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The Essence of Absence
Smell is the most ephemeral of the sense and the most evocative. For Buddhists, it's a lesson in awakening. For fragrance guru Joel Leonard, it's a way of life.
Meditator’s Toolbox
21 tips to power your practice.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Art of Reality
Bruce Wagner remembers the "simple but not easy" lessons of his teacher, Carlos Castaneda
Washing Out Emptiness
In our own impermanent bodies, we face our deepest fears and aversions. Drawing on Dogen's writings and her personal experience as a nurse, Sallie Tisdale challenges us not to look away, but to practice in this…
Departments
God Cannot Be Great
But what about Buddha?
Surviving the Dragon
Interview with Arjia Rinpoche
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Full Body, Empty Mind
Will Johnson explains that by turning our awareness to the full range of physical sensations, the body becomes a doorway to awakening.
Being True Love
Sasaki Roshi, a founding father of American Zen, turns one hundred.
Free Expression
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on his paintings, natural creativity, and the art of living a sane life
Open Up
Prescriptions for a connected life
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Pop Dharma
Japan's Warhol goes Buddhist with a new body of work.
MeditationMagazine | Dharma Talk
Love Is All Around
Recognizing the unconditional love in our lives. Includes two guided meditations.
Think Not Thinking
Try it. According to Brad Warner, it’s not as hard as they say.
To Speech
This first, this last:there’s nothing you wouldn’t say. Unshockable inclusion your most pure nature,and so you are like an iron pot—whatever’s put in, it holds. We think it’s the fire that…
Books In Brief: Fall 2007
THE SOUND OF SILENCE: THE SELECTED TEACHINGS OF AJAHN SUMEDHO Wisdom Publications, 2007 400 pp.; $16.95 (paper) Teachings from Ajahn Sumedho, a popular American-born teacher and founder of the first Theravada monastic community in the West,…
Letters to the Editor Fall 2007
Transgender Bias Pagan Kennedy’s account of Michael Dillon’s quest to become a Buddhist monk (“Man-Made Monk,” Summer 2007), and the bigotry he encountered, hits a tender spot in me. In 2005, having studied Buddhism for ten…
Inaction Film
Getting serious with silence
No Satisfaction
Ayya Khema explains why we won't find what we're looking for.
Simply Stop
Thich Nhat Hanh elucidates the no-frills wisdom of 9th-century Chinese Zen teacher Master Linji, founder of the Rinzai school of Zen.
Buddhism for the Beach
Searching for the next Dalai Lama
IdeasMagazine | Sangha Spotlight
Coming Home
An outreach organization helps veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars piece their lives back together.
TeachingsMagazine | Give & Take
Zen Basics
Harada Sekkei Roshi offers clear answers to life's big questions.
The Sensualist
Mira Tweti recounts the remarkable life of Zen pioneer Alan Watts.
Bite-Sized Buddhism
Pema Chödrön comments on three slogans from the Tibetan lojong, or “mind-training,” teachings.
Buddhism: For Adults Only?
“How did you come to Buddhism?” It’s a question I’ve asked plenty of Buddhists I’ve met over the years. People often answer that they came to Buddhism because they felt their churches or synagogues had lost…
Caution: Zen At Work
Meditation at street level
Dharma Family Values
Or, Why American Buddhism must change or die
Contributors Fall 2007
Novelist Bruce Wagner’s essay on the influential author and spiritual guide Carlos Castaneda, “The Art of Reality,” appears in this issue. “When the opportunity unexpectedly presented itself to contribute something toTricycle, the notion of writing about…
MeditationMagazine | On Retreat
Mindful Yoga
A leading-edge program integrates Buddhist meditation with classical yoga training.
Remembering Alan Watts
Alan Watts (1915-1973) is still a source of fascination for the Buddhist and non-Buddhist world alike.
