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Magazine | Letters to the Editor, The Conversation
Letters to the Editor
Our readers respond to Tricycle’s print and online stories.
Magazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Contributors include Sam Mowe and Rhonda Magee; cartoons from Barry Blitt; and photographs from Maria de la Guardia.
Magazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
Emphasis, Not Division
A letter from Tricycle’s editor, James Shaheen
Openings
How Korea’s “Twitter Monk” Mends Broken Hearts
In a country where Buddhism is on the decline, Zen priest Haemin Sunim has managed to reach millions.
Magazine | By the Numbers, Openings
Buddhism by the Numbers: South Korea
The number of South Korean Buddhists and Buddhist temples, the country's highest pagoda, the number of temples participating in Templestay, and more data on Buddhism in South Korea.
Magazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
A Pioneering Buddhist Studies Program Turns 40
The Western Buddhist landscape has been shaped in part by generations of alumni of Antioch University’s study abroad program in Bodhgaya, India.
Magazine | Openings, Visiting Teacher
Visiting Teacher: Tenku Ruff, Osho
Q&A with Tenku Ruff, Osho, a Zen priest in New York and president of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association.
Ask a Teacher
Justin von Bujdoss, a Buddhist teacher and the author of the upcoming Modern Tantric Buddhism, explains that retreats away aren’t necessary for spiritual development.
Toward a Thai Feminist Movement
A survivor of domestic violence seeks to reform Thai society by focusing on trauma, gender, and sexuality.
CultureMagazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
Little Tibet Welcomes a Little Bauhaus
A century after a German artistic movement's birth, its spirit finds a new home in Northern India.
MeditationMagazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
Mental Gladiators Clash in Meditation Deathmatch
Contestants square off and navigate distractions in an interactive installation to see who has the calmest mind.
CultureMagazine | Books, Openings
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing plus a book worth rereading
What We’re Listening To
Podcasts, a guided meditation, and music no Buddhist listener should miss
Turning Word
Dawa Tarchin Phillips, senior Buddhist teacher, author, researcher, and president and CEO of a mindful leadership training firm, talks about what Buddhist book has made a significant impact on his practice.
Architecture of Awakening
In bringing contemporary design to a Tibetan Buddhist center, an architect finds a foundation for his own practice.
Magazine | A Day in the Dharma, Openings
A Day in the Dharma: Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, abbot of the Bhavana Society in High View, West Virginia
An inside look at the daily activities of the monk behind Mindfulness in Plain English
CultureMagazine | Openings, The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Traveler in Philadelphia
The City of Brotherly Love is best known for its cheesesteak and the Liberty Bell, but the town’s hidden pockets of tranquility will surprise you.
Teachings
Magazine | In Brief, Teachings
In Brief
Select wisdom from sources old and new
Magazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
On Not Losing Heart
When we’re tempted to give up, a simple shift in perspective can remind us that everything we do matters.
Making the Invisible Visible
A law professor offers a practice to uncover our own biases and face the realities of racism.
Magazine | Teachings, What's in a Word?
What’s in a Word? Karma
The meaning of karma.
Features
Anger
How to recognize it, work with it, and even find wisdom in it.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Meeting the Friend She Always Knew
The goddess of compassion intervenes in the life of a longtime practitioner when her help is most needed.
Awakened by Beauty
A Zen priest and scholar considers the role of aesthetics in a renunciant tradition.
Spirits in Exile
Classically trained painter Tsherin Sherpa envisions the survival of a displaced Tibetan tradition.
The Buddhist Roots of Hatha Yoga
Purists discourage mixing traditions, but research reveals that the origins of one of today’s most popular Indian practices aren’t so clear-cut.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Circling Emptiness
Recalling his friendships with Norman Mailer and Samuel Beckett, a Zen student and writer grapples with a central Buddhist teaching.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Changed by Brightness
A new father’s pilgrimage to a sacred Japanese mountain inspires a meditation on awakening, parenthood, and what we pass on.
Tenzin Mariko: Tibetan Trailblazer
A former monk gains renown as one of the first openly transgender people in the Tibetan community, opening the door to acceptance.
IdeasMagazine | Books, Reviews
A More Human Nature
How together Eastern and Western philosophical traditions can create a richer map of the self
MeditationMagazine | Books, Reviews
The Mind Cure?
Three scholars on the mindfulness movement: what it gets right, what it gets wrong, and its surprising history.
Parting Words
Although the wind
Parting words from Izumi Shikibu