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CultureMagazine | Special Section
Unfolding Flowers, Matchless Flames
A poem by reflecting on California wildfires and Buddhist imagery and text
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Positive Disintegration
On Buddhism, systems theory, and inspiration for social action
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
The Great Conversion
Dr. Ambedkar and Buddhist revival in India
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Working With Compassion
The evolution of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section
An Avalanche in L.A.
Actor Michael O’Keefe reflects on the Los Angeles riots, exploring compassion, race, and the complexities of social unrest.
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Rocky Flats
Warring God Charnel Ground
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Meditation In Action
The emergence of engaged Buddhism
Features
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Swatting Flies at Exeter
How does one woo a group of generally preoccupied teenagers more interested in tomorrow's lacrosse game or math test to sit still and focus on their breath for just twenty minutes?
Like a Dream
The surprising origins of poetry in early Buddhist communities
The Dharma of Liberation
Sharon Salzberg discusses the distinguishing features of American Buddhism and American practitioners.
The Masked Lama Dances of Lo
An excerpt from Peter Matthiesen's journals recounting an annual three-day ceremony in a remote Buddhist kingdom
Departments
The Mushroom Monk: Nyogen Senzaki
Purity of heart was his special legacy; with time, it has grown more important.
Letters to the Editor Spring 1993
From our readers
Books In Brief: Spring 1993
Sam Hamill reviews books from Eido Tai Shimano, Gedun Chopel, and others.
Television
Reports from the interior
Media Watch
Tricycle editors discuss current Buddhist media.
IdeasMagazine | On Translation
What’s in a Name?
The etymology of the Buddha's many names
Roshi Meets Rhino
Zen and the art of transmission
The Zen Monastic Experience
One of the first detailed and scholarly account of monastic life in Korea
No Nature
A very generous selection of poems spanning, in nearly four hundred pages, almost forty years
White Sail
An artfully woven collection of sustained insights into a clean presentation of views
The Way
A valuable and comprehensive guide for reexamining our world, what we are responsible for, and what we will pass on
Consciousness Explained
Can the mind’s eye see itself?
The Republic of Tea
The true story of the birthing of a business designed to sell tea in an entirely new way
Liquid Life
An inquiry into the Japanese relationship to abortion
Rational Zen
On the greatest Japanese thinker in history
After Apathy
A letter from the editor
CultureMagazine | What Does Being A Buddhist Mean To You
What Does Being a Buddhist Mean to You? Spring 1993
Reflections from Tricycle readers on what being Buddhist means to them around the topic of eating meat
A Giant Act of Love
Reflections on the first precept
IdeasMagazine | Shakyamuni Buddha: A Life Retold
The Austerities of the Bodhisattva
Shakyamuni Buddha: A life retold
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk
The Dharma Door of Nonduality
From the Vimalakirti Nirdesha sutra