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The Conversation
Magazine | Letters to the Editor, The Conversation
Letters to the Editor
Our readers respond to Tricycle’s print and online stories.
IdeasMagazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
Letter from the Editor: Unmasking the Guru
A letter from Tricycle’s editor, James Shaheen
Magazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Contributors include Robert Neubecker, Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar, Bernhard Pörksen, and Koshin Paley Ellison
Openings
IdeasMagazine | Columns, Openings
In the Shadows of Transference
Revisiting how we view enlightenment—and how we view teachers—may help us navigate issues of sexual abuse.
Magazine | Openings, Visiting Teacher
Tricycle Visiting Teacher: Karla Jackson-Brewer
Q&A with Karla Jackson-Brewer, an authorized teacher at the Tara Mandala Retreat Center, an adjunct professor in the Women’s and Gender Studies and Africana Studies departments at Rutgers University, and an integrative therapist in New York…
Ask a Teacher
Marc Lesser, Zen teacher and CEO, addresses ethics in the workplace
The Meditator Emoji Origin Story
How Person in Lotus Position found its way onto your phone
Magazine | By the Numbers, Openings
Buddhism by the Numbers: The Economics of Mindfulness
The happiest and unhappiest apps, apps' annual revenues, the ranking of meditation apps, and more data on the economics of mindfulness
Magazine | A Day in the Dharma, Openings
A Day in the Dharma: Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo, cofounder of Sakyadhita
The professor of religion at the University of San Diego visits Mumbai, India, as an educator and pilgrim.
NewsMagazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
Bodhi Tree in Need of TLC
The Bodhi tree, which marks the spot where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment in Bodhgaya, India, is showing signs of struggle.
Turning Word
A novelist, philosopher, and Soto Zen practitioner talks about what Buddhist book has made a significant impact on his practice.
IdeasMagazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
Dharma For All
Bhumisparsha, a virtual sangha started by Lama Rod Owens and Justin von Bujdoss, aims to create a new kind of Buddhist community.
CultureMagazine | Books, Openings
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing plus a book worth rereading
What We’re Listening To
Podcasts, a guided meditation, and music no Buddhist listener should miss
IdeasMagazine | Openings, The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Traveler in Vancouver
You’ll be one step closer to heaven in this Buddhist paradise.
Teachings
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Being Content with What We Have
The next thing you buy won’t make you happy, but a different attitude may.
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
In Brief
Select wisdom from sources old and new
TeachingsMagazine | Practice, Teachings
Overcoming the Vortex of Desire
Getting to know your cravings can weaken their control over you.
TeachingsMagazine | Teachings, What's in a Word?
What’s in a Word? Samsara
Our expert explains the etymology of samsara.
Features
Unmasking the Guru
Our new digital world has made it impossible to believe in infallible teachers. What comes next is up to us.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Lost at Sea
Burying the grief that followed her family's drowning in the Bermuda Triangle didn't work. But using meditation to face it did.
The Noble Abode of Equanimity
On not getting swept up in the political storm
Anime’s Ancestor
The work of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Japan’s last woodblock master, documented the nation’s turbulent transition into the modern era.
Born Together With All Beings
Pure Land Buddhism’s emphasis on universal support is experienced personally as the feeling of “inner togetherness.”
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Leaving Everything Behind
A renowned teacher gives up a traditional life of protection to seek the extreme and transformational conditions of an anonymous mendicant monk.
The Most Important Scholar of Buddhism You’ve Never Heard Of
A Canadian academic opened the doors to Tibetan scholarship in the US and produced a generation of Buddhist thinkers.
What is a Grammy to Laurie Anderson?
The avant-garde artist discusses her award-winning album, Landfall, and how her work and Buddhist practice have merged over time.
CultureMagazine | Art, Reviews
How to Wage Magical War
An exhibition at the Rubin Museum of Art reveals the inner workings of power, politics, and Tibetan Buddhism in premodern Asia.
CultureMagazine | Books, Reviews
Picturing India’s Ancient Mystics
Paintings of the eighty-four mahasiddhas, celebrated adepts of old, are presented in a rare complete collection from Tibet.
IdeasMagazine | Books, Reviews
Going Everywhere While Staying Put
A centuries-old Korean fantasy novel is alive with Buddhist insight into space and time.
Parting Words
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Image of Kindness
"Learn from this tree: It offers its bountiful canopy of shade, Over your head, Rain or shine; Rain or shine"