Death

Dying Doesn’t Feel Like What I’m Doing

How does a spiritual leader cope with a terminal cancer diagnosis? Rachel Cowan, a beloved Rabbi, a mindfulness teacher, civil rights activist, and community organizer meets her mortality head-on in this documentary about the last years…

By Paula Weiman-Kelman

Dec 2021

Personal Reflections Holidays

Found in Translation

Exploring the Day of the Dead, a writer learns to reframe painful past experiences and let go.

By Barbara Gates

Nov 01, 2021

Magazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings

A Matter of Life and Death

Thoughts on a classic text about dying and duality from a late Zen teacher

Adapted from a talk by Sojun Mel Weitsman, edited by Hozan Alan Senauke

Summer 2021

TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings

No Beginning, No Ending, No Fear

When you’re afraid of what might happen, remember that all you have is now.

By Norman Fischer

Summer 2021

Teachings COVID-19

Dharma Talks for the Coronavirus Outbreak

Three Dharma Talk video series offer guidance for working with our fears, finding meaning in mortality, and cultivating compassion and resilience during difficult times.

By Tricycle

Mar 13, 2020

Teachings Sutta Study

Sutta Study: Fearless

The Abhaya Sutta explores our fear of death and asks how we can face impermanence with joy.

By Peter Doobinin

Oct 15, 2019

Culture Music

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

Woman offering incense in ritual, letter to the editor fall 2019

Magazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation

Emphasis, Not Division

A letter from Tricycle’s editor, James Shaheen

By James Shaheen

Fall 2019

Film Club

Defining Hope

In a pioneering New York City hospice, dying patients gain agency over their end-of-life decisions and offer illuminating lessons on what is most important in life.

By Carolyn Jones

Jun 2019