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IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Entering the Lotus
Michael Wenger explains how studying the sutra opened up his sense of practice.
A Greater Awakening
The Lotus Sutra puts all Buddhist practitioners on the way to Buddhahood.
TeachingsMagazine | Special Section
The Towering Assembly
In this excerpt from the Lotus Sutra, buddhas and believers gather in the sky to hear the preaching of the Wonderful Law.
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Single-Practice Masters
Japan's single-practice masters
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
The Lotus of the Wonderful Law
It is perhaps the most significant text in East Asian Buddhism, but the Lotus Sutra's seminal role in shaping Western Buddhist practice is scarcely acknowledged. What is the hidden influence of this enigmatic text?
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
The Final Word: An Interview with Jacqueline Stone
Princeton's Jacqueline Stone explains the unique place of the Lotus Sutra in Buddhist history
Features
This is Your Brain on Buddhism
Kate Wheeler finds new inspiration at the Dalai Lama's thirteenth Mind and Life Dialogue.
Worlds Apart
A skeptical George Johnson takes in the Dalai Lama's inaugural "Dialogues between Neuroscience and Society" lecture at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.
Immaterial Evidence
In his recent book, The Universe in a Single Atom, the Dalai Lama argues for the immateriality of mind. B. Alan Wallace explains why this just may make perfect sense.
The Gift of Gratitude
Ajahn Sumedho recounts the joyful unfolding of a deep appreciation for his teacher and parents.
Touching Enlightenment
Drawing on Tibetan Yogic practices, Reggie Ray takes on the modern crisis of disembodiment.
Ego in the Shopping Cart
Stephanie Kaza on buying, being, and becoming
All That Zen
Jazz and Buddhism get together at Yoshi's
Poetry Flesh, Zen Bones: Poet Jane Hirshfield
Colleen Morton Busch profiles poet Jane Hirshfield.
Departments
Featured Contributors Spring 2006
Featured contributors include George Johnson, Colleen Morton Busch, Reggie Ray, Andrew Goodwin, and Michael Wenger
The More Things Change…
A letter from Tricycle’s editor
Letters to the Editor Spring 2006
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
Blazing a Trail
Japanese nun Eshun (1362–ca. 1430), the Irresistible One
Suffering, Indexed
Selections from the index to Daily Afflictions: The Agony of Being Connected to Everything in the Universe
A Fool’s Bargain
Roger Housden on the virtues of being taken advantage of
Invasion and Enlightenment
How British Colonel Francis Younghusband invaded his Shangri-La before falling in love with it
Buddha Buzz Spring 2006
Big Box Dharma In an effort to bring Buddhism back to the people, Thai Culture Minister Uraiwan Thienthong recently proposed building “solace corners” in department stores and malls. Two malls have signed on, but not everyone…
Getting Along
Loving the other without losing yourself
IdeasMagazine | Practical Pilgrim
Spinning the Wheel at Sarnath
A journey to the site of the Buddha’s first sermon
TeachingsMagazine | Thus Have I Heard
In the Blink of an Eye
The transformative power of a single moment of insight
What Would William Penn Think?
A small Philadelphia sangha marks the crossroads of Buddhism and Quakerism.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | On Gardening
Raven’s Edge
Spying on the winged monarchs of decay
Let’s Get Lost
Television to meditate to
Comic Book Buddha
The master's touch
A Religious Inquiry
But who's listening?
Traveling Man: Off the map, on the path
Beyond the House of the False Lama: Travels with Monks, Nomads, and OutlawsGeorge CraneSan Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2005320 pp.; $24.95 (cloth) Once, while in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, I met several Buddhist monks who invited me…
Sympathy For Schopenhauer
Half of the story
Books in Brief
Covering the latest in Buddhist publishing
TeachingsMagazine | Parting Words
The Path
The Buddha