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A former monk gains renown as one of the first openly transgender people in the Tibetan community, opening the door to acceptance.
By Lakshmi Gandhi, Photograph by Maria de la Guardia
Start your day with a fresh perspective
There was just no telling which breath would be my last. And so I breathed. And breathed again. And each breath was better than the one before because it was a gift, an unexpected bonus.
Daily wisdom, teachings & critique
Indian state denies benefits to Dalit Buddhists trying to escape caste discrimination, a bipartisan bill seeks to protect the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation, and an alleged thief ring targeted US temples. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
By Karen Jensen
A Tibetan-Canadian journalist reconnects with his culture and the dharma at a rare debate between lay practitioners and learned monastics.
By Rignam Wangkhang
The NBC sitcom presents a satirical take on karma, and now it’s poised to tackle the moral dilemma of unintended consequences.
By Pamela D. Winfield
Tricycle’s Fall 2019 issue frames questions of our modern, global, and political world in a Buddhist context. With stories of Buddhists working toward more equal societies and practices for facing anger and hopelessness, this issue offers guidance and encouragement toward both personal and collective progress.
In an excerpt from her first new book of spiritual teachings in over seven years, Pema Chödrön explains how a simple shift in perspective can pull us out of despair; Rhonda Magee, author of The Inner Work of Racial Justice, offers a practice for how to calmly uncover our internalized biases in “Making the Invisible Visible”; Ken McLeod teaches four meditations for working with anger; and Caitlin Dwyer interviews a leader of the Thai feminist movement about the relationship between Buddhism and feminism in Southeast Asia.
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A law professor offers a practice to uncover our own biases and face the realities of racism.
By Rhonda Magee
A former monk gains renown as one of the first openly transgender people in the Tibetan community, opening the door to acceptance.
By Lakshmi Gandhi, Photograph by Maria de la Guardia
A survivor of domestic violence seeks to reform Thai society by focusing on trauma, gender, and sexuality.
By Caitlin DwyerTimeless teachings. Modern methods.
Dhamma Wheel is a program of daily contemplation designed to deepen your understanding of Buddhist wisdom and gradually integrate it into your meditation practice and your life.
With Andrew OlendzkiVideo teachings with contemporary Buddhist teachers
Sensei José Shinzan Palma breaks down the false dichotomy between practice in the meditation hall and life “in the real world,” and shows how this realization of practice’s immediacy can transform our lives into a compassionate expression of service.
Buddhist films and discussion for the Tricycle Community
In Kathmandu, life for female opioid addicts is hard. Addicted to the street drug pani and shunned by society, many turn to sex work and petty crime to survive. This documentary follows eight brave women who strive to recover against heavy odds and the former users who help them along the way.
By Raul Gallego AbellanTricycle 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
Writer and longtime Zen student Lawrence Shainberg joins Tricycle Editor and Publisher James Shaheen to discuss his new book, Four Men Shaking: Searching for Sanity with Samuel Beckett, Norman Mailer, and My Perfect Zen Teacher. They talk about Shainberg’s struggles as a practitioner and an author and how he brings them together in his new memoir, which recounts his conversations with his literary heroes, Samuel Beckett and Norman Mailer, along with his teacher, Roshi Kyudo Nakagawa.
You can read an excerpt from Four Men Shaking in our Fall 2019 issue.
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