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The Buddhist Review
Back Issues
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In This Issue
Special Sections
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Let It All Go
Introducing a special section on Buddhism and self-help
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Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section
Go Bang Your Head Against the Wall
And other strategies for self-help
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Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Special Section
It’s All for the Better
Despite self-help's shortcomings, it represents a noble faith: we can change.
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TeachingsMagazine | Special Section
Saving Vacchagotta
The Buddha refused to say whether the self exists or not. But that doesn't mean it can't be helped.
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Self-Care for Future Corpses
"Namaste. You're dead." (Plus: 7 habits of highly effective Buddhists.)
Features
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Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Good Fit
A student's candid recollection of the intricacies of practice with one of the pioneer teachers of Zen in the West
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Memo to the Sangha
Re: The Zendo Email List
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Beneath the Eyes of the Buddha
Surveillance and self-immolation in Boudhanath
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The Body as Battleground
Encounters with sickness
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Then Events Unfold
The art of Lee Mingwei
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Departments
Letters to the Editor Winter 2015
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
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Magazine | Letter From The Editor
Help and Self-Help
A letter from Tricycle’s editor, James Shaheen
Featured Contributors Winter 2015
Contributors include Emily Strasser and Brett Ryder; photography from Luna Coppola
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Buddha Buzz Winter 2015
All the latest in Buddhist goings-on: books, news, and more
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TeachingsMagazine | Brief Teachings
Brief Teachings
Select wisdom from sources old and new
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CultureMagazine | This Buddhist Life
Q&A with Milan Rai, a Nepali Artist
Interview with the Nepali artist behind the white butterfly movement
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TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk
To You
17 frank pieces of life advice from a Zen master
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Naikan Therapy
3 questions to put things in perspective
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After Buddhism
An interview with Stephen Batchelor
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Gary Snyder’s Tracks
Andrew Schelling reviews Gary Snyder's book, This Present Moment
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The Lost Tradition of Tibetan Zen
Dan Zigmond reviews Sam van Schaik's The Lost Tradition of Tibetan Zen
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Not Knowing
A Buddhist-themed crossword
Columns
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Teenage Wasteland
Parenting a compassionate teen in the modern age
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Postcard from Tibet
Contemplating the self's demise while traveling through Tibet
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Skunked by Gratitude
A run-in with a skunk provides a chance to give thanks
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Blueprint to Solve Suffering
Using the four noble truths as the four truths as a template for transformation
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An Ocean of Blessing
Encountering the effects of the hottest, driest year on record
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Success for Buddhism in the West?
Considering western Buddhism: a "pick-and-choose religion decked out with exoticism"