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Back Issues
Our readers respond to Tricycle’s print and online stories.
By The Editors
A letter from Tricycle’s editor, James Shaheen
By James Shaheen
Featured contributors include writers Leslie Mancillas, Ann Tashi Slater, and Vanessa Zuisei Goddard, and Susanne Billig, editor-in-chief of the German Buddhist publication Buddhismus aktuell.
By The Editors
Three women in prison reflect on their Buddhist practice behind bars.
Interview by Karen Jensen and Katie Egart
Enso Village, a new project by the San Francisco Zen Center, wants to explore the process of growing old.
By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar
Dharma data from the most Buddhist American state
By The Editors
An inside look at the daily activities of a Chinese Chan dharma heir
Photographs by Lily Landes
How the Buddha’s birthday celebration was pumped up to compete with Christianity
By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar
The latest in Buddhist publishing, plus a book worth rereading
By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar
An album, podcasts, and chants that no Buddhist listener should miss
By Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar
Q&A with Dr. Bokin Kim, President of the Won Institute of Graduate Studies in Glenside, Pennsylvania
By The Editors
Portals between the living and dead, stupas in lush pine forests, and other surprises await exploration in Mexico’s soaring capital city.
By Adrienne Bard de Palazuelos, Illustration by Michael Byers
Some things just hurt. But the key to resilience is remembering that we are never truly alone.
By Sharon Salzberg
Select wisdom from sources old and new
By The Editors
Reaching beyond our limits, we make practice real.
By Ken McLeod
The Buddhist scholar was once a dissatisfied rock musician.
By Sabina Rabold
Our expert explains the meaning of sangha.
By Andrew Olendzki
The loss of a pregnancy can lead to deep feelings of isolation, but dharma can help.
By Mindy Newman
Tricycle’s free online source for newcomers offers answers to all the questions you were hesitant to ask aloud.
By The Editors
A former Zen monastic considers what makes a space sacred.
By Vanessa Zuisei Goddard
A short story
By Ann Tashi Slater
A social critique inspired by Buddhist cosmology
By Curtis White, Illustrations by BloodBros
For full human functioning, reason and myth must coexist.
By Karen Armstrong
How a 100-day chant challenge brought a mother and daughter back from the edge of despair
By Leslie Mancillas
What happens to Buddhist institutions when the traditional model of support—merit-based giving—changes?
By Jeff Wilson
Lessons in canine love
By Taylor Plimpton
A Japanese American group protests mass incarceration at the border. One of its Buddhist leaders envisions a new American identity.
Interview with Duncan Ryuken Williams by Ashoka Mukpo
Trying to define what is truly Buddhist is probably a waste of time.
By Jay L. Garfield, Illustrations by MCKIBILLO
Healing in the wake of systemic abuse means seeing our teachers—and ourselves—clearly and with compassion.
Interview with Werner Vogd by Susanne Billig
Reflections on the sounds of an interdependent world
By Douglas Penick
Why the Buddha invented baseball
By Donald S. Lopez Jr., Illustration by Ryan Garcia
Celebrating Buddhism’s early women masters
By Dan Zigmond
The recent DC comic-adapted TV series flips the script on what it means to live in the present moment.
By Hawa Allan
Advice on contemplative mysticism from the life of Tenzin Priyadarshi
By Linda Heuman
“I’m sick of peering at the ego. / No, my ego’s tired of peering at me— / It’s she who awakens me into being.”
By Jenny Xie