A Beginner’s Guide to Dark Retreat
Meditation teacher Andrew Holecek discusses how spending time in darkness can help us recover a lost way of seeing.
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What Do Buddhists Think of Fort Worth’s “Walk for Peace” Monks?
Teachers respond to the viral cross-country trek.
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Did the Buddha Really Teach That There Is No Self?
According to Thanissaro Bhikkhu, the Buddhist teaching of not-self functions as a strategy rather than a philosophical position.
Opening to Wonder
Ada Limón discusses how poetry can help us move through the world with greater courage and equanimity and how reading and writing can help us imagine a different type of future.
Bridging Worlds
US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze discusses how poetry can prompt us toward moral and spiritual transformation.
A Buddhist Guide to Understanding Emotion
Scholar Maria Heim discusses how the Buddhist psychology of emotions can offer us a different way of observing and relating to our feelings—and, in the process, bring about a sense of freedom.
Reimagining the Story of Citizenship
Journalist Daisy Hernández discusses how she brings her Buddhist practice to bear on conversations about citizenship and what it means to be an American.
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Teachings for Uncertain Times
In honor of Black History Month, Tricycle is presenting a special video series with 13 Buddhist teachers of color.
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