Gabriel Lefferts

Zen in Motion

A Zen teacher and avid runner on her Buddhist approach to movement and meditation

Interview with Vanessa Zuisei Goddard by Gabriel Lefferts

Aug 31, 2020

Give & Take with Musician Sonny Rollins

Lessons for living from one of jazz’s all-time greats

Interview by Gabriel Lefferts

Fall 2020

Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, Anchor of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, Dies

As abbot of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra monastery near Woodstock, NY, for over four decades, the teacher played an important role in introducing Tibetan Buddhism to America.

By Gabriel Lefferts

Oct 07, 2019

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Journalists Freed in Myanmar

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists are released from prison in Myanmar, Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn declares himself the Royal Patron of Buddhism, Tibetan lama Dagri Rinpoche faces #MeToo, and Columbia University hosts a conference on Buddhist chaplaincy. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

By Gabriel Lefferts

May 10, 2019

Magazine News

Bodhi Tree in Need of TLC

The Bodhi tree, which marks the spot where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment in Bodhgaya, India, is showing signs of struggle.

By Gabriel Lefferts

Summer 2019

Woodblock print of The Giant Twelfth- Century Warrior-Priest Benkei Attacking Young Yoshitsune for His Sword on the Gojo Bridge by Yoshitoshi

Magazine Arts & Culture

Anime’s Ancestor

The work of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Japan’s last woodblock master, documented the nation’s turbulent transition into the modern era.

By Gabriel Lefferts

Summer 2019

Magazine

What We’re Reading

The latest in Buddhist publishing plus a book worth rereading.

By Eliza Rockefeller, Gabriel Lefferts, Emma Varvaloucas

Winter 2018

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Karmapas Unite

A monumental meeting between Tibetan Buddhist leaders Ogyen Trinley Dorje and Thaye Dorje, who both hold claims to the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, signals the end of a decades-old sectarian divide.

By Gabriel Lefferts

Oct 11, 2018

Magazine History & Philosophy

You Are What You Read

As the dharma is made relatable to modern Western culture, do Buddhism’s foundational texts risk becoming obsolete?

By Gabriel Lefferts

Fall 2018

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A Buddhist Book of Spells

Scholar Sam van Schaik discusses Buddhist Magic and the disappearing act around the dharma’s supernatural history. (Plus, six Buddhist enchantments for curious practitioners.)

Interview with Sam van Schaik by Julia Hirsch

Nov 24, 2020

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Broadening the Field of Buddhist Studies

Colleges continue to offer courses in languages while expanding to reach new audiences in different disciplines.

By Emily DeMaioNewton

Winter 2020

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Awakening the Fierce Feminine

Pamela Weiss, author of A Bigger Sky: Awakening a Fierce Feminine Buddhism, shares stories of Buddhist women who illuminate how feminine energy can support people in their practice. These often overlooked figures exemplify qualities cultivated on the Buddhist path and provide an important counterbalance to the historically patriarchal tradition.

Pamela Weiss

Nov 2020

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Gabriel Lefferts

Trike Daily Body & Mind

Zen in Motion

Magazine Arts & Culture

Give & Take with Musician Sonny Rollins

Trike Daily Obituaries

Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, Anchor of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, Dies

Trike Daily

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Journalists Freed in Myanmar

Magazine News

Bodhi Tree in Need of TLC

Magazine Arts & Culture

Anime’s Ancestor

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What We’re Reading

Trike Daily

Karmapas Unite

Magazine History & Philosophy

You Are What You Read