiritual well-being—or they can liberate us. The Shinnyo-en Buddhist priest Qalvy Grainzvolt shares how the stories of those we look up to most—the Buddha, his disciples, or other role models—can help us inform and rewrite our self-narratives in ways that inspire confidence, compassion, and freedom from cages of our own making.
Buddhist films and discussion for the Tricycle Community
Documentarian Tin Win Naing has made great sacrifices to oppose social injustice. In 2009, two years after filming political footage during Myanmar’s Saffron Revolution, the political dissident was forced to flee his homeland, leaving his wife, children, and friends to seek asylum in neighboring Thailand. Naing’s award-winning documentary, inspired by his own experiences of hardship and persecution, chronicles the lives of Burmese migrant workers who struggle to keep their morale and livelihood amid the grueling working conditions on the Thai plantations where they eke out a living.
Directed by Tin Win NaingTricycle wisdom in e-book format
Shifting the Ground We Stand On: Buddhist and Western Thinkers Challenge Modernity, introduces a fresh perspective to the dialogue between Buddhism and science. This anthology of Tricycle essays and interviews by Linda Heuman brings together Buddhist scholars, neuroscientists, and cultural critics on the question of finding meaning in our modern world.
Conversations with contemporary Buddhist leaders & thinkers
Feeling burnt out does not make you a failure. That’s the first thing Buddhist teacher and former tech executive Lawrence Levy would want you to know. Burnout, Levy says, is a healthy response when our human needs aren’t being met. As the former Chief Financial Officer of Pixar, Levy knows what it means to have a demanding job. But it was during his many years practicing in the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism that Levy began to find a way to apply Buddhist principles to the difficulties that we face in our everyday lives, leading him to co-found Juniper, an organization devoted to making meditation and the dharma accessible in a modern context. Here, Tricycle Editor and Publisher James Shaheen talks to Levy about the importance of continuous self-care in a mutually supportive environment and how meditation, learning, and connection can help us tend to the conditions that lead to burnout.
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