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

Trike Daily

Daily wisdom, teachings & critique

Less is More

The fewer things you think about at any given time, the more you’ll see right here, right now.

By Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Sep 24, 2018

Magazine

The Buddhist Review

You Are What You Read

As the dharma is made relatable to modern Western culture, do Buddhism’s foundational texts risk becoming obsolete?

By Gabriel Lefferts

Fall 2018

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

Waking Up by Breaking Down Barriers

Meditation can be painful. Especially if it’s practiced for long hours in a Zen retreat. But that’s not why Rinzai Zen teacher Genki Roshi once described meditation to his student Kurt Spellmeyer as “dying on the cushion.” In this series, Spellmeyer, now a Zen priest, takes a closer look at what exactly “dies” on the cushion—our sense of self, the death of which allows us to exist in perpetual harmony with the surrounding world. When meditative insight rids the self of barriers, what remains is an open gate of awareness and communication.

Kurt Spellmeyer

Sep 2018

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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