Dementia and the Sense of Self
Tricycle’s executive editor discusses his father’s dementia diagnosis and the questions it raises about memory, impermanence, and identity.
Aging
Beginning with the Buddha's earliest insights, the four noble truths—where the Buddha recognized the inevitability of old age, illness, and death—aging has been a key part of Buddhist wisdom. Explore teachings and personal reflections on aging and related Buddhist topics like impermanence. Go deeper with the Tricycle Online Course Aging as a Spiritual Practice.
Weaving a Mindful Community of Elders
Inspired by Aging with Wisdom, a group of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based seniors reorient their relationship to old age.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
Humor and Heartbreak
A letter from Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
What Is the Shape of My Life?
Before you realize it, the present moment eclipses future unknowns—and that’s OK.
The Delusion of Memory
A monk in the Thai forest tradition presents a teaching on the essential differences between intellectual understanding and direct insight.
The Question: “What in Buddhism have you changed your mind about, and why?”
Gen X Buddhists answer
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Winter Light
Old age brings an unexpected intensity of experience.
TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Mind Over Pain
A brief teaching on aging
Drawing Our Impermanence
How a creative mindfulness program is helping NYC-based seniors to live a second life
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