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The Conversation
Magazine | Letters to the Editor, The Conversation
Letters to the Editor
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
Magazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
Backlit by Completeness
A letter from Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
Magazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Featured contributors include Tenzin Gyurmey, Kamilah Majied, PhD, Anne C. Klein, and Sarah Fleming
Openings
Facing a Virtual Reality
A contemplative practice behind the headset aims to help terminally ill patients and their loved ones transcend physical limitations.
CultureMagazine | Openings, Poetry
The Asking
Sometimes it’s the questions, not the answers, that give us nourishment.
CultureMagazine | Openings, What's in a Painting?
Dakinis Explained
Witches, women warriors, wrathful deities
CultureMagazine | Openings, Podcasts
Acts of Dharma
An excerpt from a conversation between interdisciplinary artist Meredith Monk, Tricycle's editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, and meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg
Magazine | Openings, Visiting Teacher
Visiting Teacher: Michael Lobsang Tenpa
A Q&A with translator, meditation instructor, and teacher Michael Lobsang Tenpa, who focuses on ecodharma, green mindfulness, and green Buddhism
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
Two practices, a podcast series, and music that no Buddhist listener should miss
CultureMagazine | Openings, The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Traveler in Mumbai
A guide for awakening in the City of Dreams
CultureMagazine | On Haiku, Openings
A Problem of Shape
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge explores one of the deepest paradoxes of modern life.
CultureMagazine | In Brief, Openings
Only Connect
A reminder to look out for insight everywhere
Teachings
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
The Two Biggest Problems with the Spiritual Path
There’s nothing to do and nowhere to go.
TeachingsMagazine | Brief Teachings, In Brief
The Two Phases of Concentration
A brief teaching from a senior faculty member at Dharma College
TeachingsMagazine | The Five Hindrances
Working with the Five Hindrances: Sensual Desires
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
TeachingsMagazine | Meet a Teacher, Teachings
Meet a Teacher: Venerable Jissai Prince Cherry
Watershed moments pull a Zen priest onto the path.
TeachingsMagazine | Practice, Teachings
Taking the Ache Out of Attachment
You could probably let some stuff go.
TeachingsMagazine | Brief Teachings, In Brief
River of Patience
A brief teaching from a lay Buddhist teacher in the Soto Zen tradition
IdeasMagazine | Teachings, What's in a Word?
What’s in a Word: Sankhāra
Cutting to the karmic roots of “formation”
Don’t Go By Reports
Does the Kalama Sutta advocate radical skepticism? Read the full sutta for yourself and see.
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
This Very Body
Practice should engage our whole being, not just our heads.
TeachingsMagazine | Brief Teachings, In Brief
Caring Eyes
A brief teaching from the founder of Dharma College
TeachingsMagazine | Brief Teachings, In Brief
The Will of the Dharma
A brief teaching from a dharma heir of Sogaku Harada Roshi
Features
The Wonderful Sounds of Wayne Shorter
In remembrance of the renowned jazz saxophonist, composer, and SGI practitioner
The Big Picture
Finding home in wholeness
Listening into the Silence
Eco-feminist writer and philosopher Susan Griffin on meditation, creativity, and environmentalism
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Charnel Ground Lessons
Practicing with Emilio, El Niño Fidencio, and La Santa Muerte
Memories in Exile
Mixing spiritual iconography and surreal visuals, Tenzin Gyurmey celebrates the complexity of the Tibetan diaspora in India.
Embracing the Darkness
A rare Tibetan practice manual on dark meditation leads a practitioner on a decades-long journey to uncover its secrets.
Against the Stream
A Buddhist reflection on art and transcendence
An Academic Like No Other
Robert Buswell pursued Buddhism from the monastery to the academy and built a lasting bridge between scholarship and practice.
Charting the Four Immeasureables
An arduous journey through the five necessary qualities of mind
Reviews
CultureMagazine | Book Reviews, Books
The Rebirth of Buddhism
A new take on Buddhism's revival in colonial and postcolonial India
CultureMagazine | Books, Reviews
Translated Treatises
The concluding volume in a series recounting the Tibetan systemization of Indian Buddhist philosophy and science
CultureMagazine | Art, Reviews
Tree and Serpent
Tracing the footsteps of early Buddhist art.
Parting Words
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
A Poem by Sarah Ruhl
From Love Poems in Quarantine