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Introducing a special section on Buddhism and self-help
By Alex Caring-Lobel, Illustrations for this section by Brett Ryder
And other strategies for self-help
By Noelle Oxenhandler
Despite self-help’s shortcomings, it represents a noble faith: we can change.
By Clancy Martin
The Buddha refused to say whether the self exists or not. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be helped.
By Mary Talbot
“Namaste. You’re dead.” (Plus: 7 habits of highly effective Buddhists.)
By Sallie Tisdale
A student’s candid recollection of the intricacies of practice with one of the pioneer teachers of Zen in the West
By Andrew Cooper
Re: The Zendo Email List
By Bobby Byrd, Photograph by Keliy Anderson-Staley
Surveillance and self-immolation in Boudhanath
By Emily Strasser
Encounters with sickness
By Douglas Penick, Photography by Luna Coppola
The art of Lee Mingwei
By Anne DoranA selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
By Tricycle
A letter from Tricycle’s editor, James Shaheen
By James ShaheenContributors include Emily Strasser and Brett Ryder; photography from Luna Coppola
By Tricycle
All the latest in Buddhist goings-on: books, news, and more
By Max Zahn
Select wisdom from sources old and new
By Tricycle
Interview with the Nepali artist behind the white butterfly movement
By Tricycle
17 frank pieces of life advice from a Zen master
By Kodo Sawaki Roshi
3 questions to put things in perspective
By Gregg Krech
An interview with Stephen Batchelor
By James Shaheen, Tricycle
Andrew Schelling reviews Gary Snyder’s book, This Present Moment
By Andrew Schelling
Dan Zigmond reviews Sam van Schaik’s The Lost Tradition of Tibetan Zen
By Dan Zigmond
A Buddhist-themed crossword
By Richard Benton
Parenting a compassionate teen in the modern age
By Liesl Schwabe
Contemplating the self’s demise while traveling through Tibet
By Dan Zigmond
A run-in with a skunk provides a chance to give thanks
By Pamela Gayle White
Using the four noble truths as the four truths as a template for transformation
By Andrew Olendzki
Encountering the effects of the hottest, driest year on record
By Wendy Johnson
Considering western Buddhism: a “pick-and-choose religion decked out with exoticism”
By Pascal Bruckner