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Exploring Liminal Spaces: A Workshop with Andrew Holecek
Our Fall Issue Is Here!
Tricycle’s Fall 2022 issue is here! As the hot, humid days of high summer begin to give way to the crisp air of autumn, it’s a natural time to turn our attention inward and carve out space for contemplation.
Daily Dharma
Consider the uncertainty, fear, and helplessness seeds that have taken root and sprouted to the surface in yourself. With gentle curiosity, you can ask: What does this seedling look like? How does it move in your body? Can you give it a sound? If you could touch it, how would it feel?
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Teachings
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
A True Taste of Peace
We can learn to let go of our negative conceptions of ourselves when we realize that they’re real but not true.
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
What Is up to Us
A brief teaching from a psychotherapist
Breaking Free From the Money Trap
In an excerpt from this month’s Dharma Talk, meditation teachers Gina LaRoche and Jen Cohen apply the ten paramis as a framework for healing our conceptions around money.
Online Courses
Timeless teachings. Modern methods.
Learn to Write Haiku: Mastering the Ancient Art of Serious Play
Join Clark Strand in a six-week exploration of this accessible and profound style of poetry.
With Clark StrandUpcoming Events
Exploring Liminal Spaces: A Workshop with Andrew Holecek
Join Tibetan Buddhist author and scholar Andrew Holecek for a workshop on navigating liminal spaces, through the lens of the Tibetan dream yoga and bardo teachings
Concern for All Beings: Tara Brach on Plant-Based Eating
What does the dharma say about vegetarianism? How might plant-based eating support our spiritual practice? On August 26, join Tara Brach and Tricycle‘s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, for a conversation about these and other important questions at the intersection of our dietary choices and spiritual path.
Mastering the Art of Haiku
Join us for a virtual workshop exploring haiku, an accessible but profound style of poetry. Your seasoned guide for this workshop is Clark Strand, a writer and teacher with 45 years of experience with haiku. He is the author of Seeds From a Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey, the leader of Tricycle’s monthly haiku challenge, and teacher of a new Tricycle online course, Learn to Write Haiku: Mastering the Ancient Art of Serious Play.
Dharma Talks
Video teachings with contemporary Buddhist teachers
Real Happiness: A 28-Day Meditation Program
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg offers a distilled and comprehensive guide to meditation, from the basics of posture, breathing, and scheduling to the finer points of calming the mind, distraction, and addressing specific problems such as body pains and insomnia.
Film Club
Buddhist films and discussion for the Tricycle community
Karmalink
Set in near-future Phnom Penh, Cambodia, this timely Buddhist sci-fi is a thrilling one-of-a-kind adventure.
Podcasts
Conversations with contemporary Buddhist leaders & thinkers
Sarah Shaw on the Jhanas and Awakening Through Joy
FreeIn this episode of Tricycle Talks, scholar Sarah Shaw discusses the ritual, somatic, and devotional aspects of Theravada practice that are often overlooked.
With Sarah Shaw