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The Myth of Moving On

Writer Suleika Jaouad navigates the aftermath of illness and explores the in-between places.

By Ann Tashi Slater | Photographs by Celeste Sloman

Winter 2021

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

A Writer’s Journey Through the Bardo

In the latest episode of Life As It Is, Tricycle contributing editor Ann Tashi Slater talks about a severe illness that brought The Tibetan Book of the Dead to life for her.

By Ann Tashi Slater, edited by Sarah Fleming

Sep 16, 2021

A Journey Between Lives

How I found my way back to my ancestors through The Tibetan Book of the Dead

By Ann Tashi Slater

Summer 2021

Songs from the Bardo Guides Us to the Next Rebirth

Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith’s reinterpretation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is as faithful as it is provocative.

By Dan Zigmond

Oct 09, 2019

Emptiness and Filling Out Forms: A Practical Approach to Death

Dying with compassion means having a plan in place for those left behind. A practitioner recounts how she navigated the process with her dharma friends.

By Rena Graham

Jul 17, 2019

What We Can Discover in the Dark Unknown

Exploring our fear of the dark can reveal truths about death and what comes after.

By Andrew Holecek

Jun 28, 2019

Video: Letting My Self Die

The Tibetan Buddhist teacher discusses what his near-death experience showed him about our ability to change.

With Helen Tworkov and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

May 01, 2019

Leaving Everything Behind

A renowned teacher gives up a traditional life of protection to seek the extreme and transformational conditions of an anonymous mendicant monk.

By Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche with Helen Tworkov

Summer 2019

One Mani

Two brothers reap the fruit of their karma in this humorous short story from Tibet.

By Tsering Döndrup, Translated by Christopher Peacock

Feb 21, 2019

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Lessons from a (Mostly) Good Dog: #3, Be Kind

Can we learn to love each other the way our dogs love us, with that simple, tender adoration?

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Jun 29, 2022

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Summer 2022

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You Can’t Be Yourself By Yourself: Overcoming Structural Selfishness

In this Dharma Talk, Malcolm Martin proposes the term "structural selfishness" to discuss the ways that a fixed idea of self hinders our practice, while offering insight on how to embrace the complexity of interdependence.

Malcolm Martin

Jun 2022

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