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Two meditation teachers weigh in on the benefits of returning to the breath as you’re resting and hydrating.
By Alex TzelnicTwo meditation teachers weigh in on the benefits of returning to the breath as you’re resting and hydrating.
By Alex Tzelnic
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Awakening the enlightened mind may not be a question of self-improvement, which is never-ending; it may be a question of faith, which is always available right now.
Daily wisdom, teachings & critique
Reconsidering the familiar tale we know about the Buddha’s family
By Matthew GindinTwo meditation teachers weigh in on the benefits of returning to the breath as you’re resting and hydrating.
By Alex Tzelnic
The Winter 2017 issue takes on contemporary questions of justice. Former monk and Tibetan psychologist Lopsang Rapgay and secular Buddhism pioneer Stephen Batchelor discuss aspects of recent teacher-student abuse allegations; Australian nun Ayya Yeshe reveals the pervasive sexism in many Buddhist communities; and Zen priest and professor Kurt Spellmeyer addresses the rise of nativism worldwide with a little help from Nagarjuna.
Bonus: In this issue’s This Buddhist Life, you’ll hear from an ex-Buddhist nun on her love of full-body latex. You won’t want to miss it.
Does elevating the guru to the same status as the teachings themselves set the stage for teacher-student abuse?
By Stephen Batchelor
When a therapist tries to beat the system, he’s given a taste of his own medicine—and a lesson about right speech.
By Mark Epstein
Meet Red Rose Sangha, a Zen community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
By Wendy Joan BiddlecombeVideo teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers
We spend our days bombarded by emotions, and if we act on our negative ones, they threaten to derail us. Join Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche, head of the Trungram lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, as he explains how to live a life with less fallout from anger, frustration, jealousy, and greed by looking more closely at our mental and emotional landscape.
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
January is for film-lovers. This month at Tricycle, we’ll be showing five short films from around the Buddhist world.
Timeless teachings. Modern methods.
How do you keep your emotions in check? Some of us have an easier time than others regulating challenging emotions. Spend six weeks with Vipassana teacher Michele McDonald in our new course, where you'll learn RAIN, a practical, step-by-step method for working with—and skillfully navigating—moments that rattle us.
With Michele McDonaldConversations with contemporary Buddhist leaders & thinkers
The Buddha had a prescription to end suffering—the eightfold path. But can the Western tradition of psychotherapy build upon these essential steps? Here, Buddhist psychotherapist and bestselling author Epstein talks with Tricycle contributing editor Amy Gross about how the two realms of wisdom view the idea of self as both problematic and helpful. Drawing from his new book, Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself, to discuss the ways meditation illuminates aspects of ourselves that we’re afraid or ashamed of, allowing us to let go of the identities that constrict us.
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