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Buddhist teachings do not advise asking others to absolve us from our misdeeds. Instead, they outline a path to purification that will change our relationship to reactive patterns.
By Ken McLeod
By paying lip service to female empowerment but not materially supporting Western female monastics, we leave them—and the future of Tibetan Buddhism in the West—in doubt.
By Ayya Yeshe
The three secrets to liberation in Japanese esoteric Buddhism
By Matthew McMullen
New fiction from Tibet
By Tenzin Dickie
Full ordination for nuns—a status that has been denied women for almost a thousand years—has been revived in Tibetan Buddhism.
By Janet Gyatso
Does elevating the guru to the same status as the teachings themselves set the stage for teacher-student abuse?
By Stephen Batchelor
When a therapist tries to beat the system, he’s given a taste of his own medicine—and a lesson about right speech.
By Mark Epstein
The secret to world harmony isn’t oneness. It’s multiplicity.
By Kurt Spellmeyer
Shinran, the founder of Shin Buddhism, broke with Japanese tradition to start a religion of radical egalitarianism that opened the benefits of Buddhism to everyone.
By Mark Unno
Meet Red Rose Sangha, a Zen community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar
In search of true words
By Taylor Plimpton
An interview with Tibetan psychologist Lobsang Rapgay about student-teacher relationships that turn abusive
By Emma Varvaloucas
All the latest in Buddhist goings-on: books, news, and more
By Marie Scarles
Covering the latest in Buddhist publishing
By Marie Scarles
Caitlin Van Dusen reviews three meditation apps: 10% Happier, Zen Bound 2, and My Gratitude Journal
By Caitlin Van Dusen
A Q&A with the former Tibetan Buddhist nun, PhD candidate, and latex lover
By Emma Varvaloucas
Edward A. Burger’s film One Mind is an open exploration into the state of mind that is cultivated and lived at Zhenru Chan temple in China’s Jiangxi province.
By Dale S. Wright
Lines by the 4th-century Chinese poet
By T'ao Ch'ien
The story of how an Italian immigrant from Brooklyn helped to bring the dharma back to India
By Philip Deslippe
The look you gave the driver who cut you off. The email you shouldn’t have sent. There’s an effective way to avoid acting on your worst emotions.
By Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
By The Editors
A letter from Tricycle’s editor
By James Shaheen
Select wisdom from sources old and new
By The Editors, Illustrations by Melanie Lambrick
Here are some recommendations from contemplative psychotherapy for working with transgressions by or painful break with a spiritual teacher.
By Miles Neale, PhD
A Buddhist practitioner summons gratitude on the eve of a Native American harvest tradition.
By Wendy Johnson
How meditation got me through a 25-year prison sentence.
By Fleet Maull
There is value to having flexibility in your practice.
By Dharmavidya David Brazier
Aiming for any preferred version of death is fraught with opportunities for disappointment and rejection when the time comes.
By Pamela Gayle White
Our greed for consumption is causing ecological and social harm. Can the Buddha’s teachings help us change course?
By Andrew Olendzki