Death & Dying

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

Every Day Is a Bonus

Death is unavoidable. It might seem morbid to contemplate this truth, but doing so can fill our day-to-day life with more meaning and joy.

By Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche

Sep 13, 2018

Trike DailyPersonal Reflections

Old Age Is Not Guaranteed

Zen training talks a lot about death. But one practitioner found that it doesn’t necessarily prepare you to face your own.

By Natalie Goldberg

Jun 07, 2018

Trike DailyPersonal Reflections

Confronting Death and Dharma at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery

Can we shift our perspective on the reality of loss?

By Lauren Krauze

Jul 31, 2017

Trike DailyPersonal Reflections

Washing The Dishes, Waiting For Death

How finding moments of quiet among her daily tasks helped one writer prepare for her father’s death.

By Rachel Meyer

Jul 21, 2017

Does Dying Need to Be Traumatic?

How preparing for death while we’re still alive (and well) can prepare us to feel more liberated and less traumatized when the time of death comes.

By Lauren Krauze

Jun 26, 2017

Trike DailySociety & Environment

Turkey, Cranberry Sauce, Death

Zen priests and partners Robert Chodo Campbell and Koshin Paley Ellison talk about the importance of having meaningful conversations about what we want out of our life (and death).

By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar

Nov 23, 2016

Lucy Kalanithi to Speak About Death and Dying at Upcoming SFZC Panel

Getting ready for what we can all expect

By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar

Oct 28, 2016

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Daily wisdom, teachings & critique

Buddha Buzz Weekly: A Violent Buddhist Mob

Buddhist nationalists arrested over deadly anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka, a look at Ladakh’s ice stupas, and the Zen Center of Los Angeles gets a new abbot. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

By Karen Jensen and Matthew Abrahams

May 18, 2019

Magazine

The Buddhist Review

Arts & Culture

What is a Grammy to Laurie Anderson?

The avant-garde artist discusses her award-winning album, Landfall, and how her work and Buddhist practice have merged over time.

By Matthew Abrahams

Summer 2019

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

Nagarjuna’s Wisdom: The Middle Way

In his masterwork Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way, the ancient Indian philosopher Nagarjuna offered enduring lessons on the core Buddhist concepts of emptiness and dependent arising. In this series, Barry Kerzin, the Dalai Lama’s personal physician, guides us through Nagarjuna’s teachings that would eventually come to define the Mahayana tradition.

Barry Kerzin

May 2019

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Death & Dying

Trike Daily Teachings

Confronting Corpses

Trike Daily Body & Mind

Creating the New American Buddhist Funeral

Trike Daily Teachings

Every Day Is a Bonus

Trike DailyPersonal Reflections

Old Age Is Not Guaranteed

Trike DailyPersonal Reflections

Confronting Death and Dharma at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery

Trike DailyPersonal Reflections

Washing The Dishes, Waiting For Death

Trike Daily

Does Dying Need to Be Traumatic?

Trike DailySociety & Environment

Turkey, Cranberry Sauce, Death

Trike DailyBody & Mind

Lucy Kalanithi to Speak About Death and Dying at Upcoming SFZC Panel