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Gyaltsen Choden, one of the Tibetan Uprising’s oldest living survivors, recalls the defining moments of the Tibetans’ journey in exile.
As told to Sophie Menin
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See Our CoursesThe same mind that can create harsh judgments is capable of undoing them through the power of awareness and attention.
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Buddhist teacher Larry Ward’s new book invites us to heal from the karma of racism.
Interview with Larry Ward by Julie Flynn Badal
The Siddhartha School has changed the lives of many children in Ladakh. Now, two young alums of the school are giving back to their community in new ways.
By Dana Sawyer
The Buddhist Film Foundation will launch a streaming site for Buddhist films, the Dalai Lama writes an op-ed about the climate crisis, and a monk advocates for peace at the India-China border. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
By Emily DeMaioNewton and Karen Jensen
The Fall 2020 issue of Tricycle, assembled during the continued global spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus and in the midst of a racial justice movement that challenges Western society’s status quo, provides Buddhist teachings, practices, and essays meant for both deep restoration and contemplation. In an excerpt from her new book, Insight Meditation teacher Sebene Selassie explains how mindfulness of unpleasant sensations in the body can lead to feelings of acceptance and belonging; Toni Bernhard offers practices for dealing with fear and loneliness; and psychotherapist Mindy Newman and translator Kaia Fischer demonstrate how even modest acts can have major consequences by sharing a newly translated ancient story about Buddha. One can also find the award-winning writer Charles Johnson’s advice for future generations on living without hatred in an interconnected society, secular Buddhist teacher Stephen Batchelor’s view on how Buddhism must change if its followers are to grapple with the climate crisis, and more.
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For the first time available in English, a collection of Tibetan teaching stories helps us see how modest acts can have major consequences.
By Mindy Newman and Kaia Fischer
An exploration of Three Lines That Hit the Nail on the Head
By Ken McLeod
The gentle strength of Know My Name, a memoir by Chanel Miller
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When asked why we meditate Suzuki Roshi answered, "So we can enjoy our old age." Join the author and Zen teacher Lewis Richmond for an exploration of how meditation and inquiry can bring ease to growing older.
With Lewis RichmondVideo teachings with contemporary Buddhist teachers
Join Lama Aria Drolma, a Tibetan Buddhist nun, to learn—or revisit—four meditation practices that form the building blocks of practice for many Buddhist traditions. Lama Drolma will provide ways to nourish our focus and non-reactivity, mindfulness of bodily sensations, and lovingkindness and compassion.
Buddhist films and discussion for the Tricycle Community
The darkhans of Buryatia, a Buddhist region of Siberia, were craftsmen and blacksmiths revered for their artistic skills and shamanistic ability. Today, Dashi Namdakov, a descendant of darkhans, is an internationally renowned artist and sculptor who infuses his work with shamanism, Buddhism, and Buryat mythology.
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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
In this episode, Tricycle’s Editor and Publisher James Shaheen sits down with Sharon Salzberg and Daisy Hernández to discuss the personal circumstances that led Sharon and Daisy to Buddhist practice. The author of the award-winning memoir A Cup of Water Under My Bed and the co-editor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism, Daisy is an Assistant Professor in the Creative Writing Program at Miami University in Ohio. This episode is part of Tricycle Talks’s Real Change podcast series based on Sharon’s new book Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World, which offers a new perspective on how activism and meditation practice can uplift each other.
Their conversation is the fourth in the five-part series featuring Sharon’s book and the people in it who are creating change in their communities. Tricycle Talks will be releasing the other episodes throughout the month. Stay tuned to hear our conversation with Arian Moayed—and make sure to check out our episodes with Sharon Salzberg, Shelly Tygielski, and Michael Kink.
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