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Back Issues
Our readers respond to Tricycle’s print and online stories.
Contributors include Michael Avedon, Duncan Ryuken Williams, Carolyn Gregoire and Kenneth Tanaka.
A letter from Tricycle’s editor and publisher kicks off the new Spring 2019 issue
A Buddhist haven emerges in rural Kentucky, thanks to a generous retiree.
4 podcasts no Buddhist listener should miss
An inside look at the daily activities of a dharma teacher in Lansdowne, PA
Mirabai Bush was one of the first to bring meditation to the corporate sector. Two decades later, she stands by her decision.
The Bispebjerg Cemetery in Denmark’s capital has opened a Buddhist section with sacred objects from Tibetan Buddhist leaders.
Bhante Buddharakkhita, one of the first African Buddhist monks, is melding Buddhism with traditional African wisdom in Uganda.
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
The latest in Buddhist publishing plus a book worth rereading
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.
Seasonal change is an opportunity to be present in the world—one dandelion at a time.
You know about Checkpoint Charlie and the Berlin Wall. But what about Europe’s first Theravada Buddhist center?
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.
Select wisdom from sources old and new
You have a choice—using it wisely can spell the difference between misunderstanding and meaningful dialogue.
Our expert explains the etymology of nirvana.
A former soldier documents wartime Vietnam on an eccentric yogi’s Buddhist island.
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.
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 dinner.
Shaolin monks kick, flip, and dance in a performance both timeless and contemporary.
What does it look like to die well?
Like the oxherding pictures used in Zen, Shin Buddhism’s seven phases of the drowning sailor illustrate the path to enlightenment.
A Nichiren Buddhist artist invites us to reckon with the painful legacy of American slavery with openness and compassion.
A swim with Ram Dass is a dip into egolessness.
Can Buddhist theology help save us from climate disaster? The Dalai Lama thinks so.
A playwright and a poet create beauty in the face of death in Letters from Max.
Long overdue, a new exhibition spanning centuries showcases the richness and diversity of Sri Lankan art and chronicles Buddhism’s introduction to the country.
“In this world of dreams don’t let the clock cut up your life in pieces.”