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Magazine | Letters to the Editor, The Conversation
Letters to the Editor
Our readers respond to Tricycle’s print and online stories.
Magazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Contributors include Michael Avedon, Duncan Ryuken Williams, Carolyn Gregoire and Kenneth Tanaka.
IdeasMagazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
A Uniquely American Buddhism
A letter from Tricycle’s editor and publisher kicks off the new Spring 2019 issue
Openings
BuddhaLand
A Buddhist haven emerges in rural Kentucky, thanks to a generous retiree.
Podcast Picks
4 podcasts no Buddhist listener should miss
Magazine | A Day in the Dharma, Openings
A Day in the Dharma: Jules Shuzen Harris, abbot of Soji Zen Center
An inside look at the daily activities of a dharma teacher in Lansdowne, PA
MeditationMagazine | Openings, What Were You Thinking
Revisiting Corporate Meditation
Mirabai Bush was one of the first to bring meditation to the corporate sector. Two decades later, she stands by her decision.
Magazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
A Final Resting Place for Buddhists in Copenhagen
The Bispebjerg Cemetery in Denmark's capital has opened a Buddhist section with sacred objects from Tibetan Buddhist leaders.
Buddhism Takes Root in Africa
Bhante Buddharakkhita, one of the first African Buddhist monks, is melding Buddhism with traditional African wisdom in Uganda.
Magazine | By the Numbers, Openings
Buddhism By The Numbers: African Great Lakes Region
The number of Buddhist centers, when the first Buddhist temple was established (it's further back than you may think), and more dharma data from Central and Eastern Africa
CultureMagazine | Books, Openings
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing plus a book worth rereading
Magazine | Openings, Visiting Teacher
Tricycle Visiting Teacher: Dungse Jampal Norbu
Q&A with Dungse Jampal Norbu, a dharma teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist sangha Mangala Shri Bhuti and the son and dharma heir of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche.
Inviting in the Wonder of Spring
Seasonal change is an opportunity to be present in the world—one dandelion at a time.
CultureMagazine | Openings, The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Traveler in Berlin
You know about Checkpoint Charlie and the Berlin Wall. But what about Europe’s first Theravada Buddhist center?
Teachings
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Get Out of Your Head
When we project conditioning from our past onto the present, we turn a benign moment into something else. Understanding the "five conditions" can help us get back to reality.
MeditationMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
In Brief
Select wisdom from sources old and new
MeditationMagazine | Practice, Teachings
When to Speak and When to Listen
You have a choice—using it wisely can spell the difference between misunderstanding and meaningful dialogue.
TeachingsMagazine | Teachings, What's in a Word?
What’s in a Word? Nirvana
Our expert explains the etymology of nirvana.
Features
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Coconut Monk
A former soldier documents wartime Vietnam on an eccentric yogi’s Buddhist island.
Thus Have I Heard: An American Sutra
With the outbreak of World War II, Japanese Americans were incarcerated by the thousands. Out of the crucible of the camps, a uniquely American Buddhism was born.
Meet Yoshi Maezumi, Paleoecologist
Raised at the Zen Center of Los Angeles, the daughter of Western Zen pioneer Taizan Maezumi Roshi now makes her home in exotic field sites where she studies past ecosystems—and occasionally fishes a river piranha for…
A Martial Arts Ballet
Shaolin monks kick, flip, and dance in a performance both timeless and contemporary.
A Good Enough Death
What does it look like to die well?
To the Pure Land and Back
Like the oxherding pictures used in Zen, Shin Buddhism's seven phases of the drowning sailor illustrate the path to enlightenment.
Tolerably Black
A Nichiren Buddhist artist invites us to reckon with the painful legacy of American slavery with openness and compassion.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Already Free
A swim with Ram Dass is a dip into egolessness.
IdeasMagazine | Books, Reviews
Awakening from Climate Slumber
Can Buddhist theology help save us from climate disaster? The Dalai Lama thinks so.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Books, Reviews
Love Passing Beneath Shadows
A playwright and a poet create beauty in the face of death in Letters from Max.
CultureMagazine | Art, Reviews
The Jeweled Isle
Long overdue, a new exhibition spanning centuries showcases the richness and diversity of Sri Lankan art and chronicles Buddhism's introduction to the country.
Parting Words
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Rumination
"In this world of dreams don’t let the clock cut up your life in pieces."