Sallie Jiko Tisdale

Sallie Jiko Tisdale is a lay dharma teacher at Dharma Rain Zen Center, and a dharma heir of Kyogen Carlson. She is the author of Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying and The Lie About the Truck: Survivor, Reality TV, and the Endless Gaze.

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

The Samsara of Survivor

Zen teacher and writer Sallie Tisdale reflects on what the reality show, now concluding its 41st season, can teach us about perception, performance, and structured reality.

By Sallie Jiko Tisdale

Dec 15, 2021

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

The Endless Gaze: Mirrors, Cameras, Binge-Watching and Making a Scene

In an excerpt from her new book, The Lie About the Truck, Sallie Tisdale depicts self-consciousness as the human condition.

By Sallie Jiko Tisdale

Oct 19, 2021

Trike Daily History & Philosophy

Is There a Buddhist View on Abortion?

Lay dharma teacher Sallie Jiko Tisdale shares her insight

By Sallie Jiko Tisdale

Oct 08, 2021

Magazine Teachings

When Ghosts Come Back to Haunt Us

The rite of feeding hungry ghosts reminds us that good deeds cannot undo past karma, but we can still turn things around.

A talk by Kyogen Carlson, edited by Sallie Jiko Tisdale

Fall 2021

Magazine Society & Environment

Doulas at the Other End of Life

Caregivers are there when we’re born. Now they guide us through our final days.

By Sallie Jiko Tisdale | Photographs by Joshua Bright

Spring 2021

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

Alone on the Bodhisattva Path

Palliative care nurse and writer Sallie Tisdale reflects on the compassionate vow to save all beings in a time of physical isolation.

By Sallie Jiko Tisdale

Apr 06, 2020

photo of a dog sitting in tall grass for story on buddhism and pet euthanasia

Magazine Personal Reflections

A Life in Her Hands

Without clear moral guidelines, the author struggles with her pet’s failing health.

By Sallie Jiko Tisdale

Spring 2020

Magazine Body & Mind

Travel Guide to the End of Life

An interview with Sallie Tisdale, death and dying educator

By Sallie Jiko Tisdale

Summer 2018

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

The Sutra of Maggots and Blowflies

How do we extend compassion to flies and other creatures who do not look like us?

By Sallie Jiko Tisdale

May 23, 2016

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Dec 2021

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