Generosity

Cultivating the Courage to Be Generous

Joshua Bee Alafia explores alobha, giving freely without attachment, in an excerpt from this month’s Dharma Talk.

By Joshua Bee Alafia

May 22, 2022

Tricycle’s Buddhist Gift Guide 2021

Ideas for compassionate presents that spread joy and reduce harm

By Matthew Abrahams

Dec 10, 2021

Pocket Paramis: Generosity

Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice

By The Editors

Spring 2021

Trike DailyMeditation & Practice

What Does an Alms Gatherer Eat Now?

Buddhist monks and nuns in the Theravada tradition depend entirely on others for food. Here’s how they’re coping in the age of social distancing.

By Matthew Gindin

Sep 07, 2020

illustration of a man handing flowers to a woman for a story on generosity in receiving

The Dance of Reciprocity

How a Zen nun discovered generosity in receiving

By Melina Bondy

Winter 2019

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Buddhist Offerings for the Holiday Season

Tricycle teachings on generosity, joy, family practice, and more

By The Editors

Dec 15, 2017

Unhistoric Acts

A letter from Tricycle’s editor

By James Shaheen

Winter 2017

Blueprint to Solve Suffering

Using the four noble truths as the four truths as a template for transformation

By Andrew Olendzki

Winter 2015

First Thought, Worst Thought

Select wisdom from sources old and new

By Lynn Kelly

Spring 2014

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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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