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The Conversation
Magazine | Letters to the Editor, The Conversation
Letters to the Editor
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
Magazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
On Sounding Good and Being Right
A letter from Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
Magazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Featured contributors for the Spring 2024 issue of Tricycle include Palden Weinreb, Haemin Sunim, Emma Varvaloucas, and Satya Robyn.
Openings
Maya Devi’s Daughters
A Theravada monk offers education and opportunity to the girls of Lumbini, the Buddha’s birthplace.
CultureMagazine | Openings, Sacred Sites
Sacred Sites: The Garden of One Thousand Buddhas
A Tibetan Buddhist peace garden is flourishing on a Native American reservation in western Montana.
CultureMagazine | Openings, What's in a Painting?
The Fierce Protector
Exploring the iconography of tantric Buddhism’s Mahakala
CultureMagazine | Openings, Podcasts
The New Saints
An excerpt of a conversation between Lama Rod Owens and Tricycle's editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
CultureMagazine | Books, Openings
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing
CultureMagazine | Audio Dharma, Openings
What We’re Listening To
Two podcast episodes and two podcast series that no Buddhist listener should miss
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Openings, Visiting Teacher
Visiting Teacher: Laura Burges
A Q&A with Laura Burges, a Soto Zen teacher
CultureMagazine | Openings, The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Traveler in Taipei
Buddhism in the City of Azaleas
CultureMagazine | On Haiku, Openings
The Strawberry and the Vine
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge offers an intimate portrait of an entire species in crisis.
Teachings
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
The Courage to Say I Can’t
It’s never too late to change your path.
TeachingsMagazine | Practice, Practice, Teachings
The Power of Pith Instruction
A step-by-step guide to getting the most out of the Vajrayana tradition
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
One Taste
A brief teaching on the Tibetan Buddhist concept
TeachingsMagazine | Teachings, What's in a Word?
What’s in a Word: Buddha
Shedding light on the Enlightened One
TeachingsMagazine | Meet a Teacher, Teachings
Meet a Teacher: Deborah Eden Tull
“Engaged practice carries the medicine.”
TeachingsMagazine | Teachings, The Five Hindrances
Working with the Five Hindrances: Sloth and Torpor
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
On Wanting to Sound Good
How my dog checked my ego
TeachingsMagazine | Brief Teachings, In Brief
Fish Love
A lesson on love and attachment
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Streams of Life
On bearing witness
Features
Putting Spirituality First
The legacy of the great 19th-century Shin reformer Kiyozawa Manshi
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Making Friends with the Night
A Zen Buddhist learns to embrace her insomnia.
It’s Not Too Late
The writer and activist on harnessing the power of connection in the face of the climate crisis
The Elephant in the Dharma Hall
Does politics have a place in the dharma hall?
Testing Tradition
Palden Weinreb’s work recasts sacred forms for contemporary viewers.
The “Twitter Monk”
He amassed millions of followers. Then the trouble began.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Lost Robe
A disillusioned Zen priest renounces his vows
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Lighten Up
Letting go of the difficulty of meditation
Reviews
CultureMagazine | Books, Reviews
Just Walking, Just Eating
A retrospective on Jiro Taniguchi manga
CultureMagazine | Book Reviews, Books
Not Taking No for an Answer
A scholar breathes life into the story of the first Buddhist women
CultureMagazine | Book Reviews, Books
Prioritizing Human Flourishing
How Aristotle, the Buddha, and Confucius can inform a renewal of virtue ethics
CultureMagazine | Book Reviews, Books
Koans and Crises
Opening the mind to new solutions
Parting Words
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Buddhist Ruminations
An ode to practice by the late feminist poet of the Beat Generation