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The Buddhist Review
Back Issues
An introduction to the special section
By Emma Varvaloucas
Zen advice for when things blow up around you
By Wendy Egyoku Nakao Roshi
There’s so much chaos in the world right now that we have little choice but to wake up to it. Heightened uncertainty is an excellent opportunity for growth.
By Dawa Tarchin Phillips, Illustration by Megan Dailey
An interview with the environmentalist and entrepreneur Paul Hawken
By Sam Mowe
In a time of discordance and distrust, especially among religious communities, a Muslim activist and a Buddhist priest come together to discuss and resist the nativism that has surfaced all over the globe.
With Kurt Spellmeyer and Sofia Ali-Khan, Photography by Eric McNatt
The recent talk of a Muslim registry isn’t the first time the United States government has targeted individuals based on their religion. Duncan Ryuken Williams shares the often overlooked stories of Buddhist Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII—and explains why it’s critical now to revisit their sacrifices and contributions.
By Duncan Ryuken Williams
Living on amid the destruction of everything we ever knew
By Douglas Penick
(But shouldn’t)
By Thanissaro Bhikkhu
When Zen master Bernie Glassman suffers a debilitating stroke, he and his wife learn the ultimate lesson of not-knowing.
By Eve Marko, Photographs by Bob Miller
When a hospice counselor is called to the bedside of a child who has just died, he leads the parents through a Buddhist ritual for cleaning the body. In the process, he guides them through the fires of grief, which burn away everything but love.
By Frank Ostaseski
Chinese classics scholar David Hinton on the transformative power of landscape practice: wholly immersed in nature, we shed the cocoon of identity and separateness.
By Leath Tonino
In the search for diversity, have the meditation-centered traditions been asking the wrong questions? A Nichiren priest weighs in.
By Myokei Caine-Barrett, Photograph by Keliy Anderson-Staley
In a place where Buddhist roots don’t run deep, the Northwest Dharma Association is making efforts to build bridges across disparate Buddhist groups––some of which exist side-by-side yet remain unaware of each other.
By Steve Wilhelm
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
By The EditorsA letter from Tricycle’s editor
By James ShaheenFeatured contributors include Wendy Egyoku Nakao Roshi, Sofia Ali-Khan, and Grégoire A. Meyer
By The Editors
All the latest in Buddhist goings-on: books, news, and more
By Marie Scarles
Select wisdom from sources old and new
By The Editors, Illustrations by Melanie Lambrick
Q&A with Tsewang Rinzing, president of the Bhutan Amateur Athletic Federation
By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar
Get to know this Zen sangha of about 20 members in Anchorage, Alaska
By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar
George Saunders’s first novel is irrefutably—and magnificently—Buddhist.
By Amie Barrodale
We review mindfulness-training programs that fit right into your pocket.
By Caitlin Van Dusen
Covering the latest in Buddhist publishing
By Marie Scarles
A brief excerpt from Samurai Wisdom Stories
By Pascal Fauliot
Switching from a passive recipient of love to a living embodiment of it, we find real love.
By Sharon Salzberg
Our resident gardener renews her gratitude to a pioneering woman of Buddhism
By Wendy Johnson
It is only when we confront and accept the heart of darkness within ourselves that we can shatter the walls of ego that divides us from others.
By Reverend Patti Nakai
Enter our version of the “spin zone”
By Kenneth Kraft
Lessons from the Buddha about how we can use our speech to reduce instead of provoke hostility
By Andrew Olendzki
The Tibetan Buddhist master and founder of Jewel Heart International bridged the gap between Tibet and the West.
By Mark Magill