Zen’s Unassuming Pioneer
How the “Great Simplicity” of D.T. Suzuki popularized Zen in America
Rick Fields
Rick Fields (1942–1999) was a contributing editor to Tricycle and the author of Chop Wood, Carry Water; The Code of the Warrior; (with Bernie Glassman) Instructions to the Cook; and the well-known history of American Buddhism, How the Swans Came to the Lake.
Who Is The Buddha?
The life story of the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama
CultureMagazine | Special Section
From Fuck You, Cancer and Other Poems
"Primordial fury / Atoms of anger"
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
In Light Of Death
An interview with Rick Fields on living with cancer
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Who was Buddha?
Siddhartha Gautama was born around 567 B.C.E., in a small kingdom just below the Himalayan foothills. His father was a chief of the Shakya clan. It is said that twelve years before his birth the brahmins…
ObituariesMagazine | In Transition
The Death of a Philosopher
Timothy Leary died on May 31, 1996. Timothy Leary died as he lived, in public. After announcing that he had inoperable prostate cancer, he held court at his Beverly Hills home, was feted at the Hog…
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
A High History of Buddhism
The war on at least one drug—the psychedelic variety—has been won. In place of the alchemicals that reigned supreme for a momentarily eternal moment, young would-be mind explorers now toke their way through a fractled marketplace…
Instructions to the Cook
A Zen Master's Lessons for Living a Life that Matters
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section
Confessions of a White Buddhist
Dharma, Diversity, and Race
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