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Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
After the Monastery
A reconciliation story
The Happiness Metric
Bhutan’s experiment in turning principle into policy
The Unfamiliar Familiar
Learning to see the world anew
Brain Karma
Is delusion hardwired?
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
White Trash Buddhist
Do you have to break the bank to break into the upper middle way? A Kentucky native shows us what practice looks like on minimum wage.
Departments
Brief Teachings
Select wisdom from sources old and new
Featured Contributors Fall 2014
Contributors include Brent R. Oliver, Eido Frances, and G.M.B. Akash
Letters to the Editor Fall 2014
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
A Fresh Look
A letter from Tricycle’s editor, James Shaheen
CultureMagazine | Brief Teachings
A Full Load of Moonlight
Ten Stanzas Written on Cloud-Shrouded Terrace (No. 6) Sitting upright at the foot of clouds, too lazy to lift my head, I have no more dharma words for the Chan practitioners. Everything under the sun makes…
What to Do When the Anger Gets Hot
Americans think it is beneficial to “get in touch with” their anger. That’s just the first step—recognizing your anger. The second step is analyzing and meditating on your anger. The tradition to which I belong [Gelugpa]…
The Single Thing
“I don’t envision a single thing that, when undeveloped, leads to such great harm as the mind. The mind, when undeveloped, leads to great harm.” “I don’t envision a single…
MeditationMagazine | Brief Teachings
The Chaos Under the Hood
Chaos is the mind of the self, of selfing, of unconscious habit patterns run wild. The mind of chaos is what is referred to in Buddhism as dukkha, or suffering. It is a chronically stressed mind,…
No Magic, No Miracle
Purify your mind. This is how you can help society; this is how you can stop harming others and start helping them. When you work for your own liberation, you will find that you have also…
Being Held by the Dharma
There’s no switch that turns on enlightenment. You move toward it with your effort. It’s an effort that might be unrecognizable to those who think “effort” means trying hard. You have to try soft—to be curious…
CultureMagazine | Brief Teachings
Mercy
My throat is a clenched fire, an arson’s match. All day long I have watched a huge porcupine like a pile of coal or a burnt stump move about the yard in the cold rain eating…
An Interview with Mel & Patricia Ziegler
Q&A with the founders of Banana Republic
CultureMagazine | Spotlight On
Will Horowitz
“To cook is to immerse ourselves in the cycle of life.” So says Will Horowitz, the executive chef and owner of Ducks Eatery in Manhattan. Ducks specializes in heritage techniques: culinary traditions passed down by cultures…
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk
No One Special to Be
Escaping the prison of your own self-image
The Embodied Mind
An interview with philosopher Evan Thompson
The Way of Ryokan
A daily morning ceremony to invite strength, tranquility, and wisdom into your life throughout the week
Soothing the Hot Coals of Rage
How to use body awareness to transform anger into wisdom
Divine Play
The transgressive filmmaking of Khyentse Norbu
Broken Buddhas
The sculptures of Matthew Monahan
Books in Brief Fall 2014
The latest in Buddhist publishing
CultureMagazine | Parting Shot
Seeing Buddha: A Photographic Journey
When I first began talking about this project, many people asked me, quite reasonably, whether I was a Buddhist. The answer to that question is not so simple: both “yes” and “no” and neither “yes” nor…
Columns
Yehuda Ben-Yehuda’s Famous Spinach Pie
A classic from the culinary lineage of a Buddhist foodie
The Loneliest Road in America
Zen and the art of motorcycle riding
Get Meditating, Houston!
A look at the country's first pop-up meditation hall
The Mindfulness Wedge
Handle with care
We are what we think
"I never said that!” —the Buddha
The Four Immeasurables
How to deepen equanimity, love, compassion, and joy.
Seventeen Syllable Medicine
Haiku and the great matter