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Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Tie That Need Not Bind
Is Buddhism's teaching on nonattachment a directive to disengage from relationships? A Pure Land priest explains that in her tradition, it is impossible to awaken without them.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Joy of No Sex
A lay practitioner reveals one of the most liberating decisions of her life: celibacy.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Life’s Hidden Support
Following his father's death, Tricycle's features editor reflects on the importance of our care for one another.
Under Your Skin
A Thai forest monk explains why a healthy body image is not what you think it is.
The Present Moment
The "present moment" is on everyone's lips nowadays. But do we really know what we mean by it? The philosophers of antiquity help us get underneath the cliché.
Sea of Sorrow
On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami, a psychologist who volunteered to help survivors in Thailand recalls her staggering confrontation with death and considers how a Buddhist country coped with the…
Departments
Featured Contributors Winter 2014
Contributors include Ronna Kabatznick, Reverend Patti Nakai, and Philip Blenkinsop.
Letters to the Editor Winter 2014
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
It Takes Guts
A letter from Tricycle’s editor, James Shaheen
TeachingsMagazine | Brief Teachings
Prajna
Select wisdom from sources old and new.
The Role of Faith
Select wisdom from sources old and new
The Benevolence of the True Teachers
Select wisdom from sources old and new
Black Fire
Select wisdom from sources old and new
Simple
God’s joy, wrote Rumi,
moves from unmarked box to unmarked box. I remember my sister’s husband,
after her stroke, complaining
“Liz is a box. It says
on the outside Liz, but she’s not there, not the Liz I…
Being No One
Select wisdom from sources old and new
The True Self
Select wisdom from sources old and new
Understanding Understanding
Select wisdom from sources old and new
CultureMagazine | This Buddhist Life
An Interview with Paul McBain
Q&A with a Buddhist filmmaker
TeachingsMagazine | Online Retreats
Four Simple Tips for Living a Buddhist Life
A Tibetan teacher shares his advice for achieving mental strength in the 21st century.
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk
Breaking the Habit of Selfishness
Eight Tibetan verses teach us why putting yourself first means you'll always end up last.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Interview
Good for Nothing
A modern-day Zen master reflects on three generations of irreverent teachings.
IdeasMagazine | Living in the Dharma
Making the Sangha Whole Again
The Buddha accepted full ordination for women. But in the centuries since, they have been barred from this legacy. Two nuns help revive the female monastic line.
Tangled in Thought
How to beat your mind at its own game
Lost in Memory
An Indian-American tries to preserve what he cannot understand.
Books in Brief Winter 2014
Tricycle takes a quick look at recent Buddhist books.
Prayer for World Peace
A parting shot from The Shinnyo Center
Cruelty-free Cooking
How a Buddhist took the harm out of her diet
Yellow River Odyssey
Searching for the source of China's legendary river
Honorable Harvest
A Buddhist considers her water consumption during a time of drought.
Magazine | Column, Thus Have I Heard
A Tough But Not Impossible Act to Follow
Can we awaken in this very life?
Magazine | Column, Off The Cushion
Bedside Bodhisattva
A Buddhist chaplain for all faiths
Columns
Cruelty-free Cooking
How a Buddhist took the harm out of her diet
Yellow River Odyssey
Searching for the source of China's legendary river
Honorable Harvest
A Buddhist considers her water consumption during a time of drought.
Magazine | Column, Thus Have I Heard
A Tough But Not Impossible Act to Follow
Can we awaken in this very life?
Magazine | Column, Off The Cushion
Bedside Bodhisattva
A Buddhist chaplain for all faiths