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The Conversation
Magazine | Letters to the Editor, The Conversation
Letters to the Editor
Our readers respond to Tricycle’s print and online stories.
Magazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
Finding Community
A letter from Tricycle’s editor
Magazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Featured contributors include sculptor Dashi Namdakov, author Natalie Goldberg, multimedia journalist Adrienne Bard, and Mike Gillis, head writer of the satirical newspaper The Onion.
Openings
IdeasMagazine | Give & Take, Openings
Give & Take with Tenzin Seldon
A Tibetan American climate activist and social entrepreneur talks about her Buddhist upbringing, coming to the US, and her visionary climate center.
Lockdown Dharma
Buddhist communities consider if, when, and how to reopen.
Magazine | Openings, Visiting Teacher
Visiting Teacher: Guo Gu
A Q&A with Guo Gu, founder of and teacher at the Tallahassee Chan Center and Sheng Yen Associate Professor of Chinese Buddhism at Florida State University
Turning Word
Insight Meditation teacher Jack Kornfield reflects on two books that made a significant impact on his practice.
Magazine | A Day in the Dharma, Openings
A Day in the Dharma with the members of the Village Zendo, a Soto and Rinzai Zen center in New York City
Practitioners of this Lower Manhattan sangha adjust to life in the pandemic.
MeditationMagazine | Give & Take, Openings
Give & Take with Dianne Scott
A dancer, yoga instructor, and retired special education teacher talks about developing communities where bodies of all ages are welcome.
CultureMagazine | Books, Openings
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing, plus a book worth rereading
CultureMagazine | Audio Dharma, Openings
What We’re Listening To
Two guided practices, music by a beatboxing monk, and a podcast episode that no Buddhist listener should miss
CultureMagazine | On Haiku, Openings
The World’s Most Popular Poem
Tricycle invites you to take the Haiku Challenge.
Magazine | By the Numbers, Openings
Buddhism by the Numbers: Armenia
Dharma activity in the republic where freedom of religion became law only in 2015, some 14 years after the country became independent from Russia in 1991
Teachings
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Bodhisattvas Have More Fun
The delights of living a life of service
MeditationMagazine | Practice, Teachings
The Lost Art of Contemplation
How to digest a dharma talk and meditate on its wisdom
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
The Empty Room
A brief teaching from a Chan teacher
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
What Is up to Us
A brief teaching from a psychotherapist
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
A New Mind Each Moment
A brief teaching from the founder of the Tibetan Buddhist Rimé Institute
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Question Perception
A brief teaching from the founder of the Mindful of Race Institute
Magazine | Pocket Paramis, Teachings
Pocket Paramis: Generosity
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
Magazine | Meet a Teacher, Teachings
Meet a Teacher: Miles Bukiet
Bukiet presents innovative practices that address the needs of younger meditators.
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Awakening Together
Enlightenment: it’s not just for monastics.
TeachingsMagazine | Teachings, What's in a Word?
What’s in a Word? Prajñā
It’s more than wisdom.
TeachingsMagazine | Buddhism for Beginners, Teachings
The First Precept: Abstain from Killing
Tricycle’s free online source for newcomers offers answers to all the questions you were hesitant to ask aloud.
Features
The Best Possible Life
As the dharma grows in the West, it will be shaped by our deeply rooted ideas about human flourishing.
Doulas at the Other End of Life
Caregivers are there when we’re born. Now they guide us through our final days.
The Joy of Joy
Why delight in others’ happiness—mudita—matters now
Forging On
Buryat artist Dashi Namdakov crafts sculptures that reflect his Buddhist and shamanistic heritage.
The Sad Beauty of Chiyo-ni
A writer revisits the Japanese master whose “woman’s haiku” could not be ignored.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Thich Nhat Hanh in Paris
The author reflects on the time he spent with the revered Vietnamese Zen monk in the early 1970s.
Losing Ourselves in the Heart Sutra
A new reading of the ancient scripture surfaces a forgotten Buddhist practice.
Seeing Our Original Face
How a technique developed by a British philosopher became a companion for Zen practitioners
Reviews
A Cult Is Not Reality TV
The documentary series The Vow delivers plenty of drama but little insight.
CultureMagazine | Games, Reviews
Press X to Awaken
When killing zombies is a chance to create new karma
Modern Buddhist Revolutionary
The life of Mayumi Oda
Parting Words
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Wang Wei
"At my window / the rain raves, raves about dying"