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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
The 2,500-Year Argument
A letter from Tricycle’s editor
Magazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Featured contributors include artist and activist Mayumi Oda, author Daniel Goleman, American painter Frederick Foster, and translator Stephen Mitchell.
Openings
Finding Clarity and Connection
A Q&A with meditator poet Diego Perez (Yung Pueblo)
Magazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
White House Hosts Its First Vesak
On May 26, the White House for the first time hosted a celebration of Vesak, a holiday commemorating the Buddha’s birthday, death, and enlightenment. The event—organized by Wangmo Dixey, president of the International Buddhist Association of…
Home Defined by Those Who Have Lost Home
A Tibetan poet’s latest collection documents the gaps in her nation’s history.
Magazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
Amazon Tells Tired Workers to Meditate
In a new initiative, Amazon is inviting employees to calm their minds while their bodies are worked to the bone. The company, widely criticized for its grueling working conditions, has installed meditation kiosks in its warehouses…
Magazine | A Day in the Dharma, Openings
A Day in the Dharma with Josh Korda, the guiding teacher of Dharma Punx NYC
An inside look at the daily life of a Buddhist teacher and pastoral counselor
Magazine | Openings, Visiting Teacher
Visiting Teacher: B. Alan Wallace
A Q&A with B. Alan Wallace, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher, scholar, translator, and author
Turning Word
Author and meditation teacher Andrew Holecek talks about a Buddhist book that made a significant impact on his practice.
CultureMagazine | On Haiku, Openings
The Precipice Within
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge captures the existential vertigo of 2021.
Magazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
Temple Sets Record with 330,000 Candles
Monks at a temple on the outskirts of Bangkok lit 330,000 candles on Earth Day 2021, setting the Guinness World Record for largest burning image, according to Agence France-Presse. The candles, arranged around the Dhammakaya Temple’s…
Improvising Faith
How Buddhist jazz musician Dan Blake uses music to fight the climate crisis
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing, plus a book worth rereading
CultureMagazine | Audio Dharma, Openings
What We’re Listening To
Two podcast episodes, an album, and a guided practice that no Buddhist listener should miss
CultureMagazine | Openings, The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Traveler in Houston
Known for its energy industry and NASA, the Bayou City offers plenty of opportunities to find peace of mind.
Teachings
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
When Ghosts Come Back to Haunt Us
The rite of feeding hungry ghosts reminds us that good deeds cannot undo past karma, but we can still turn things around.
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Suffering Is Fertile Soil
A brief teaching from a Buddhist nun in the Plum Village tradition
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Loss Doesn’t Need to Be Feared
A brief teaching from a grief expert
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Be Kind, Not Just Nice
A brief teaching from a meditation teacher
TeachingsMagazine | Practice, Teachings
Embodying the Healing Mother
You don’t need perfect parents to connect with the wisdom of Mother Tara.
TeachingsMagazine | Pocket Paramis, Teachings
Pocket Paramis: Renunciation, Nekkhamma
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
Magazine | Meet a Teacher, Teachings
Meet a Teacher: Rev. Blayne Higa
Resident minister at the Kona Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, established in 1897
Magazine | Teachings, What's in a Word?
What’s in a Word? Jhāna
Our expert discusses its meaning and practice.
TeachingsMagazine | Buddhism for Beginners, Teachings
Who Is Jizo?
The bodhisattva who protects travelers on Earth and the realms of the dead
Features
Music, Meditation, Painting—and Dreaming
A conversation with Philip Glass and Fredericka Foster
Helpless, Not Hopeless
Embracing interdependence as our hidden common ground is our best hope for the future.
Praises to the Taras
A Zen artist’s vibrant homages show that the Mother of Liberation can take many forms.
The McMindfulness Wars
What’s a psychotherapist to do?
There’s Someone Who Isn’t Busy
Two Zen students enter the arena of dharma combat.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Will I Get More Time This Time?
A Buddhist teacher and cancer survivor is hospitalized during the pandemic.
Wise Guy Lama
Lama Tony gets a visit from an old friend in the novel Street Legal.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Just Love Them
A Zen monastery resident discovers her job has been getting in the way of the real work.
Special Section
Coming Full Circle
Tricycle celebrates 30 years.
TeachingsMagazine | Special Section
How to Serve Humanity
His Holiness the Dalai Lama in conversation with Daniel Goleman
Then & Now
All things are subject to change—even the opinions of Tricycle contributors.
CultureMagazine | Special Section
Finding the Voice, Performing the Self
In a 30th-Anniversary discussion, Stephen Batchelor and Ruth Ozeki explore the rituals and mysteries of creativity.
Buddhism by the Numbers: 30 Years
How religion in America and the Tricycle Foundation have changed
Stepping Back onto the Silk Road
An ambitious retrospective lets us view China’s ancient network of Buddhist caves at Dunhuang through the lenses of pioneering photographers James and Lucy Lo.
CultureMagazine | Games, Reviews
A Virtual Pet with a Painful Lesson
Embracing impermanence with Bird Alone
CultureMagazine | Film, Reviews
Making A Sutra Come to Life
Song, dance, and script combine to express the wisdom of Vimalakirti.
Parting Words
journey to emptiness
"his Buddhist robe / is drier than a yellow leaf"