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In following the “true crime” model, the Netflix documentary sidesteps larger spiritual questions and the historical import of the countercultural movement.
By Curtis White
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Only when emotions are truly attended to can they be endured and transformed into useful energies that express our needs and help guide us through life.
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Thailand police raid “corrupt” temples, Fox News gets a meditation room, and a Rohingya massacre of Hindus is uncovered. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
By Matthew AbrahamsRather than force reality to bend to will, a Zen chef cooks—and lives—with what is.
By Edward Espe BrownA series of poems responds to the works of past masters.
By Leath Tonino
In the Summer 2018 issue, Buddhist teachers and writers explain how cultivating bodhicitta—the deep wish to awaken for the sake of all beings—can help us live generously and with grace. This issue also includes the voices of Buddhist women weighing in on the #MeToo movement, including Tibetan Buddhist teacher Lama Tsultrim Allione’s “Nasty Woman Meditation” practice, which can help us tap into the feminine power we all possess.
Plus, learn how mindfulness practice supports conscious decision-making, and be inspired by bilateral above-the-knee amputee Hari Budha Magar, who lost his legs to a wartime bomb but still plans to summit Mount Everest next spring.
A Bird’s-Eye View of the Bodhisattva Path
By Ken McLeod
For many of us, the thick fog of memory loss is one of the most fearsome things we can imagine.
By Pamela Gayle White
Hari Budha Magar, the first bilateral above-the-knee amputee to summit a peak upward of 19,000 feet, discusses the mental, physical, and legal roadblocks he must overcome as he plans to climb Mount Everest in 2019.
By Julia HirschTimeless teachings. Modern methods.
Internal investigation plays a key role in our ability to overcome feelings of anxiety and insecurity, develop a secure base, and establish healthy relationships with others. In our latest course, we'll explore a variety of insights and practices—drawn from early Buddhism and contemporary psychology—that can help us acknowledge and process emotional experiences that destabilize us—and discover how to thrive in a disconnected world.
With Josh KordaVideo teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers
When we fail, it’s easy to feel bad about ourselves—after all, we live in a society that judges us for our material successes. But the most prominent Buddhist masters were people who failed badly: the Buddha failed in his ascetic practices; Shinran Shonin, founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism, was exiled and defrocked early in his career. In this series, Jodo Shinshu Reverend Mauricio Hondaku will explain what Shakyamuni and Shinran’s failures can teach us about shedding social pressures, abandoning our masks, and ultimately finding peace with our imperfections.
Buddhist films and discussion for the Tricycle Community
During World War II, more than 200,000 young women in Korea, China, the Philippines, and Indonesia were kidnapped and coerced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army. Some 70 years later, three “grandmothers” summon the courage to tell their stories despite decades of silence and shame.
Directed by Tiffany HsiungTricycle 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
Altruism. Empathy. Integrity. Respect. Engagement. These five psychological states are keys to living a compassionate, courageous life, according to Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, and social activist Roshi Joan Halifax. However, each has the potential to become counter-productive: altruism can become pathological, empathy can prevent you from seeing another’s situation clearly, and engagement can become an endless to-do list. In her latest book, Standing at the Edge, Roshi Halifax likens these states to ecosystems that are the most instructive when we work from their edges. Here, Roshi Halifax speaks to author Sandy Boucher about how “edge states” have been vital to her work as a change-agent, and how they might help us nourish love and justice in society today.
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