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A Poet’s Journey through a Chinese Prison
by Liao Yiwu | photography by Chen Wei
Why self-mastery is self-defeating
by Dharmavidya David Brazier | artwork by Don Morris
The Avatamsaka Sutra in art
by Dale S. Wright | artwork by Tom Wudl
Restoring Zen’s female lineage
by Mary Fowles | illustrations by Barbara Cooper
Distinguishing between problems of human birth and problems of human making
By Rita M. Gross, Photography by Luis González Palma
Can tradition and science both fit? An interview with Thupten Jinpa Langri
By Linda Heuman
Contributors include Tom Wudl, Mary Fowles, and Luis González Palma
By The EditorsA selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
By The EditorsA letter from Tricycle’s editor, James Shaheen
By James Shaheen
The experience of the sublime exceeds our capacity for representation. The world is excessive: every blade of grass, every ray of sun, every falling leaf is excessive. None of these things can be adequately captured in concepts, images, or words. They overreach us, spilling beyond the boundaries of thought. Their sublimity brings the thinking, calculating […]
By Stephen BatchelorTo make my sitting practice a daily priority.To spend less time being social with strangers, online.To think twice before acting on the heart’s closings.To not expect too much, and be grateful for what is.To make room for the unavoidable unpleasantness.To not cling to pleasant things, people, or moments.To have compassion for my imperfections, and those […]
By Marguerite Manteau-Rao
Distorted perceptions are like a mirage. Deceived by a mirage, a deer runs quickly toward what it perceives as water. As he runs, he sees that the water-like mirage is still far ahead of him. So he keeps running toward it to drink. When he is even more tired and thirsty, he stops and looks […]
By Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Many times I hear students say, “I don’t want to think—I just want to sit.” They fear that any analytical process is too “mental” and will only lead to more of the conceptual, discursive thinking that already overburdens the Western approach to life. For example, one time, when I led a program on Contemplative Meditation, […]
By Khenpo GawangCompassion is not just an emotion one might feel after reading something sad or heartbreaking. Our compassion is a source of energy and strength. It is the basis for our actions in the world. ♦ From Zooburbia: Meditations on the Wild Animals Among Us, by Tai Moses © 2014 Parallax Press. Reprinted with permission of the […]
By Tai Moses
The path to uncovering our heart’s positive qualities is a radical one. It is fraught with the demons of the heart/mind that in Buddhism we call Mara. Mara is the aspect of heart/mind that creates roadblocks, gives excuses, procrastinates, and urges us to avoid all the unpleasant mind states that accompany the healing of awakening. […]
By Noah Levine
Empty-handed I entered the world Barefoot I leave it. My coming, my going— Two simple happenings That got entangled. ♦ From Japanese Death Poems, compiled by Yoel Hoffman. © 1998 Tuttle Publishing. Reprinted with permission of the publisher.
By Kozan Ichikyo
One particular difficulty, which is one of the most effective catalysts to awakening the heart, is experiencing the pain of remorse. Sometimes we get a glimpse of the fact that we’re living from vanity or unkindness or pettiness, and we feel a cringe of conscience. This is the experience of remorse, which arises when we […]
By Ezra Bayda
Every revolution needs fresh poems that is the reason poetry cannot die. It is the reason poets go without sleep and sometimes without lovers without new cars and without fine clothes the reason we commit to facing the dark and resign ourselves, regularly, to the possibility of being wrong. Poetry is leading us. It never […]
By Alice Walker
Two Buddhist scholars expand on popular misconceptions about Buddhism.
By Robert E. Buswell, Jr. and Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Q&A with a Buddhist chef
By Heather More Iarusso
A contemporary artist on environmental Buddhism
By Fredericka Foster
Cultivating the spirit of awakening
By Karma Trinlay Rinpoche | Photography by Bill Armstrong
An interview with Zen master and former priest Ruben L. F. Habito
By Jane Lancaster Patterson
Strengthening our natural capacity for awareness
by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche with Helen Tworkov
The limitations of bearing witness at Auschwitz
By Hawa Allan
Two new Buddhist takes on how to stay sober
By Joan Duncan OliverBuddhist writer Clark Strand is disillusioned with American Buddhism. That is, he avows, with the exception of Soka Gakkai International (SGI), the world’s largest lay Buddhist institution, whose presence has been steadily growing on American shores as well as abroad. Founded in Japan in 1930, the organization now boasts 12 million members in 192 […]
By Alex Caring-Lobel
Parting words from Gary Snyder (and Cold Mountain)
By Gary Snyder
Tricycle’s food columnist serves up a risotto that packs a soft punch.
By Noa Jones
On leaving Boudhanath
By Leath Tonino
Transforming our lives through meditation
By Lawrence Levy
The art and practice of apple tree grafting
By Wendy Johnson
The gift of awareness
By Andrew Olendzki