Gabriel Lefferts

Gabriel Lefferts is Tricycle's managing editor.

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

Trike Daily

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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Buddha Buzz Weekly: Ithaca’s Namgyal Monastery Will Build the First Dalai Lama Library and Learning Center

The new center will contain all the works of the current and previous Dalai Lamas. Plus, Meditating for Black Lives holds a guided meditation for Juneteenth, and Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial begins.

By Alison Spiegel, Amanda Lim Patton, and Daniel Ilan Cohen Thin

Jun 19, 2021

Magazine

The Buddhist Review

A Matter of Life and Death

Thoughts on a classic text about dying and duality from a late Zen teacher

Adapted from a talk by Sojun Mel Weitsman, edited by Hozan Alan Senauke

Summer 2021

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

The Threefold Practice of Won Buddhism

In Won Buddhism, the threefold practice—absorption, inquiry, and making mindful choices—maps out the path to spiritual freedom. Rev. Grace Song describes how these principles work together to help us develop a more balanced practice that puts Buddhist wisdom into action in our daily lives.

Rev. Grace Song

Jun 2021

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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

Magazine

What We’re Reading

Trike Daily

Karmapas Unite

Magazine History & Philosophy

You Are What You Read