Working with Pain

image of a female head from behind, bent over; buddhism and chronic pain

More than This Body

We can’t rid ourselves of bodily pain, but by changing how we relate to it, we can awaken our minds.

By Ezra Bayda

Jun 25, 2018

The Sound of One Hand Healing

After breaking his hand, a physician gets a dose of present moment medicine.

By Robert J. Abramson

Aug 23, 2017

Trying Not to Itch

A nightmarish retreat ends with a lesson in compassion toward oneself—and a doctor’s appointment.

By Shin Yu Pai

Feb 20, 2015

Swamp Marigold

Sick and on the fringe, writer and mother Elizabeth Bastos looks to nature to find hope while living with chronic pain.

By Elizabeth Bastos

Dec 17, 2013

The Real Stuff

Sitting with Pain

By Cator Shachoy

Feb 06, 2013

A Real Pain in the Butt

Some hard facts about sitting, the sciatic nerve, aging, and your pelvis

By Cator Shachoy

Feb 04, 2013

Looking Back

Tricycle's Interview with Darlene Cohen

By Tricycle

Oct 16, 2012

Trike DailyPersonal Reflections

Growing Up Buddhist: Fish Sticks

One day, when I was about five or six years old, my brother Jon had just finished cooking fish sticks in the oven. The oven door had been opened and the fish sticks were.

By Tricycle

May 12, 2010

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Buddha Buzz Weekly: Ancient Buddhist City Becomes World Heritage Site

UNESCO approves Myanmar’s Buddhist temple city of Bagan, Uighur and Tibetan advocates among survivors of religious persecution at Trump meeting, and China sends a warning to India over Dalai Lama’s reincarnation. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

By Karen Jensen

Jul 21, 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

Turning Turmoil into Clarity

In Vajrayana practice, negative and positive emotions, broken down into five types, are two sides of the same coin; when purified, negative emotions transform into their enlightened form. Karla Jackson-Brewer shows us how to nourish Tibetan Buddhism’s empowered feminine principle to put this transformation into effect.

Karla Jackson-Brewer

Jul 2019

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Working with Pain

Trike Daily Body & Mind

More than This Body

Trike Daily Body & Mind

The Sound of One Hand Healing

Trike Daily Body & Mind

Trying Not to Itch

Trike DailyBody & Mind

Swamp Marigold

Trike DailyBody & Mind

The Real Stuff

Trike DailyBody & Mind

A Real Pain in the Butt

Trike Daily

Looking Back

Trike DailyPersonal Reflections

Growing Up Buddhist: Fish Sticks