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Our readers respond to Tricycle’s print and online offerings.
By The Editors
A letter from Tricycle’s editor
By James Shaheen
Featured contributors include Tibetan Buddhist teacher Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, professor Jolyon Baraka Thomas, author Jamyang Norbu, and novelist Jenny Offill.
By The Editors
Insight Meditation teacher Tuere Sala talks about her time as a Buddhist prosecuting attorney.
Interview with Tuere Sala by Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar
Thich Tinh Giac wants to educate his Vietnamese neighbors about the ecological impact of religious rites.
By Mark Barnes
Colleges continue to offer courses in languages while expanding to reach new audiences in different disciplines.
By Emily DeMaioNewton
How climate change’s disproportionate impact on South Asia will affect the Buddhist pilgrimage circuit
By Eliza Rockefeller
The percentage of population growth in Bodhgaya, the cost of a Buddhist tour on the Mahaparinirvan Express, and more data around climate change and Buddhist pilgrimage sites.
By The Editors
Buddhist songwriter Laura Mustard’s path toward self-acceptance
Interview by with Laura Mustard by Emily DeMaioNewton
An inside look at the pandemic activities of a teacher in the Plum Village tradition
Photographs by Jeenah Moon
The latest in Buddhist publishing, plus a book worth rereading
By Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar
A dharma talk, podcast episodes, and a podcast series that no Buddhist listener should miss
By Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar
Kaira Jewel Lingo, a lay dharma teacher who was ordained in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing, talks about a Buddhist book that made a significant impact on her practice.
By Kaira Jewel Lingo
A Q&A with Lama Willa Blythe Baker, a dharma teacher and founder of the Buddhist community Natural Dharma Fellowship in Boston
By The Editors
Seven questions from the canon for testing the health of a nation
By Jamyang Norbu
How life’s little annoyances can teach us ever-greater tolerance.
By Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
A brief teaching from a Soto Zen teacher
By Jundo Cohen
A brief teaching from a psychologist
By Mitch Abblett
A brief teaching from the Dalai Lama
By The Dalai Lama
A brief teaching from a Mindful Living trainer
By Mark Van Buren
Simple tips for an effective Q&A with your Buddhist teacher
By Ken McLeod
Ways to welcome our families into our hearts, if not our homes, this winter
By Nina Herzog
A story from the Karmashataka illustrates how true devotion can be a source of energy and joy.
By Mindy Newman and Kaia Fischer
The Bishop of the Buddhist Churches of America was born a Buddhist but didn’t immediately know it was a path for him to follow.
By Adrienne Bard de Palazuelos
Our expert explains the meaning of dukkha.
By Andrew Olendzki
Tricycle’s free online source for newcomers offers answers to all the questions you were hesitant to ask aloud.
By The Editors
An interview with Tina Turner
By Clark Strand
A portrait of modern anxiety
By Jenny Offill
Foreign photographers have shaped the Western images of Tibet. Now Tibetans are taking control of the camera.
An interview with Clare Harris by Ann Tashi Slater
A writer reflects on finding beauty that endures.
By Curtis White
Faith, practice, and enlightenment in Zen master Dogen’s Genjokoan
Adapted from a talk by Roshi Robert Althouse
Decades before the mindfulness boom, the influential psychoanalyst foresaw the potential benefits and misuses of Buddhist practice.
By Ira Helderman
Learning from the Kalama Sutta
By Jack Petranker
A Zen tale of visitation and sanitation
By David Schneider
The iconic anime of Studio Ghibli explores fundamental truths through the imagery of Japanese and Buddhist lore.
By Jolyon Baraka Thomas
A new book depicts the life of the 20th-century global meditation pioneer S. N. Goenka, but does it tell the whole story?
By Erik Braun
Netflix’s (Un)Well examines the promises of the wellness industry.
By Noelle Oxenhandler
An excerpt from the novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
By Ocean Vuong