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Magazine | Letters to the Editor, The Conversation
Letters to the Editor
Our readers respond to Tricycle’s print and online offerings.
Magazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
A Note of Gratitude
A letter from Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
Magazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Featured contributors for the Fall 2024 issue of Tricycle include Patrick Nagatani, Adrienne Lê, Katy Butler, and Peter Coyote.
Openings
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Openings
A Village for the Elders
Enso Village, the first dharma-inspired retirement community, opens its doors.
CultureMagazine | Openings, Sacred Sites
Sacred Sites: The White Temple
A modern Thai temple outfitted with pop culture murals
CultureMagazine | Openings, What's in a Painting?
Mandala
Map, teaching tool, and object of devotion
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Openings, Podcasts
Fearless Zen
An excerpt of a conversation between Cristina Moon and Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
CultureMagazine | Books, Openings
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing
CultureMagazine | Audio Dharma, Openings
What We’re Listening To
One podcast episode, an album, a dharma talk, and a YouTube channel that no Buddhist listener should miss
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Openings, Visiting Teacher
Visiting Teacher: Gregory Kramer
Q&A with Gregory Kramer, Insight Meditation teacher and founder of Insight Dialogue
CultureMagazine | Openings, The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Traveler in Tucson
A lotus blooms in the desert.
CultureMagazine | On Haiku, Openings
The Ghost of Basho
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge explores the essential paradox of poetry.
CultureMagazine | By the Numbers, Openings
Buddhism by the Numbers in Arizona
Buddhist facts from the Grand Canyon State
Teachings
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Everyone Wants to Save the World, but No One Wants to Help Mom Do the Dishes
The opportunity to practice compassion is right in front of you.
TeachingsMagazine | Brief Teachings, In Brief
Sitting and Connecting
A brief teaching on connecting with body and mind through meditation
TeachingsMagazine | Practice, Teachings
The Green-Eyed Monster
How to turn jealousy into joy
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Exploring Consciousness
A brief teaching on the landscape of our minds
TeachingsMagazine | Teachings, The Five Hindrances
Working With the Five Hindrances: Doubt
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
TeachingsMagazine | Meet a Teacher, Teachings
Meet a Teacher: Phra Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto
From scooping ice cream to dishing out hard truths
TeachingsMagazine | Practice, Teachings
Exploring Emptiness
What lies on the other side of our fear
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Full-Moon Mind
Every day is a good day.
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Architect of the Mind
A brief teaching from a Nepalese teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Walking Zen’s Tightrope
A brief teaching on the Middle Way from Zen teacher Taiun Michael Elliston
Features
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Journey to Tibet
Retracing the footsteps of the French adventurer Alexandra David-Néel
Practicing Hope
A Nichiren Buddhist discusses the joy of fighting injustice.
Welcome to Delusionville
Our self is not what we think it is.
The Buddhist Journalist
Reporting with compassion
The Spirit of Impermanence
Patrick Nagatani’s handcrafted heavenly beings
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Not Empty, Not Full
A food addict finds freedom in constraint.
The Great In-Between
A candid conversation on the liberatory power of in-between states
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Wall
What remains when the mind goes?
Becoming Thay
Thich Nhat Hanh grew up during the tumult of Vietnam’s anticolonial movement, which did much to shape the teachings he brought to the West.
Reviews
CultureMagazine | Books, Reviews
Stories of Tibet
A collection of fiction from the innovative Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden (1969–2023)
IdeasMagazine | Books, Reviews
Dharma King
An examination of Ashoka's rule through a close reading of his enduring inscriptions
CultureMagazine | Books, Reviews
Silk Road Dharma
A unique and little-known Buddhist culture once flourished in Central Asia.
Parting Words
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Mourning Song
A poem by Lekey Leidecker