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Pay Attention
A letter from Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
CultureMagazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Featured contributors for the Winter 2025 issue of Tricycle include Anay Ngawang Chodak, Zim Pickens, and Sayadaw U Tejaniya.
Openings
Don’t-Know Mind
Buddhist chaplain Sharon Lukert discusses navigating the bardo of cognitive decline.
Writing in Exile
An excerpt of a conversation between Bhuchung D. Sonam and Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing
CultureMagazine | Audio Dharma
What We’re Listening To
A dharma talk, video, and two podcasts to enhance your Buddhist practice
TeachingsMagazine | Visiting Teacher
Visting Teacher: Haemin Sunim
Q&A with Haemin Sunim, the founder of the School for Broken Hearts in Seoul, a nonprofit that provides group counseling and meditation
CultureMagazine | The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Traveler in Stockholm
From fjords to the four noble truths in Sweden’s capital
CultureMagazine | On Haiku, Openings
To Go, to Move, to Lie Down
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge uses the season word “blanket” as a powerful symbol of dislocation.
CultureMagazine | By the Numbers
Buddhism By the Numbers: Sweden
Buddhist stats from "The Elongated Country"
CultureMagazine | Sacred Sites
The Lady Buddha Atop Monkey Mountain
Vietnam’s tallest Buddha statue
Teachings
Foundations of Niguma Yoga
A starter guide for a once-secret tradition
TeachingsMagazine | Meet a Teacher
Meet a Teacher: Joshin Byrnes
Baking enlightenment with Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk
The Four Limitless Thoughts
How to open your heart for the benefit of all beings
Smile to Ourselves
Two teachers from the Plum Village tradition teach us how to be present and enjoy our own being.
The Five Skandhas: Form
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
The Earth Element
A samadhi meditation for grounding ourselves
Practicing Real Love
Thich Nhat Hanh offers a brief teaching on romantic relationships and cultivating a real love that transcends the bond between two.
Away with Certainty
A meditation and yoga teacher expounds on the power of an open mind.
What Is Right Speech?
Speaking skillfully can save others from harm and ourselves from embarrassment.
Features
“Happens to the Heart”
Leonard Cohen imparts wisdom on a fellow priest while they care for their dying teacher.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine |
The Impasse
A Western practitioner confronts his devotional limits.
The Dilemmas of Digital Samsara
Should we unsubscribe? Or stay logged in for the benefit of all users?
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
What Is the Shape of My Life?
Before you realize it, the present moment eclipses future unknowns—and that’s OK.
A World Within
Find serenity and stillness in Anay Ngawang Chodak’s contemporary Tibetan paintings.
A Return to the Soil
Honoring the legacy of the great ecologist and feminist activist Joanna Macy (1929–2025)
Mindfulness Is a Lifestyle Change
Retreats are easy—the real work begins when you get home
Serving the Dharma
Rev. Jikai Tyler Dehn on the history of Tendai Buddhism and its founder
The Attack of Mara
Why the temptation of the Buddha captures our imagination
Reviews
Midcentury Zen
Rediscovering D. T. Suzuki’s lectures at Columbia University
In Search of the Snow Leopard
A new biography traces the lifelong pilgrimage of the novelist and Zen teacher Peter Matthiessen.
When You Are You, Zen Is Zen
A new collection reveals Shunryu Suzuki’s quiet clarity and subtle teachings.
When Zazen Was No Longer Possible
Uchiyama Roshi’s return to chanting in his final years
Parting Words
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
The Serene Mirror
A poem by Nguyen Thieu