Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Abortion and the First Precept
Understanding abortion as the alleviation of suffering
Katy Butler
Katy Butler is a longtime Buddhist journalist, the author of Knocking on Heaven's Door and The Art of Dying Well, and a Tricycle contributing editor.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Not Empty, Not Full
A food addict finds freedom in constraint.
A Good Enough Death
What does it look like to die well?
Same Old Story in a New World
Journalist Katy Butler, who wrote the first exposés on sexual abuse in Buddhist communities in the 80s and 90s, discusses what has changed with the #MeToo movement.
Encountering the Shadow in Buddhist America
Following the recent allegations at Shambhala International, we take a look back at a 1990 article that investigated the troubling legacy of its first two heads and established a precedent for Buddhist journalism.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
A Life Too Long
One family's journey through the labyrinth of modern medicine's war on death
The Natural
How Jeff Bridges works with anxiety and maintaining a joyful mind.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Interview
Nature Unfolding
Contributing editor Katy Butler speaks with renowned architect Christopher Alexander, who has spent decades investigating the source and forms of beauty. What he has found is a pathway to God.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section
Everything is Holy
Katy Butler finds her spiritual ground
Podcasts
Abortion and Buddhist Ethics
Journalist Katy Butler discusses how her experience of abortion has shaped her understanding of the Buddhist precepts.
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A Life Too Long
Tricycle contributing editor Amy Gross speaks with author Katy Butler about modern medicine’s often misguided approach to end-of-life care. Butler’s bestselling book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, chronicles the author’s own experience of her father’s slow decline following a devastating stroke. “There comes a point,” Butler says, “when death becomes a blessing and living becomes a burden.” In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Butler tells us what we need to know—and conversations we need to have—to make responsible medical decisions for ourselves and loved ones as we approach the end of life.
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