Don’t Be Afraid to Indulge in Happy Thoughts
In his Dharma Talk on right effort, Theravada monk Bhante Sanathivahari explains how to replace and protect ourselves from unwholesome states in the mind.
Eightfold Path
Reflections on the Eightfold Path
In an excerpt from Tricycle’s newest online course, “Reimagining the Eightfold Path,” Stephen Batchelor describes why the path metaphor is so powerful and how we might approach this foundational Buddhist teaching today.
Personal Reflections Eightfold Path
Cultivating Healthy Embarrassment
In a recent episode of Tricycle Talks, Zen teacher Koshin Paley Ellison lays out the distinction between toxic shame and healthy embarrassment.
Exploring What Is
Buddhism advises us to accept everything in our experience, pleasant and unpleasant, as our own. One practitioner on using the Buddha’s first teachings as a lodestar during the frightening uncertainty of aging.
How to Practice Right Speech Anywhere, Anytime, and With Anyone
And why right speech begins with good listening
What Is Right View?
When the Buddha defined views as “wrong” or “right,” he was not presenting a dogmatic or moralistic way of looking at the world, but rather pointing out that certain views lead to the end of suffering.
Why Right Livelihood Isn’t Just About Your Day Job
In our messy and entangled world, it is impossible to separate what we do for a living from the larger system that makes living possible.
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