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Silence in the Pagoda
After years of monastic collapse under the oppressive Khmer Rouge, Buddhist monkhood is emerging with renewed strength in Cambodia.
This Is Your Brain On Zen
Zenshin Michael Haederle looks inside the meditating mind.
Do Less, Accomplish More
Marc Lesser on how to let go of the 5 things that waste your time
I-Me-Mine
Neurologist and longtime Zen practitioner, James Austin, explains the self-defeating nature of human ego.
THANX 4 NOTHING
On my 70th Birthday in 2006
Departments
Letters to the Editor Fall 2009
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
Room for Everyone
A letter from Tricycle’s editor, James Shaheen
Fall 2009 Contributors
Featured contributors include Laura Fraser and Rollo Romig.
Time Revisited
See the bigger picture
How a Tomato Opened My Mind
Trying new things
Taking a Stand
The importance of healthy boundaries
Don’t Get Mad, Don’t Get Even
Even a moment of anger can be terribly damaging.
When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Bites
A mosquito helps find clarity in discomfort
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | My View
Sitting Practice Redux
A meditator reflects on falling out of practice—and finding a way back.
Prime Time Buddhism
Dutch filmmaker Babeth VanLoo brings the dharma to TV.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | What Does Being A Buddhist Mean To You
What Does Being a Buddhist Mean to You?
Re: Sex
MeditationMagazine | Dharma Talk
Disconnect the Dots
Cynthia Thatcher explores the teachings on happiness that the Buddha gave to Bahiya.
MeditationMagazine | Dharma Talk
Basic Insight Meditation Instructions
Practice the Bahiya teachings by observing the tactile sensation of motion.
MeditationMagazine | Into Practice
The Problem with Meditation Instructions
On how we can add flexibility and choice to a meditation practice that has become rigid and restrictive
The Likably Unlikely Monk
The Cambodian monk Maha Ghosananda was a world-famous humanitarian; he was also quite the character. Two years after Maha Ghosananda’s death, Andrew Cooper reflects on a friendship that was sometimes dizzying but always dear.
Topping the Charts for Freedom
Ani Choying Drolma, Nepal’s famous “singing nun,” speaks about childhood abuse, the joys of doing good, and her Top Ten hit as a recording artist.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Interview
Beyond Religion
One of the West’s leading teachers of Shin Buddhism speaks about his own path to Shinran’s way of true entrusting.
Keeping Zen Alive
Sean Murphy reports on the annual conference of the West’s largest Zen teacher network.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | On Gardening
Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage-Lifter Tomato
The summer fruit’s past lives as love potion and nightshade poison
TeachingsMagazine | Thus Have I Heard
Appearance and Reality
The Buddha's radical teachings on consciousness
The Joy of Mindful Cooking
Laura Fraser on practicing awareness in the kitchen
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Essay
Jungle Beast
On a tour of the wilderness where the Buddha once wandered, SANDY BOUCHER learns that there’s more to the forest than peaceful contemplation.
An Inconvenient Buddhist
A truth-teller’s vision for an interdependent world
Olden Boy
A monk’s journey to find the reincarnation of his beloved teacher
Making a Mahayana Movie
Tricycle speaks with Israeli filmmaker Nati Baratz, the director of Unmistaken Child.
Eden on the Steppes
An aristocrat's quest for Buddhist redemption
Books in Brief
What is Buddhism? While the diversity of Buddhist schools of thought make it all but impossible to encapsulate the tradition in one book, the new collectionBUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY: ESSENTIAL READINGS (Oxford University Press, 2009, $24.95 paper, 480…
What I’m Reading: Noelle Oxenhandler
Fima Amos Oz (Mariner Books, 1994, 336 pp., $14.00 paper) “Fima got out of bed in his sweaty underwear, opened his shutters a crack, and looked out at the beginning of a winter day in Jerusalem.”…
What I’m Reading: Fall 2009
Together Under One Roof: Making a Home of the Buddha’s Household Lin Jensen (Wisdom Publications, 2008, 288 pp., $16.95 paper) Bad Dog! A Memoir of Love, Beauty, and Redemption in Dark Places Lin Jensen (Wisdom Publications,…
The Barbarian Has No Beard
