History
Two of the minds behind The Animated History of Tibet talk with Tricycle about the show’s creation, pivotal figures, and what it means to tell the story from a distinctively Tibetan perspective.
Becoming Thay
Thich Nhat Hanh grew up during the tumult of Vietnam’s anticolonial movement, which did much to shape the teachings he brought to the West.
In Memory of My Childhood Friend
A poem from Tibet's preeminent 20th-century artist and intellectual
How Buddhism First Carried Sugar from India to China (and Back Again)
Before the story of its violent colonial legacy began, the sweetener had its earliest origins in the dharma.
Putting Spirituality First
The legacy of the great 19th-century Shin reformer Kiyozawa Manshi
Strawberries and the Ethic of Appreciation
A well-known Buddhist story, and its contemporary interpretations, reveal the evolving tension between ascetic detachment and compassionate engagement—and where meditation fits in.
When Women Showed Up
Scholar Vanessa R. Sasson tells the story of the first female Buddhist renunciates.
Why Does the Buddha Smile?
Scholar David Fiordalis unpacks the meaning behind the Buddha’s wondrous smile.
Knowing Nichiren
Scholar Jacqueline Stone on one of Buddhism’s great traditions and its founder
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