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Magazine | Letters to the Editor, The Conversation
Letters to the Editor
Our readers respond to Tricycle’s print and online offerings.
Magazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
A Life Worth Living
A letter from Tricycle’s editor
Magazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Featured contributors include psychotherapist Teri Dillion, photojournalist Jeenah Moon, Zen priest Dan Zigmond, and writer Chenxing Han
Openings
Why You Should Buy Nothing
The growing community’s cofounder discusses its Buddhist influences.
CultureMagazine | Meditations on the Arts, Openings
The Act of Liberation
Kei Tsuruharatani on Buddhism and Broadway
Magazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
Sutra and Bible Exhibit
On February 26, a new exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles titled Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration opened with a virtual preview and talk by…
Magazine | Openings, Visiting Teacher
Visiting Teacher: Lama Karma
A Q&A with Lama Karma, director of Milarepa Retreat Center in Tennessee
Turning Word
Narayan Helen Liebenson, a guiding teacher at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center, talks about a Buddhist book that made a significant impact on her practice.
CultureMagazine | Openings, Podcasts
Finishing the Work
An excerpt of a conversation between poet Ocean Vuong and Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen.
Magazine | Openings, What's in a Symbol
What’s in a Symbol? Vajra
Indra’s lightning bolt in Vajryana ritual and art
Magazine | Openings, The Archives
Past Lives, Present Issues
bell hooks on Buddhism and love
Magazine | A Day in the Dharma, Openings
A Day in the Dharma with Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, a Zen teacher and Tricycle editor living in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
An inside look at the daily life of a Zen teacher
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing, plus a book worth rereading
Magazine | Audio Dharma, Openings
What We’re Listening To
A guided meditation, podcast, dharma talk, and chanting that no Buddhist listener should miss
CultureMagazine | Openings, The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Traveler in Boston
New England’s metropolis offers many attractions for Buddhist visitors.
CultureMagazine | On Haiku, Openings
The Beauty of Finality
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge takes an essential life lesson from the summer sky.
Magazine | By the Numbers, Openings
Buddhism by the Numbers: Massachusetts
Buddhist activity in the Bay State
Teachings
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
One Thing for Sure
Lessons in grief from a rescue chicken
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
We Are Not Our Selves
A brief teaching from a Buddhist scholar
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Making Time
A brief teaching from a Soto Zen priest
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Moving Beyond Distraction
A brief teaching from a meditation teacher and author
TeachingsMagazine | Practice, Teachings
Making Our Way Together
How to be a good dharma friend
Magazine | Meet a Teacher, Teachings
Meet a Teacher: Karma Yeshe Chödrön and Karma Zopa Jigme
The cofounders of Prajna Fire marry classical teachings with a modern sensibility.
TeachingsMagazine | Pocket Paramis, Teachings
Pocket Paramis: Patience
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
TeachingsMagazine | Ask a Teacher, Teachings
What Is the Meaning of Refuge?
Rev. Myokei Caine-Barrett answers.
MeditationMagazine | Teachings
Hit Pause with Mindful Journaling
A Won Buddhist kyomunim offers tips from her own journey on the page.
TeachingsMagazine | Teachings, What's in a Word?
What’s in a Word? Bhāvanā
Our expert discusses its meaning.
TeachingsMagazine | Buddhism for Beginners, Teachings
Are All Buddhists Vegetarians?
Addressing a modern question with ancient roots
Features
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Making Our Own Jewels
A writer and practitioner reflects on her terminal illness.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
How Meditation Failed Me
A Buddhist psychotherapist is revisited by his childhood disfluency.
The Carving of Tradition
Shikō Munakata’s starkly stylized woodblock prints combine Japanese craft and Buddhist iconography.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Delbert and the Butterfly
How a sweat lodge confirmed a Zen monk’s spiritual free agency
Liberating the Sacred
Exploring tensions between context and transcendence in Western Buddhism
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Leaving the Palace
Buddhism, womanhood, and the problem of the self
Four Ideals to Guide Your Practice
A succinct sutra offers advice for aspiring bodhisattvas.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Partial Equanimity
Chenxing Han discusses Buddhism and identity with writer Jay Caspian Kang
Unanswered Questions in Buddhist Studies
Four essential questions in the field from one of its leading scholars
What Is War?
The Zen master and the straw mat
Reviews
IdeasMagazine | Books, Reviews
Why did Thay Come to the West?
Two new publications illuminate the early years of the late Zen master.
CultureMagazine | Books, Reviews
A Break in the Rhythm
Julie Otsuka’s The Swimmers dives into the spaces and paces of freedom.
CultureMagazine | Books, Reviews
A Philosopher Visits the Metaverse
Choosing your own reality
Parting Words
Polish the stone or the mind
A poem from Sarah Ruhl's Love Poems in Quarantine