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The Conversation
Magazine | Letters to the Editor, The Conversation
Letters to the Editor
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
Magazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
Walking a Fine Line
A letter from Tricycle’s editor, James Shaheen
Magazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Feature contributors include Moonassi, Noelle Oxenhandler, Megan Sweas, and Benjamin Brose
Openings
Whose Statue Is It?
The struggle to repatriate Buddhist art
CultureMagazine | Openings, What's in a Symbol
A Tour of the Bardo
Between death and rebirth, there’s more work to be done.
Bringing Life to Statues
How images of the Buddha are consecrated in northern Thailand
IdeasMagazine | A Day in the Dharma, Openings
A Day in the Dharma with Reverend Robert Yamada, founder of the Animal Liberation Temple in Martinez, California
An inside look at the daily life of the Animal Liberation Temple
IdeasMagazine | Openings, Podcasts
An Antidote to Doomscrolling
An excerpt from a conversation between journalist Emma Varvaloucas and Tricycle editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
Magazine | Openings, Visiting Teacher
Visiting Teacher: Adele Tomlin
A Q&A with Adele Tomlin, founder of Dakini Translations and Publications.
Turning Word: ‘Illuminating the Thirty-Seven Practices of a Bodhisattva’
Allison Choying Zangmo, a Buddhist teacher, author, and translator, talks about an influential Buddhist book that made a significant impact on her practice.
CultureMagazine | Books, Openings
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing, plus a book worth rereading
CultureMagazine | Audio Dharma, Openings
What We’re Listening To
Two short practices and two dharma talks that no Buddhist listener should miss.
CultureMagazine | Openings, The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Traveler on the Big Island
Serenity comes easily on Hawaii’s lush and relaxed namesake island.
CultureMagazine | On Haiku, Openings
Love Letter to the Earth
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge offers a 17-syllable alternative to Instagram.
In the Cards
Tensho David Schneider shares a a Lunar New Year card featuring the symbol for Avalokiteshvara written in Siddham script.
Teachings
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
How to Be Your Own Soulmate
Using Thich Nhat Hanh’s Three Powers to heal our relationship with ourselves
TeachingsMagazine | Pocket Paramis, Teachings
Pocket Paramis: Equanimity
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
The Birth of the Buddha
Enlightenment starts with baby steps.
TeachingsMagazine | Meet a Teacher, Teachings
Meet a Teacher: Anushka Fernandopulle
A Theravada teacher helps her clients bring dharma to work.
MeditationMagazine | Practice, Teachings
The Fourth Quality of the Heart
A practice for developing equanimity
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Meditation Isn’t Magic
A brief teaching from a senior teacher in the Insight Meditation community.
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Meaningful Suffering
Brief wisdom from a scholar and Plum Village monk
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Faith Is Fundamental
Brief wisdom from a tutor of the Dalai Lama
IdeasMagazine | Teachings, What's in a Word?
What’s in a Word?: Anicca
A Pali scholar discusses its meaning.
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Expansion and Contraction
A framework for finding room for possibility.
TeachingsMagazine | Buddhism for Beginners, Teachings
Did the Buddha Have Past Lives?
Did he ever—and they function as core teaching stories in the Buddhist scriptures. According to Buddhist teachings, all beings cycle endlessly from one rebirth to the next, escaping only through enlightenment. The Buddha was no different—although…
Features
After Thay
Plum Village reckons with the loss of its founder.
The Roots of Buddhist Modernism
Scholar David McMahan on the Asian reformations grounding contemporary Western Buddhism
A Companion On the Shores of Autumn
Finding fellowship in the poetry of Basho
CultureMagazine | Feature, Portfolio
The Art of Budo
Reading between the brushstrokes of martial arts masters
Show Me Your Face
Our projections in the mirror
A New Kind of Missionary
Ananda Jennings, the first Western woman to sit an intensive Chan retreat, was a remarkable teacher who was all but forgotten by her home country.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Doctor and His Guru
Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant talks with German media scholar Bernhard Poerksen about the dangers of nationalism in times of a pandemic and the eradication of smallpox as a lesson in global cooperation.
The Funny Thing About Death
David Sedaris and Ann Tashi Slater discuss mortality, bardo wisdom, and the joys of thrifting.
Reviews
CultureMagazine | Books, Reviews
Practice Like Magic
Ken McLeod’s new book provides a fresh take on the lived experience of Tantric Buddhism.
CultureMagazine | Books, Reviews
A Fleeting Dream
Tue Sy’s poetry navigates ultimate and conventional reality in every line.
CultureMagazine | Books, Reviews
Each Other’s Bodhisattvas
Buddhist chaplain Chenxing Han’s memoir explores what caretaking really means.
Parting Words
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Deer Park
A poem from The Way of Ch’an: Essential Texts of the Original Tradition