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No Man’s Land
A letter from South Africa
Mountain of Compassion
Dharma in American internment camps
Buddhism, Racism, and Jazz
True spiritual practice involves facing America's history of racial injustice rather than avoiding it.
Opportunity or Obstacle?
Buddhist views on organ donation
Projecting The Buddha
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of 'Little Buddha,' its depiction of Tibetan Buddhism, and why reincarnation remains a complex topic in the West.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Life with a Capital “L”
An interview with Philip Kapleau Roshi
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
A Journey with Elsa Cloud
A mother travels through India with her estranged daughter.
Departments
No Barrier
Thomas Cleary's new book shines a light on Chinese koan translations.
Letters to the Editor Summer 1993
From our readers
The Baseball Diamond Sutra
A letter from the editor
Dharma Gates in the U.S.A.
Centers of Buddhist practice in the United States
MeditationMagazine | Dharma Talk
Take the One Seat
To take the one seat is to discover that we are unshakable
IdeasMagazine | Shakyamuni Buddha: A Life Retold
Wake Up: Episode One
The first excerpt in a series of eight from Jack Kerouac's Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha
In the News Summer 1993
Tricycle editors discuss current Buddhist news.
Soyen Shaku: One Hundred Years Ago
The accessible and far-reaching speech by Soyen Shaku at the Parliament of World Religions in 1893
Instructions for the Tenzo
On the importance of the head cook in Zen monasteries
TeachingsMagazine | On Translation
Mother of the Buddhas
An excerpt from Lex Hixon's new book highlights the Buddha's teachings on the Six Transcendent Perfections.
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Sitting Still
Once you sit, do not change the position again until the end of the time you determined at the beginning. Suppose you change your original position because it is uncomfortable, and assume another position. What happens…
Magazine | What Does Being A Buddhist Mean To You
Re: Reincarnation
Reflections from Tricycle readers on what being Buddhist means to them around the topic of reincarnation
“My Father’s Guru”
"Masson makes a fascinating book out of the debris he creates."
“Cloudless Sky”
The first and last book by the Third Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche
Only Companion
"Listening is the poet’s art."
The Snow Lion’s Turquoise Mane: Wisdom Tales from Tibet
These poetically translated and retold stories capture for us the vibrant wisdom of an ancient and still-living oral tradition.
Enlightened Courage
A clear, witty outline of the heart of Mahayana Buddhism–the Seven Point Mind Training
The Fruitful Darkness
Part autobiography, part guide for the perplexed, and part critique of "modern culture"
The Eight Gates of Zen
Zen master Loori skillfully teaches what cannot be taught-how Westerners in the context of American culture can actually walk the Buddhist path of liberation here and now.
Lord of the Dance
Inside the autobiography of a Tibetan Lama Chagdud Tulku
