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Seeing the Buddha as both human and divine opens us to our own limitless nature.
By Kurt Spellmeyer
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How, then, to put our minds in a space where practice is always there, whether tumultuous or in the doldrums? It requires a completely radical view of practice: practice is not something we do; it is something we are.
Daily wisdom, teachings & critique
A Buddhist poker player gives away $617K prize, Prince Harry meditates, and the Tibetan Buddhist Nyingma school picks a new head. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
By Matthew Abrahams
The cannabis product has been popping up in many yoga and meditation classes. But is the trending stress reliever worth all the hype?
By Matthew Abrahams
A selection of articles showing how the civil rights icon’s message has resonated with Buddhists
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With this issue Tricycle introduces a comprehensive new design. Beyond the new look, readers will find front sections that foster dialogue within the Tricycle community, let you in on what’s happening right now in the Buddhist world, and provide practical teachings for day-to-day life.
In “The Human Deity,” our cover story, contributing editor Kurt Spellmeyer takes on different schools’ representations of the Buddha: was he human or divine? Journalist Judith Hertog investigates why a rapidly growing Buddhist community insists that it alone teaches the one, pure dharma, and our editors look at the sometimes-shaky science behind mindfulness and meditation studies.
We also share lesser-known Buddhist practices for personal and collective harmony in our special section “Meditations Off the Beaten Path,” including a daily practice to foster gratitude and a visualization for interconnection.
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The New Kadampa Tradition is controversial—and growing. Why?
By Judith Hertog
Her debut novel tackles—what else?—teacher-student relationships gone bad.
By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar
Our worst faults and failings are an opportunity to create something.
By Lama Kathy WesleyTimeless teachings. Modern methods.
What did the Buddha teach? What do Buddhist traditions have in common? How do I meditate? This course is an ideal starting place for anyone interested in Buddhism and meditation.
With John DunneVideo teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers
Learn concrete methods from Tibetan Buddhism for turning mental turbulence into the seeds of a brighter future.
Buddhist films and discussion for the Tricycle Community
This month at Tricycle, we’re featuring five short films from around the world that you won’t find anywhere else. Among the cinematic journeys in store, we’ll trail a group of Chinese Buddhist nuns on pilgrimage in the Canadian Rockies, watch people try out virtual reality for the first time, and reflect on the difficulty of living in the present moment with Little Vaysha, a young girl with a double-edged gift.
Tricycle 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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