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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.
IdeasMagazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
Chatbot Dharma
A letter from Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
CultureMagazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Featured contributors for the Fall 2025 issue of Tricycle include Whooli Chen, Joan Sutherland, Roshi, and Stephen Batchelor.
Openings
Awakening with an Algorithm
Jundo Cohen discusses ordaining AI chatbot Emi Jido.
IdeasMagazine | Openings, Podcasts
Facing Unreality
An excerpt of a conversation between Ocean Vuong 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
Two audiobooks, a dharma talk, and a documentary to enhance your Buddhist practice
TeachingsMagazine | Openings, Visiting Teacher
Visiting Teacher: Larry Ward
Q&A with Larry Ward, cofounder and executive director of The Lotus Institute and a senior teacher in the Plum Village tradition
CultureMagazine | Openings, The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Traveler in Asheville
Elevate your practice in “The Land of the Sky.”
CultureMagazine | On Haiku, Openings
The Mind That Goes Out and Returns
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge explores the theme of loss and impermanence—one red leaf at a time.
CultureMagazine | By the Numbers, Openings
Buddhism by the Numbers in North Carolina
Buddhist facts from the Tar Heel State
CultureMagazine | Openings, Sacred Sites
Sacred Sites: Golden Rock Pagoda
Gilding prayers among Burma’s peaks
Teachings
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
The Ten Armies of Mara
This legendary trickster infiltrates our lives in numerous ways.
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Perfect Moments
A brief teaching on striving for perfection
TeachingsMagazine | Practice, Teachings
Using Compassion for Institutional and Social Change
How to cultivate love for people we oppose
TeachingsMagazine | Meet a Teacher, Teachings
Meet a Teacher: Matthew Hepburn
A young teacher embraces gratitude for his students.
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Blind Passions
How to see clearly… that you’re a fool
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Strategies for Clear Insight
A teaching on impermanence from a founder of the Thai forest tradition
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
An Engaged Perspective
A brief teaching on becoming engaged
TeachingsMagazine | Teachings, The Eight Worldly Winds
The Eight Worldly Winds: Pleasure and Pain
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Just Sit as Yourself
A direct teaching on renunciation and zazen
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
The Beauty of Simplicity
A brief teaching on letting knowledge take a back seat
Features
The Question: “What in Buddhism have you changed your mind about, and why?”
Gen X Buddhists answer
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Winter Light
Old age brings an unexpected intensity of experience.
Revisiting the Romantics
Finding Buddhist wisdom in English poetry
A Dialogical Self
Buddhism shares many practices and ideas with Ancient Greek philosophy.
Portraits of Paradox
Chinese artist Xie Nanxing paints an escape from painting.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Non-Self Storage
What do we cling to—and what do we pay for it?
How ‘The Blue Cliff Record’ Came to Be
The oldest Koan collection has a compelling story of its own
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Doubting Disease
A Buddhist’s struggle with OCD
Personal ReflectionsMagazine |
Lessons from Yangzom
When your babysitter becomes your dharma teacher
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Illness Is My Friend
A Shin priest reflects on the death of a sangha member.
Reviews
CultureMagazine | Book Reviews, Books
Voice for the Voiceless
The Dalai Lama’s new book offers a searing political account of Tibet’s fate—and a vision of compassion-based resistance.
CultureMagazine | Book Reviews, Books
How to Raise a Little Bodhisattva
In Taiwan, a new generation of children’s books quietly transforms Buddhist family life.
CultureMagazine | Book Reviews, Books
Fragments of a Dharma Bum
Collected works from Jack Kerouac’s Buddhist years show a writer seeking clarity in chaos.
CultureMagazine | Book Reviews, Books, Reviews
Buddhist Compassion on a Global Scale
A new book tells the story of Tzu Chi and the Buddhist nun behind one of the world’s largest humanitarian movements.
Parting Words
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Dreaming of Lake Dongting
A poem by Jichan