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Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
A Life Too Long
One family's journey through the labyrinth of modern medicine's war on death
Real Enough
Zen teacher Robert Chodo Campbell and Koshin Paley Ellison talk with poet Nick Flynn
Culture, Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Consider the Seed
Reflecting on our cosmic origins, a wayward monk shows us how nature demands that we grow.
What Changes?
Psychotherapy, Buddhism, and a sense of boundless support
The Hidden Lamp
The illuminating wisdom of awakened women
Sex in the Sangha . . . Again
Four teachers discuss the systemic issues that have led to sexual abuse in Buddhist communities
Departments
Featured Contributors Fall 2013
Contributors include Katy Butler and Eugene Richards.
Letters to the Editor Fall 2013
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
The Great Matter
A letter from Tricycle’s editor, James Shaheen
Get Intimate with Your Emotions
If you want more joy, get as intimate as possible with all of your emotions, illuminating and honoring the basic energy of each one. There is a kind of joy that sooner or later emerges from…
Your Best
The best learning is realizing the truth of no-self. The best discipline is taming your mindstream. The best excellence is to have great altruism. The best instruction is the constant observation of your mind. The best…
Rain, the Snow, and Moon
Every day, priests minutely examine the Law And endlessly chant complicated sutras. Before doing that, though, they should learn How to read the love letters sent by the wind and rain, the snow and…
Cutting the Threads
Select wisdom from sources old and new
The Best Possible Habit
Select wisdom from sources old and new
Flowing Feelings
Acceptance-based inner awareness is not a practice to put off, any more than breathing, sleeping, or consuming nourishment.
Tuning the Mind
When I look at relationships, my own and others, I see a whole range of reasons we get together and ways we interact. Some are transactional, but the deeper impulse of every human relationship is to…
A Contemplation
I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore. ♦ From Teachings of a Buddhist Monk, © 1990/2001 Ajahn Sumedho. Reprinted by permission of Buddhist Publishing Group. www.buddhistpublishing.com.
CultureMagazine | Spotlight On
Miya Ando
A profile of an emerging New York artist
An Interview with Sebene Selassie
Q&A with the Executive Director of the New York Insight Meditation Center
MeditationMagazine | Dharma Talk
Uselessness
The koan of just sitting
“It’s Just Who We Are”
Sold into sex slavery as a child, Somaly Mam rose to become one of the most prominent and effective advocates for girls suffering the same fate today
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Living in the Dharma
Okay As It Is, Okay As You Are
A conversation with Merle Kodo Boyd, founder of the Lincroft Zen Sangha
What Are You Meditating For?
Letting go of getting anywhere with your practice
They Eat Puppies, Don’t They?
Superpower dogfight
A Tale for the Time Being
The Eternal Now
Dunhuang
The cradle of Chinese Buddhism
Books in Brief Fall 2013
Tricycle takes a quick look at the latest in Buddhist publications this season.
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Back Roads to Far Towns
Parting words from Bobby Byrd
Tricycle Talks: A Life Too Long
An interview with author Katy Butler
CultureMagazine | Web Exclusive
Tricycle Talks: Buddhism & Psychotherapy
An Interview with Mark Epstein
Consider the Seed: Behind the Art
A video behind-the-scenes with the artist and photographer.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Web Exclusive
A Mindfulness of Thinking Meditation Practice
September Online Retreat Preview
Columns
Recipe Impossible
Bidding farewell to the Kingdom of Bhutan
Food with the Farmer’s Face
Sowing seeds of community-supported agriculture
Answering the Call
The beauty that wills us on
Thoughts Are Not the Enemy
The art of open meditation
Ten Billion Moments
… and each an opportunity
“You Deserve Your Love and Affection”
"Nope, I didn't say that" —The Buddha
How to Practice with God
One teacher's faith in the underlying reality of the universe