
James Shaheen
James Shaheen is Tricycle's editor-in-chief.

Poet Jane Hirshfield discusses poetry’s power to lower the barricades between ourselves and other beings.

Personal Reflections Illness & Care
Inviting Everything into the Room
A palliative care physician reflects on how his Buddhist practice has transformed his ability to accompany patients through illness and death.

Softening into Wholeness
What does it mean for each of us to be perfect and complete?

Magazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
Backlit by Completeness
A letter from Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen

CultureMagazine | Openings, Podcasts
Acts of Dharma
An excerpt from a conversation between interdisciplinary artist Meredith Monk, Tricycle's editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, and meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg

What Does It Mean for an Object to Hold the Power of the Buddha?
A scholar discusses how, in Theravada Buddhism, religious relics can support practitioners on their path to enlightenment.

Communities of Care
What we can learn from Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of interconnectedness

We Are Pure Awareness
What complexity theory can teach us about nonduality, consciousness, and connection

Why We Look for Happiness in the Wrong Places
Meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg discusses how our yearning for happiness can support us in our journey toward freedom—and why we tend to search for it in the wrong places.

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