Where Fear and Love Meet
How healing rituals can help us navigate the unpredictability of grief
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Reimagining the Path: Buddhist Séances and Oracles on a Japanese Mountain
A pilgrim to Mount Ontake reflects on the value of ritual and why certain practices have been unfairly dismissed.
The First Plow
In Ladakh, traditional plowing rituals connect villagers with their heritage and show how Buddhism exists beyond temples and texts.
“You Don’t Control Your Life”
In a recent episode of Tricycle Talks, writer, translator, and teacher Ken McLeod discusses the importance of sacrifice and submission in Vajrayana practice.
Ritual as an Opening to Love
In a recent episode of Tricycle Talks, scholar Anne C. Klein discusses how rituals can help us get out of our heads and tap into bodhicitta, or the awakened mind.
Writer Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the Enlightenment of Just Showing Up
In a recent episode of Tricycle Talks, novelist Marie Myung-Ok Lee shares how Buddhist rituals of repetition inform her writing practice and her approach to parenthood.
Honoring the Water Children
In a recent Life As It Is episode, writer and interfaith minister Barbara Becker shares how she found healing and community after her miscarriages.
On Memory, Rituals, and the Spirit of Obon
Shin Buddhist minister Rev. Blayne Higa reflects on the annual festival of remembrance for one’s ancestors, and how to honor the holiday even while we’re apart.
The Kung Fu Nuns Dance a Powerful Ritual
The fearless Drukpa nuns are breaking glass ceilings again—this time with ritual performance. Here’s how to watch.
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