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The Conversation
Magazine | Letters to the Editor, The Conversation
Letters to the Editor
Our readers respond to Tricycle’s print and online stories.
Magazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
All Good News
A letter from Tricycle's editor, James Shaheen.
Magazine | Featured Contributors, The Conversation
Featured Contributors
Featured contributors include Raghu Rai, Master Hsin Tao, Carla Frank, and Martin O'Neill.
Openings
IdeasMagazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
Ladakh Is Bringing New Love to Old Stupas
How a small but committed group of masons in this former Buddhist kingdom are safeguarding their religious and cultural heritage.
Magazine | A Day in the Dharma, Openings
A Day in the Dharma with Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, Abbot of NYC’s Village Zendo
An inside look at the daily activities of a dharma teacher
IdeasMagazine | Openings, Politics
A Dose of Equanimity
Suzanne Harvey, likely the only Buddhist in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, wants you to run for office.
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing plus a book worth rereading.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Columns, Openings
Is Silent Retreat Good for Everyone?
Extended contemplative practice can activate buried trauma.
NewsMagazine | Buddha Buzz, Openings
Prickly Priest Comes for One-Star Reviewers
After tourists left negative reviews of a temple-stay in Japan, one uninhibited Shingon priest decided to respond.
Magazine | Openings, Visiting Teacher
Tricycle Visiting Teacher: Dr. Maria Reis Habito
Q&A with Dr. Maria Reis Habito, Zen teacher at the Maria Kannon Zen Center and international program director for the Museum of World Religions.
IdeasMagazine | The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Traveler in: Buenos Aires
You know about the steaks and the tango. But what about the Zen gardens?
Magazine | For Your Commute, Openings
Podcast Picks
5 podcasts no Buddhist listener should miss
Magazine | Do I Really Need This?, Openings
Do I Really Need This? A Bluetooth Mala
Leap Beads, a new product from Acer, counts how many mantras you recite so that you don't have to.
Give & Take with Novelist Blair Hurley
Her debut novel tackles—what else?—teacher-student relationships gone bad.
Magazine | By the Numbers, Openings
Buddhism by the Numbers: Kentucky
The year the Dalai Lama visited, how much a retreat might cost you, and more dharma data from the Bluegrass state
Did I Say That?
In his new book, Bodhipaksa shares his methods for spotting viral online Buddha quotes that the Buddha definitely never said.
Teachings
Magazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Your Mistakes Are Progress
Our worst faults and failings are an opportunity to create something.
Magazine | In Brief, Teachings
In Brief
Select wisdom from sources old and new
MeditationMagazine | Practice, Teachings
At Home with Yourself
Learning to be alone without being lonely
Magazine | Teachings, What's in a Word?
What’s in a Word? Emptiness
Our expert explains the etymology of emptiness.
Features
The Human Deity
Seeing the Buddha as both human and divine opens us to our own limitless nature.
Ski. Climb. Write.
A living legend among climbers, Dick Dorworth set a speed skiing record, fathered five sons by five women, and drowned his demons in alcohol. Then he found Zen.
Bad Science?
Many of the studies touting meditation and mindfulness benefits are not methodologically sound.
His Holiness: A Life
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, through the lens of India's premier photographer
The Mind’s Dragons
Deep practice mobilizes powerful healing energies—and stirs repressed forces that lie in our subconscious.
The One Pure Dharma
The New Kadampa Tradition is controversial—and growing. Why?
Special Section
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
Meditations Off the Beaten Path
An introduction to the special section
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
Pure and Simple Practice
Though this chant to foster gratitude and connection is the main practice of one of Buddhism's major schools, many are surprisingly unfamiliar with it.
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
Breathe Deep
The key to meditative concentration is not mental, but physical—and you can find it in your lower abdomen.
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
The Elemental Self
Connecting with the earth, fire, water, and air within us connects us with all of existence.
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
Listening to Silence
Complete stillness leads to complete awakening.
Reviews
CultureMagazine | Books, Reviews
With Eyes in All Directions
Prominent writer and social critic Rebecca Solnit takes on the whole American mess in Call Them by Their True Names.
CultureMagazine | Film, Reviews
Everyday Mortality
Netflix ventures into a contemplation of impermanence with End Game
CultureMagazine | Art, Reviews
A Diversity of Voices
James Webb’s Prayer uses recordings of vocal worship to transcend boundaries.
Parting Words
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Fujiwara No Kiyosuke
A quick reflection on time