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IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Overlapping Worlds
What do Buddhism and science have to offer each other? According to scientist and author B. Alan Wallace, quite a bit.
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Darwin and the Buddha
Does compassion make evolutionary sense? Does happiness, for that matter? Tricycle interviews science writer Robert Wright on where natural selection and Buddhism meet—and don't.
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
The Lama in the Lab
Advances in medical technologies are allowing scientists a peek into the brains of experienced meditators. The Mind and Life Institute (a nonprofit organization devoted to collaboration between Buddhism and science) is at the forefront of this…
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Samsara Divided By Zero
Can chaos theory help us understand enlightenment?
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
Science as Koan
Stem cell researcher and Zen student Dr. Neil Thiese discovers the synergy between dharma practice and scientific inquiry.
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
The Natural Scientist
Born into a culture that believed the world was flat, the Dalai Lama developed a passion for the natural sciences that transformed his view of his own tradition.
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
Taming Destructive Emotions
Can meditation change the brain? Daniel Goleman, the best-selling author of Emotional Intelligence, offers Tricycle some surprising answers.
Features
Modernity’s God-shaped Hole
Caught between the perspectives of the scholar and the religious practitioner, Andrew Cooper explores the meaning of faith in a world fixated on reason.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Yoga Journey
Anne Cushman discovers that the ultimate destination is an inner one.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Meeting a Man of the Way
Under the unorthodox tutelage of legendary photographer Minor White, John Daido Loori makes an unexpected discovery: between photographer and subject, there is no separation.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Seeing for Oneself
Dubbed a “dharma brat” since childhood, Ethan Nichtern describes how he found his own path to Buddhist practice.
Departments
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Rising to the Challenge: Cool Heroism
Rather than let anger fuel our response to those we oppose, Robert Thurman suggests a more effective way to cultivate energy for the good fight.
Awakening the Sleeping Buddha
A recently restored Buddhist statue has become a symbol of renewal for war-ravaged Tajikistan.
Moving Toward Harmony
Aikido practitioner Eric Oberg’s aphoristic instructions on the principles of the “soft” martial art, offer a fresh approach to nonviolence and nonresistance in everyday life.
The Medicine Wheel Garden
On a patch of barren earth, a garden to honor a friend takes root.
The Spirit of Inquiry
Science has not been kind to religion. For a few centuries now science has been chipping away at reiigion’s most cherished beliefs, leaving none but the most stalwart to argue the believability of a parting sea…
FAQ
The wanderer vacchagotta once asked the Buddha what became of the Tathagata (the “Enlightened One”) after death. But no matter how Vacchagotta phrased the inquiry, the Buddha explained that his question did not apply. Finally, he…
Buddhism Awarded a Coveted Pro-Business Rating
As satirically reported by P. B. Law in the News Leek, a fictional Buddhist cousin of the Onion
MeditationMagazine | Brief Teachings
Cutting to the Chase
Do you ever find yourself rambling on during an all-too-brief meeting with your teacher? Burmese master Sayadaw U Pandita provides straightforward instructions for the personal interview process typical during a Vipassana retreat.
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Rising to the Challenge: Filling the Well with Snow
Bonnie Myotai Treace teaches us to be open to a world in which the old standards no longer apply.
Letters to the Editor Spring 2003
Point Counterpoint Thank you for Thanissaro Bhikkhu’s interesting article, “Romancing the Buddha” (Winter 2002). The piece makes the important point that the roots of Western interest in Asian religions go back to the Romantics. However, when…
The Buddha’s Golden Path: The Classic Introduction to Zen Buddhism
The Buddha’s Golden Path: The Classic Introduction to Zen BuddhismDwight GoddardNew York: Square One Publishers, 2002198 pages; $14.95 (paper) Most people know of Dwight Goddard solely on the basis of his landmark A Buddhist Bible (1938).…
Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche (1930-2002)
Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche passed away on November 17, 2002, during a retreat at Khandro Ling monastery in Brazil, where he lived. Rinpoche…
Buddhist Himalayas
Buddhist HimalayasPhotographs by Oliver and Danielle Föllmi and Matthieu RicardNew York: Abrams, 2002423 pp.; $55.00 (cloth) Spacious landscapes move us. Why? Because we ourselves are, in essence, the moving center of an infinite openness. This metaphor…
Contributors Spring 2003
Andrew Cooper [“Modernity’s God-shaped Hole,”] reflects: “Knocking around among various Buddhist schools, I was struck by how each particular story of the path seems to elicit congruent experiences. In other words, Zen folks have Zen experiences,…
The Bodhi Tree Express
Big changes are in the air in Bodh Gaya, sacred site of the Buddha's enlightenment.
MeditationMagazine | On The Cushion
Q&A with Douglas Phillips
I’m sitting every day and I feel like I’m not getting anywhere. What should I do? Ideally, teachers respond not just to the question but also to the person asking it. We would want to know…
MeditationMagazine | Dharma Talk
Cultivating Beginner’s Mind
Yvonne Rand offers two practices for bringing us into the Buddha space of Beginner's Mind.
The Phone Rings
Caught in the swirl of worldly affairs, we long for a freedom that eludes us.
Practice First
What is it like to be the abbot of a downtown zendo in post-9/11 New York City? Sensei Enkyo O’Hara talks to Tricycle about taking a stand, facing the enemy, and recent changes in her sangha.
Books in Brief Spring 2003
The Practice of DzogchenLongchen RabjamIthaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 2002488 pp.; $34.95 (cloth) Written by Longchen Rabjam (1308-1363), the celebrated adept of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism, The Practice of Dzogchen is an anthology of…
Teachings of the Relationship Buddha
Love Dharma: Relationship Wisdom From Enlightened Buddhist Women Geri Larkin Boston: Journey Editions, 2003 240 pp.; $12.95 (paper) Zen and the Art of Falling in Love Brenda Shoshana, Ph.D. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003 272…
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Insights
Painting With A Turtle Hair Paintbrush
On retreat in an anonymous motel, writer Jim Harrison discovers that the unique life of his dreams is the only true story he can tell.
Westward Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Asia
Westward Dharma: Buddhism Beyond AsiaCharles S. Prebish and Martin BaumannBerkeley: University of California Press, 2002436 pp.; $21.95 (paper) For many Westerners interested in Buddhism, the question of Buddhism’s adaptation to non-Asian environments and sensibilities is a…
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Insights
Looking For My Life
A Zen student ventures into the thorny thicket of anxiety.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | In The Footsteps Of The Buddha
A Footprint on the Shore
On a trip to Kuan-yin’s sacred island, Sandy Boucher finds the Bodhisattva of Compassion not among the tourist-thronged monuments but within herself.
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Rising to the Challenge: A Step Toward Peace
Christoper Titmuss revives the ancient practice of walking through fear.
A Small Town Does Good
After initial suspicions, a small Oregon town comes to terms with its Buddhist neighbors.