Helen Tworkov

Magazine Meditation & Practice

The Good Shepherd

Strengthening our natural capacity for awareness

by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche with Helen Tworkov

Summer 2014

Magazine

In Celebration of Beginnings

The name Tricycle continues to evoke curiosity and some befuddlement. Yet there is logic to this nomenclature: a vehicle for the path; a beginner’s vehicle with its allusion to the quintessential Zen concept of “beginner’s mind,” and for beginning dharma in the West; three (as in wheels) for the Three Treasures: Buddha, Dharma, Sangha, and […]

By Helen Tworkov

Fall 2001

Magazine Personal Reflections

The Great Experiment

Interview with Tim Olmsted

By Helen Tworkov

Fall 2010

Magazine Society & Environment

Satyagraha Special Section: Introduction

An introduction to our special section, Satyagraha: The Force of Truth

By Helen Tworkov

Spring 2008

Magazine Society & Environment

Just Power

In a talk given at Smith College, Helen Tworkov reflects on a half century of American Buddhist women and reimagines the future of power.

By Helen Tworkov

Winter 2005

Magazine Society & Environment

Contemplating Corporate Culture

An interview with Mirabai Bush on bringing contemplation into the inner sanctum of American power, from Harvard University to Monsanto.

By Helen Tworkov

Summer 2001

Magazine

A Two-Track Mind

Every time the salesman at Eastern Mountain Sports brought an item for me to try on—a Superwick undershirt, a fleece vest, a coated-nylon shell—I tried to gauge my level of comfort for various degrees of inclement weather. By the time he asked where I was going, he had every reason to expect me to say […]

By Helen Tworkov

Spring 2001

Magazine Teachings

Superscience

An interview with S. N. Goenka on the techniques of Buddhist practice

Interview with S. N. Goenka by Helen Tworkov

Winter 2000

Magazine Teachings

Old Wine, New Bottles

An Interview with Lama Surya Das

By Helen Tworkov

Fall 2000

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Trike Daily

Daily wisdom, teachings & critique

Mindfulness at Knifepoint

When a peaceful walk turned into a mugging, a meditation instructor relied on her practice to help her through.

By Jill Satterfield

Mar 21, 2019

Magazine

The Buddhist Review

Detained Japanese Americans arrive at an assembly center in Santa Anita, California.

History & Philosophy

Thus Have I Heard: An American Sutra

With the outbreak of World War II, Japanese Americans were incarcerated by the thousands. Out of the crucible of the camps, a uniquely American Buddhism was born.

By Duncan Ryuken Williams

Spring 2019

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

Compassion in Polarizing Times

Today’s divisive political culture can bring out our worst impulses, but with Tibetan Buddhist methods of fostering compassion, we can clear the mind of negativity and connect with our intrinsic qualities of clarity and warmth. Dungse Jampal Norbu, a teacher in the Mangala Shri Bhuti sangha and the son of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, guides us through practices to cool off anger and take a walk in other’s shoes.

Dungse Jampal Norbu

Mar 2019

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