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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 | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
Two Truths About Us and Them
A letter from Tricycle’s editor
Magazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Featured contributors include Nichiren priest Myokei Caine-Barret, Shonin, Shin Buddhist minister Rev. Dr. Kenji Akahoshi, journalist Jihii Jolly, and scholar Charles Johnson.
Openings
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Openings
My Tiny Fraction of the World
An artist reflects on meditation during a time of isolation.
Magazine | A Day in the Dharma, Openings
A Day in the Dharma: Quarantine Edition
An inside look at how six Buddhist teachers are coping with the coronavirus quarantine
Magazine | By the Numbers, Openings
Buddhism by the Numbers: COVID-19
The number of funds raised by Dharma Relief to supply masks, the percentage of increased meditation app downloads, and more data around the Buddhist response to COVID-19
CultureMagazine | Give & Take, Openings
Give & Take with Musician Sonny Rollins
Lessons for living from one of jazz's all-time greats
Magazine | Openings, Visiting Teacher
Visiting Teacher: Bhante Buddharakkhita
Q&A with Bhante Buddharakkhita, a Buddhist monk and founder of the Uganda Buddhist Centre.
Turning Word
Tuere Sala, a guiding teacher at Seattle Insight Meditation Society and Capitol Hill Meditation Group, talks about what Buddhist book has made a significant impact on her practice.
Buddhists on Campus
Dharma groups at colleges and universities often serve as an introduction to life’s big questions.
CultureMagazine | Books, Openings
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing, plus a book worth rereading
CultureMagazine | Audio Dharma, Openings
What We’re Listening To
An album, podcast, and guided meditations that no Buddhist listener should miss
Magazine | Openings, The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Non-Traveler
See the world while staying at home
Teachings
MeditationMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Belonging in the Body
Granting ourselves permission to feel can help us find acceptance.
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Be a “See-It-All”
A brief teaching from a Buddhist author
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Melting into Freedom
A brief teaching from an Insight Meditation and Soto Zen teacher
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
A Swinging Door
A brief teaching from a Soto Zen master
MeditationMagazine | Practice, Teachings
Self-Care in an Uncertain World
Practices to help relieve fear and loneliness
Magazine | Buddhism for Beginners, Teachings
Practice Does Not Make Perfect
Tricycle’s free online source for newcomers explains Pure Land Buddhism’s bombu paradigm.
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
One Hundred Karmas
For the first time available in English, a collection of Tibetan teaching stories helps us see how modest acts can have major consequences.
TeachingsMagazine | Teachings, What's in a Word?
What’s in a Word? Parami
Our expert explains the meaning of parami.
Features
Embracing Extinction
Will Buddhism change to face humanity's impending peril?
Chanting as the Whole of Life
A Nichiren Buddhist priest explains the many approaches to reciting the sacred title “Namu-myoho-renge-kyo.”
May Our Grandchildren Break Free
A lesson on interconnection for the next generation
Shin Buddhism: A Path of Gratitude
Shifting your outlook from "please" to "thank you"
Liberating Impermanence
Even timeless teachings must meet each moment anew.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Execution of Daniel Lucas
A Buddhist chaplain tells the story of her friendship with a man on death row.
A Brush of Dharma
By painting thoughts on canvas, Leidy Churchman explores the subtleties of the conditioned self.
Why I Have a Mentor
A Soka Gakkai practitioner discusses why the mentor-disciple relationship is the bedrock of her faith and practice.
Inside the Translator’s Workbook
An exploration of Three Lines That Hit the Nail on the Head
Reviews
IdeasMagazine | Books, Reviews
Once She Was Grass
The gentle strength of Know My Name, a memoir by Chanel Miller
CultureMagazine | Film, Reviews
A Dance of Two Popes
A film about the Vatican offers a striking portrait of tensions at the heart of religious institutions today.
CultureMagazine | Art, Reviews
No-Self Portraits
How Buddhists D. T. Suzuki and John Cage influenced the art of Gerhard Richter
IdeasMagazine | Books, Reviews
Students of Mountains and Rivers
The new tradition of study emerging around one of Soto Zen’s foundational texts
Parting Words
heart sutra fragment 3
begun October 1, 2018 [for arthur mcgee, d. July 2018]