Sutras

Sutta Study: Yokes

The Yoga Sutta explains how we burden ourselves with our own attachments.

By Peter Doobinin

May 19, 2018

Sutta Study: Course of Action

The Thana Sutta looks at how to cultivate skillful action that leads us away from suffering.

By Peter Doobinin

Apr 07, 2018

The Buddha’s Original Teachings on Mindfulness

The Satipatthana Sutta, from the Pali canon, outlines some of the Buddha’s first instructions in establishing mindful awareness.

Translation and introduction by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Mar 05, 2018

Direct and Gradual

The Platform Sutra tells the story of how, after a split in the sangha, the Northern school sends a spy to steal teachings from its southern counterpart.

By Master Huineng

Aug 31, 2014

Returning to the Buddhist Past Through the Tale of Genji

On Tuesday, I posted an announcement about a new translation of the Lotus Sutra. I thought it would be interesting to take a moment to peer back into the past and see how this.

By Tricycle

Dec 19, 2008

An Important New Translation of the Complete Lotus Sutra

Buddhism’s history in America began in 1844, when Unitarian Elizabeth Palmer Peabody translated a section of the Lotus Sutra into English for the Transcendentalist journal The Dial. Since then there have been a number.

By Tricycle

Dec 17, 2008

Trike Daily

Daily wisdom, teachings & critique

Grateful for Nothing

When things are going well, it’s easy to take for granted all of the unfortunate events that didn’t happen.

By Gregg Krech

Jun 19, 2018

Magazine

The Buddhist Review

Society & Environment

What Wild Wild Country Missed

In following the “true crime” model, the Netflix documentary sidesteps larger spiritual questions and the historical import of the countercultural movement.

By Curtis White

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

Practicing with Zen Koans in Your Everyday Life

Our intellects can help us surmise that one plus one equals two, or that we need a key to start the engine of our car, but in the face of existential questions, ordinary understanding comes to a screeching halt. Master Bon Yeon (Jane Dobisz), the guiding teacher of the Cambridge Zen Center, says that koan practice begins in these “don’t know” spaces—the questions we can’t rationalize or figure out.

Zen Master Bon Yeon

Jun 2018

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Sutras

Trike Daily Teachings

Sutta Study: Yokes

Trike Daily Teachings

Sutta Study: Course of Action

Trike Daily

The Buddha’s Original Teachings on Mindfulness

Trike DailyTeachings

Direct and Gradual

Trike Daily

Returning to the Buddhist Past Through the Tale of Genji

Trike Daily

An Important New Translation of the Complete Lotus Sutra