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A Bird’s-Eye View of the Bodhisattva Path
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A Bird’s-Eye View of the Bodhisattva Path
We can aspire to save all sentient beings—and still know when to say no.
It’s not just our actions that matter.
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.
From aspiration to insight, the practice of bodhicitta leads to a natural embodiment of wisdom and compassion.
An introduction to the special section
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.
A foggy brain and chronic fatigue opened up my practice and showed me a new kind of full and vital life.
How might Buddhists navigate the #MeToo movement?
Want to free yourself from suffering? Make sure to put the four noble truths first, says a Theravada monk.
Dispensing with our differences, we can acknowledge our shared humanity.
A Vanished Buddhist King
Select wisdom from sources old and new
How to tap into the fierce feminine power in all of us.
An interview with Sallie Tisdale, death and dying educator
The Buddha’s mindfulness was not a passive exercise but a practice of conscious decision making. The choices he suggested lead to lasting happiness.
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.
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.
Candy Chang and James A. Reeves, the duo behind the interactive exhibition A Monument for the Anxious and Hopeful
Covering the latest in Buddhist publishing
A letter from Tricycle’s editor
Meet Nambei Honganji, Brazil Betsuin, a Jodo Shinshu sangha based in São Paolo.
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
Caitlin Van Dusen reviews three meditation apps: WeCroak, Sand Garden, and Relax Meditation
New poetry from David Hinton
Early Buddhist nuns stand up to the demon Mara, in this context a symbol of aggression and misogyny, and face him down.
Finding parallels between modern-day stand-up comedians and Zen masters of the past
Ruth King draws attention to how racial bias begins with distorted perceptions.
How mindfully planting and caring for an apple orchard can cultivate literal and figurative fruit.
For many of us, the thick fog of memory loss is one of the most fearsome things we can imagine.
Matthew Gindin reviews Hyecho’s Journey, which explores how major Buddhist pilgrimage sites might have appeared to an 8th-century Korean monk.
The Yungang Grottoes, one of Chinese Buddhism’s most famous World Heritage sites, have been recreated via 3D-printing.