Death & Dying

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

Is Ram Dass Still Here Now?

A friend of the late spiritual teacher recounts their conversations on life and death.

By Rameshwar Das

Jan 12, 2021

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

My Phone Call With Mortality

Reflections on cancer diagnosis, fear, and gratitude

By Douglas Penick

Dec 07, 2020

How to Mourn 2020

In a year of overwhelming loss, there’s no one right way to grieve.

By Claire B. Willis and Marnie Crawford Samuelson

Oct 12, 2020

Aging Is Reality

Although I studied Buddhism as a young man, it wasn’t until I reached the later years of my life that I truly understood the Buddha’s first encounters with old age, sickness, and death.

By Lewis Richmond

Sep 02, 2020

Abandoning the Grandmother

Ubasute, the mythical Japanese practice of leaving an older relative to die on a mountain, speaks to society’s troubling attitudes toward aging.

Interview with Edward Drott by Karen Jensen

Aug 26, 2020

Emptiness and Filling Out Forms: A Practical Approach to Death

Dying with compassion means having a plan in place for those left behind. A practitioner recounts how she navigated the process with her dharma friends.

By Rena Graham

Jul 17, 2019

What We Can Discover in the Dark Unknown

Exploring our fear of the dark can reveal truths about death and what comes after.

By Andrew Holecek

Jun 28, 2019

Confronting Corpses

In some Thai hospitals, Buddhists can observe autopsies to contemplate death. A Thai Forest monk explains the power of this practice.

By Ajahn Sumedho

Apr 25, 2019

Portrait of Amy Cunningham, an advocate of at-home funerals

Creating the New American Buddhist Funeral

How the at-home death movement can provide a dignified, personal, and meaningful send-off (whether we’re Buddhists or not).

By Julia Hirsch

Jan 16, 2019

Trike Daily

Daily wisdom, teachings & critique

Buddha Buzz Weekly: Buddhist Caves Attract Coronavirus Researchers

Scientists search for the origins of COVID-19 at bat-filled Buddhist grottoes in Thailand, the Indian village where Kamala Harris’s grandfather was born celebrates the inauguration, and a Shingon priest publishes his stunning bug photography. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

By Emily DeMaioNewton and Karen Jensen

Jan 23, 2021

Magazine

The Buddhist Review

Society & Environment

Broadening the Field of Buddhist Studies

Colleges continue to offer courses in languages while expanding to reach new audiences in different disciplines.

By Emily DeMaioNewton

Winter 2020

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

The Art of Somatic Mindfulness

Lama Willa Blythe Baker helps us access the body’s wisdom through an exploration of the four layers of embodiment: the physical, energetic, mental, and integrative. These layers are increasingly subtle, and Lama Miller explains how we can develop our awareness as we attune to them. By learning to listen more closely to our bodies, we can open our hearts and liberate our minds, opening the door to a deeper engagement with the world.

Lama Willa Blythe Baker

Jan 2021

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Death & Dying

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

Is Ram Dass Still Here Now?

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

My Phone Call With Mortality

Trike Daily Teachings

How to Mourn 2020

Trike DailyTeachings

Aging Is Reality

Trike Daily

Abandoning the Grandmother

Trike DailyBody & Mind

Emptiness and Filling Out Forms: A Practical Approach to Death

Trike DailyTeachings

What We Can Discover in the Dark Unknown

Trike DailyTeachings

Confronting Corpses

Trike DailyBody & Mind

Creating the New American Buddhist Funeral