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An Interview With Jeff Watt
By James ShaheenContemporary thangka painter Robert Beer discusses the evolution, decline, and recent revival of a sacred art.
By Robert Beer
For nearly a millennium and a half, Buddhism and the Hindu tradition of Advaita Vedanta have shared terminology and ideas, argued about philosophical fine points, and pointed to nondual experience. In recent decades, Advaita has had a powerful influence on many Western Buddhist teachers and practitioners as well.
By Stephan Bodian
Tricycle sits down for a free-ranging discussion with several pioneers of the dialogue between science and Buddhism.
By Tricycle
Zen priest and poet Norman Fischer explores the spirituality of art.
By Norman Fischer
A case study in how mindfulness practice can aid medical treatment
By Jon Kabat-Zinn, artwork by Spencer Finch
From the medicine cabinet to the meditation cushion, Anne Cushman organizes her home and gains insight into her mind.
By Anne CushmanWhere is the real Kapilavastu? Two towns claim to be the site of the Buddha’s ancestral home.
By Allan Hunt BadinerJazz legend Wanye Shorter’s Buddhist thing
By Michelle MercerRemember Your RootsI found the interview with Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, and Sharon Salzberg [“Through Good Times and Bad,” Winter 2004] thoughtful and interesting, but also somewhat disappointing. It’s curious and disconcerting that these three prominent American Buddhist leaders make no reference to their common Jewish roots. Are we to believe that these three leaders […]
By Tricycle
Caryl Göpfert speaks with best-selling author Natalie Goldberg about her “failed” relationship with her teacher, Katagiri Roshi
By Caryl GöpfertBreathing new life into a sacred musical tradition
By Derek Beres“People lying in bed ill are lucky because they have the opportunity to do nothing but contemplate stress and pain … and let go of pain.” Not exactly copy that sells. But in “Tough Teachings to Ease the Mind“, Upasika Kee Nanayon (1901-1978), among Thailand’s most revered female lay Buddhist teachers, reminds us of one […]
By James Shaheen
Tricycle speaks with Buddhist psychotherapist Mark Epstein about making peace with our deepest longings.
By TricycleTwo approaches to the same destination
By Barbara StewartShambhala Mountain Center’s Reggie Ray talks to Tricycle’s Ted Rose about the value of solitary retreat.
By Ted RoseIt’s a great time to visit France.
By Pamela Gayle White
The breath changes and you change. Nothing stays the same, yet there is constancy. The breath reminds us that we are here and alive: let it be your anchor to the present moment.
By Elana Rosenbaum
Parting words from Shantideva
By ShantidevaAn early-twentieth-century account of the adventures of Prince Siddartha
By L. Adams BeckSong of Mind: Wisdom from the Zen Classic Xin MingSheng YenBoston: ShambhalaPublications, 2004214 pp.; $16.95 (paper) Ch’an master Sheng Yeng takes a practical approach to unlocking the meaning of the classic seventh-century Ch’an poem Xing Ming, or “Song of Mind,” for contemporary students. Exploring a short section of the text in each chapter, Master […]
By Tricycle
Searching for meaning at home and abroad, Stephen Schettini realizes that the truth lies within.
By Stephen SchettiniFrom ballerina to chaplain
By John KainStrange but true tales from the modern Buddhist world
By Jeff WilsonWendy Johnson tastes kindness in a pomegranate.
By Wendy JohnsonIn this oft-quoted sutta, the Buddha speaks to the deva Rohitassa, who has run day and night, in vain, to reach the end of the world. Pali scholar Andrew Olendzki explains.
By Andrew Olendzki
Zen finds a foothold in Costa Rica.
By Peter AlsopComing full circle
By Gina SharpeSoyen Shaku’s classic sermon on the finding balance between discipline and intuition
By Soyen Shaku
Robert Beer’s article on the history of thangka painting appears here. He states: “So many people have told me how they were initially drawn to the Buddhist teachings through the iconic beauty and mystery of its art. It has been my privilege and destiny to devote my life to the study of this subject. What […]
By TricycleA new film for the New Age
By Andrew GoodwinSean Murphy remembers America’s first Korean Zen Master.
By Sean MurphyNew poetry by Benedictine nun, Mary Lou Kownacki echoes the koans of the nineteenth century Zen monk.
By Mary Lou Kownacki
Do we respond to physical pain in the wisest way? Fleeing it, we get caught in it. A Thai meditation master has another answer: Get to know suffering to be free of it.
By Upasika Kee NanayonContributing editor Andrew Cooper chats with Vipassana teacher, comedian, and author Wes Nisker on the topic “Jewish and Buddhist.”
By TricycleHot, hot poetry from a Korean master
By Gary Gach