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A Prison of Desire
What if your thoughts are too painful to bear?
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section
Dharma in a Broom Closet
Creating sangha behind bars
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section
A River of Compassion
Imprisoned for more than twenty years, Ani Pachen Dolma drew on her single-minded devotion to the dharma to help her endure years of torture, forced labor, and near-starvation in Chinese work camps.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section
The Prison Monk
An interview with Buddhist activist and former prisoner Fleet Maull
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section
The Freedom to Breathe
In confinement, what happens to the self?
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Is Meditation Enough?
Are the goals of the prison dharma movement misguided? Kobutsu Malone spent eight years running a Zen practice group in Sing Sing Prison, widely regarded as the most dangerous maximum security prison in New York State.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section
Ministry in the Hell Realm
A Buddhist prison chaplain keeps showing up
Dharma Behind Bars: The Paradox of Freedom
In the teachings of the Buddha, perhaps no claim is so radical as this: that liberation is not the special province of the few or the fortunate; that happiness is not dependent upon caste or creed,…
Features
Bowing: A Portfolio By Steve McCurry
Bowing is a common practice in Asia, both within and outside religious circles, a way of expressing respect and reverence, as well as a form of greeting. Tibetans bow and say tashi delek, meaning “excellent luck…
Departments
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | General
Coming To The Dharma: The 800-Pound Gorilla
A man stumbles upon the First Noble Truth of suffering
MeditationMagazine | Ancestors
Chocolate Cake
Where do we find true satisfaction for our cravings?
MeditationMagazine | Dharma Talk
The Dignity of Restraint
Why you can't have your cake and enlightenment, too. Thanissaro Bhikkhu explains why we don't have to be slaves to our desires.
Books in Brief Spring 2004
Chögyam Trungpa was a monumental force in establishing Buddhism in the West. Introducing thousands to meditation, the charismatic Tibetan teacher set up more than a hundred centers and Naropa University, and wrote prolifically, including thirteen books…
Meditate On This
Art as a tool of Buddhist practice
Not Just-So Stories
A milestone in Buddhist fiction
Cross-legged Buddha, Cross-stricken Christ.
What Buddhists called a problem, Christians called a solution.
Through Eastern Eyes
The dharma comes to America
Like a Leaping Carp
For Korean poet Ok-koo Kang Grosjean, translating poetry is a journey toward the unknown, and impermanence is the path.
Roaming Free in a Small Meadow
Should you eat that second piece of chocolate cake? It all depends . . .
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Insights
Wild Strawberry
“To have fun and to do no harm.” Isn’t that enough? Garret Keizer reflects on the pleasures and perils of living in the moment.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Interview
Just As It Is
An interview with Jack Engler
The Green Lama
“I think I’ll go home and meditate…on murder!” —The Green Lama in “The Man Who Never Existed” (radio show) The Green Lama, a superhero invented by writer Kendell Foster Crossen, appeared in comic books and…
A Hard Pill To Swallow
Getting out of the Matrix
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | My View
Sunset Boulevard
Might a two-mile strip of sex, money, and power be part of the true path to an American enlightenment?
The Stick
While living in Japan, spiritual seeker, author, and entrepreneur William Segal sent this aerogram to his wife in New York City to illustrate his experience with the kyosaku stick, or “Zen stick.”
TeachingsMagazine | On Practice
Practicing with the Five Hindrances
Five teachers answer questions about some of the most common ways the Five Hindrances manifest in our everyday lives
Pray To Be Reborn A Man
Buddhist gender wars
Up and Down
In the woods at three in the morning, bowing acquires new significance.
What Does It Take?
“If you see a greater pleasure that comes from forsaking a lesser pleasure, be willing to forsake that lesser pleasure for the greater one,” writes Thai forest monk Thanissaro Bhikkhu, paraphrasing the Buddha in this issue’s…
Exiting The Stream
Buddhism in Hong Kong
Lama Hates The Sunset
An unorthodox lama brings the dharma west.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Sangha Spotlight
Zen Cowboys: Teacherless Sanghas in Middle America
Practitioners at two Ohio sanghas learn how to be one another's teachers
The Beautiful Trap
Three simple questions form the basis of an increasingly popular practice: What have you given? What have you taken? How have you harmed?
Buddha At The Box Office
Khyentse Norbu, director and lama, on both sides of the lens
On Gardening: Steaming With Buddhahood
Does a filth fly maggot have Buddha-nature?
Are There Yaks and Vultures in America?
How To Speak Tibetan In Forty-One Not-So-Easy Lessons
Contributors Spring 2004
Harvard psychologist Jack Engler reflects on his study of Buddhist practice in the special section “Enlightenment in this Lifetime”. He says, “Though I’ve written a lot about practice, and about Buddhist and Western psychology, I’ve never…
Enlightenment in This Lifetime: Meetings with a Remarkable Woman
An interview with Dipa Ma
Tea with Omar
Poet Shin Yu Pai traces the innuendoes of a post-zazen tea service.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Anagarika Munindra (1914-2003)
Tricycle speaks with Joseph Goldstein about his late teacher
Buddha Buzz Spring 2004
The Envelope, PleaseMonks at Sherab Ling Monastery in India may soon have a new statue to add to their collection. Their album, Sacred Tibetan Chant, has been nominated for the 2003 Grammy award for best traditional…
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | My View
The Groucho Moment
Horsing around with His Holiness
Bathing for the Next Reincarnation
Grab a loofah and prepare for the afterlife! Here are some tips from the Buddha on bathing yourself—and others.
IdeasMagazine | Practical Pilgrim
Where It All Began
A visit to Lumbini, birthplace of the Buddha
Letters To The Editor Spring 2004
Chant or Cant?As a practitioner of Nichiren Buddhism with the Soka Gakkai, I have certainly come across articles and other writings on our organization. (I used to marvel at the fact that the SGI was rarely,…