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Bodhicitta Explained
A Bird’s-Eye View of the Bodhisattva Path
By Ken McLeod
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A Bird’s-Eye View of the Bodhisattva Path
By Ken McLeod
We can aspire to save all sentient beings—and still know when to say no.
By Pilar Jennings
It’s not just our actions that matter.
By Guo Jun
Arousing the thought of enlightenment is not just to make a determination to enlighten all beings; it is the determination to motivate all beings to motivate all beings, on and on.
By Francis Dojun Cook
From aspiration to insight, the practice of bodhicitta leads to a natural embodiment of wisdom and compassion.
By Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel
An introduction to the special section
By Gabriel Lefferts
A bodhisattva-like miracle worker credited with founding the Shingon school, Kobo Daishi—known as Kukai during his life—is a monumental figure in Japan but little known to North American Buddhists.
By Aaron P. Proffitt
A foggy brain and chronic fatigue opened up my practice and showed me a new kind of full and vital life.
By Julie Nelson
How might Buddhists navigate the #MeToo movement?
By Noelle Oxenhandler
Want to free yourself from suffering? Make sure to put the four noble truths first, says a Theravada monk.
By Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Dispensing with our differences, we can acknowledge our shared humanity.
By Lin Jensen
A Vanished Buddhist King
By Douglas Penick
Select wisdom from sources old and new
By The Editors, Illustrations by Melanie Lambrick
How to tap into the fierce feminine power in all of us.
By Lama Tsultrim Allione
An interview with Sallie Tisdale, death and dying educator
By Sallie Tisdale
The Buddha’s mindfulness was not a passive exercise but a practice of conscious decision making. The choices he suggested lead to lasting happiness.
By Peter Doobinin
Hari Budha Magar, the first bilateral above-the-knee amputee to summit a peak upward of 19,000 feet, discusses the mental, physical, and legal roadblocks he must overcome as he plans to climb Mount Everest in 2019.
By Julia Hirsch
A new translation of The Passion Book brings to light author Gendun Chopel’s belief that even sexual pleasure could be a path to enlightenment.
By Douglas Penick
Candy Chang and James A. Reeves, the duo behind the interactive exhibition A Monument for the Anxious and Hopeful
By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar
Covering the latest in Buddhist publishing
By Gabriel Lefferts
A letter from Tricycle’s editor
By James Shaheen
Meet Nambei Honganji, Brazil Betsuin, a Jodo Shinshu sangha based in São Paolo.
Interview with Mauricio Hondaku by Marie Scarles
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
By The Editors
Caitlin Van Dusen reviews three meditation apps: WeCroak, Sand Garden, and Relax Meditation
By Caitlin Van Dusen
New poetry from David Hinton
By David Hinton
Women can’t catch a break, it seems. This was as true in the Buddha’s time as it is today. The nun Sundarinanda pretended to be ill and skipped a meal in order to avoid a sexual predator, but she was pursued and violated by him anyway. The nun Citta sneaked out of her sleeping area […]
By Andrew OlendzkiFinding parallels between modern-day stand-up comedians and Zen masters of the past
By Pamela D. Winfield
Ruth King draws attention to how racial bias begins with distorted perceptions.
By Ruth King
How mindfully planting and caring for an apple orchard can cultivate literal and figurative fruit.
By Wendy Johnson
For many of us, the thick fog of memory loss is one of the most fearsome things we can imagine.
By Pamela Gayle White
Matthew Gindin reviews Hyecho’s Journey, which explores how major Buddhist pilgrimage sites might have appeared to an 8th-century Korean monk.
By Matthew Gindin
The Yungang Grottoes, one of Chinese Buddhism’s most famous World Heritage sites, have been recreated via 3D-printing.
By Gabriel Lefferts