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Contrary to popular belief, meat eating has been questioned by masters both past and present.
By Geoffrey Barstow, Illustration by Paul Hostetler
In the esoteric Japanese tradition, subduing the external evils of the world as well as the inner evils of one’s own mind is a central element of practice. A scholar explains why we shouldn’t dismiss it so quickly.
By Eric Swanson
The dharma’s true home is neither here nor there.
By Kurt Spellmeyer, Artwork by Bernadette Jiyong Frank
Is samaya a commitment to do whatever your teacher says?
By Ken McLeod, Photographs by Seth Miranda
A meditation on mindfulness of the body brings to light the painful racialized experiences of many practitioners of color—a reality that white communities often fail to take into account.
By Atia Sattar, Illustration by Loveis Wise
A charismatic Ohio-born lama brings the dharma to the Buckeye State.
By Mary Talbot, Photography by Andrew Spear
Select wisdom from sources old and new
By The Editors
As the dharma is made relatable to modern Western culture, do Buddhism’s foundational texts risk becoming obsolete?
By Gabriel Lefferts
Noelle Oxenhandler reviews Tracy Franz’s My Year of Dirt and Water: Journal of a Zen Monk’s Wife in Japan.
By Noelle Oxenhandler
The way to live with joy in a painful world is not by shutting down or closing off—just the opposite. A Tibetan teacher shows you how.
By Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche | Artwork by David Drebin
How to behave more like a lion and less like a dog
By Phakchok Rinpoche and Erric Solomon, Photography by Nick Brandt
A selection of letters sent by Tricycle readers
By The EditorsA letter from Tricycle‘s editor.
By James Shaheen
Musician Edward Simon talks about the influence that Buddhist practice has had on his career as a jazz pianist and composer.
By Gabriel Lefferts
A community of dharma practitioners in a small-town in Ohio seeks to maintain the distinct integrity of multiple Buddhist traditions.
By Gabriel Lefferts
Tricycle takes a look at the work of David Orr, visual artist and creator of the abstract mandala series Illumined
By Julia Hirsch
Prisoner, lama, and “neo-Buddhist” heir to a Russian dharma king
By Douglas Penick
In following the “true crime” model, the Netflix documentary sidesteps larger spiritual questions and the historical import of the countercultural movement.
By Curtis White
Caitlin Van Dusen reviews three meditation apps that assist your meditation practice: Just 6, ZenView, and Aware.
By Caitlin Van Dusen
Covering the latest in Buddhist publishing
By Gabriel Lefferts
A pithy teaching from the Zen Master Yunmen.
By Yunmen Wenyan
If enlightenment is possible in this life, then why haven’t more of us reached it? A Buddhist scholar and practitioner makes a call for genuine awakening.
By Andrew Olendzki
The Atlanta-based organization Lead to Life: A People’s Alchemy for Regeneration has a commitment to nonviolence bolstered by spiritual insight and dedicated action.
By Wendy Johnson
Buddhism teaches that pain is inevitable. Just being with pain creates an opportunity to cultivate intimacy with it.
By Robert Augustus Masters
When people age with memories more or less intact, remembering can be a dreadful burden, laden with fears and regrets, or a precious refuge to come home to.
By Pamela Gayle White
Theravada monk Bhikkhu Bodhi calls for the emergence of a collective Buddhist voice of conscience.
By Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi