The Dharma of Distraction
Following an ADHD diagnosis, a writer and practitioner reframes her relationship with stillness.
Personal Reflections
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Letter from the Editor
Pay Attention
A letter from Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
What Is the Shape of My Life?
Before you realize it, the present moment eclipses future unknowns—and that’s OK.
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The Impasse
A Western practitioner confronts his devotional limits.
The Bodhisattva’s Illness and the World’s Cure
A Nichiren teacher invokes the Vimalakirti Sutra in a reflection on using one’s suffering as a means of liberation.
I See Dead People . . . or Maybe I Don’t
A Soto Zen priest on hungry ghosts, visitations, and the overlapping nature of the Bardo Thodol and the Shobogenzo
The Refuge of Place
An unexpected encounter in the redwoods leads a writer to reevaluate his assumptions about the divide between himself and the outside world.
The Art of Mindfulness
A dharma teacher and pilgrimage leader recounts his first time visiting India's historic Buddhist sites with the late Thich Nhat Hanh.
‘On the Joy of Otherness’
Professor and novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen on death, writing, and finding lightness in the multiplicity of self
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