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An introduction to our 25th anniversary special section
By The Editors
Contributors revisit cornerstone topics.
By The Editors
E. Ethelbert Miller interviews scholar Charles Johnson.
By E. Ethelbert Miller, Photograph by Zorn B. Taylor
And why it’s high time to break through it
By Mary Talbot
Two new perspectives
By Jeff Wilson, Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar
The Question: Tricycle asks nine teachers: how have your personal practice and community evolved over the past 25 years?
Introduction by Marie Scarles, Illustrations by Minette Lee Mangahas
Four teachers discuss the role of the dharma in today’s cultural climate.
By The EditorsAmerican Buddhism in 2016
Introduction by Matt Gesicki, Map by Dan Zigmond
Buddhism has reached the far corners of the globe. Here are just a few unexpected places that are playing host to thriving sanghas in 2016. Anchorage Zen Community Location: Anchorage, Alaska Date of Founding: 1986 Lineage: Soto Zen Head Teacher: Rev. Genmyo Zeedyk www.alaska-zen.org Casa Zen de Costa Rica Location: Santo Domingo de […]
By Matt Gesicki
A Buddhist chaplain at the bedside of a Catholic patient
By Robert Chodo Campbell
A gardener on managing our need to manage
By Leora Fridman, Artwork by Elizabeth B. Hoy
Leath Tonino interviews avalanche forecaster Jerry Roberts
By Leath Tonino
Sometimes a forbidden soak is just what you need—to find peace.
By Barbara Gates
Radio host Lex Hixon’s conversation with the American Zen pioneer
By Lex Hixon
Modern Buddhists often resist embracing ritual practice. But by working with our resistance, we can open ourselves to ritual’s liberatory potential.
By Anne C. KleinA selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
By Tricycle
A letter from Tricycle’s editor
By James ShaheenFeatured contributors include E. Ethelbert Miller, Leath Tonino, and Minette Lee Mangahas.
By The Editors
All the latest in Buddhist goings-on: books, news, and more
By Marie Scarles
Select wisdom from sources old and new
By The Editors
Q&A with Lhakpa Sherpa, who holds the women’s record for most Everest summits
By Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar
Can putting an end to the endless pursuit of becoming someone imbue our lives with meaning?
By Christina Feldman
The Buddhist concept that explains why you keep doing the same thing over and over—and the practice that shows you how to stop
By Ben Connelly
Douglas Penick interviews Lama Chopel.
By Douglas Penick, Photography by Tamas Szemann
Andrew Schelling on a new biography of Philip Whalen
By Andrew Schelling
Noelle Oxenhandler reviews the latest project of Zen priest Ruth Ozeki.
By Noelle Oxenhandler
In the tradition of Mary Oliver and David Whyte, Dick Allen’s Zen Master Poems (Wisdom Publications, August 2016, $14.00, 152 pp., paper) offers spiritual insights in lucid, seemingly effortless verse. Most poems in the collection are a page in length with short, four- or five-word lines, allowing each poem in the collection to function […]
By Matt Gesicki
Caitlin Van Dusen tries three meditation apps.
By Caitlin Van Dusen
Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life. ♦ Translated by Robert Aitken Roshi, © the estate of Robert Aitken Roshi. All rights reserved.
By Wumen Huikai
An excerpt from Tara Cottrell and Dan Zigmond’s new book Buddha’s Diet
By Dan Zigmond
Columnist Wendy Johnson uses a garden as a teaching tool to illustrate the eightfold path.
By Wendy Johnson
Andrew Olendzki on the verses of courtesan and poet Ambapali
By Andrew Olendzki