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Tricycle’s Summer Reading List: 7 Books to Read This Season

From ancient Buddhist stories to new novels with Buddhist settings or themes, this summer reading list has something for everyone.

By Tricycle

Jun 24, 2022

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

Jhana: The Spice Your Meditation Has Been Missing

Meditation teacher and political columnist Jay Michaelson explains how jhana meditation is a transformative and vital part of the eightfold path.

By Dr. Jay Michaelson

Jan 21, 2022

Sutta Study: Factors of Concentration

The Samadhanga Sutta explains how insight arises from developing jhana, the Buddha’s concentration.

By Peter Doobinin

Dec 07, 2018

Trike DailyMeditation & Practice

Entering the Jhanas: Focus Comes First

A practice to develop the steady mind necessary for attaining wisdom

By Leigh Brasington

Mar 25, 2018

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Trike DailyMeditation & Practice

Can Virtual Reality Help You Reach Enlightenment?

If games that train and transport your mind are cheating, then so are vast swaths of the Buddhist tradition, according to this meditation teacher.

By Dr. Jay Michaelson

Jul 20, 2017

The Jhanas: Perfect States of Concentration

At the heart of the Buddha’s teaching there are doctrines and strategies that dharma students must learn, and internalize, in order to understand his map to liberation. But few strategies are as central to the Buddhist path, and as little known to Westerners, as those called the jhanas. Jhana is the Pali word for mental […]

By Mary Talbot

Winter 2004

MagazineHistory & Philosophy

The Path of Serenity and Insight

How did the jhanas fit into the Buddha’s own liberation, and how did they become the backbone of his teachings?

By Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

Winter 2004

MagazinePersonal Reflections

A Mind Pure, Concentrated, and Bright

An interview with meditation teacher Leigh Brasington

By Mary Talbot

Winter 2004

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The Buddhist Traveler in Boston

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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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jhanas

Trike Daily Arts & Culture

Tricycle’s Summer Reading List: 7 Books to Read This Season

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

Jhana: The Spice Your Meditation Has Been Missing

Trike Daily Teachings

Sutta Study: Factors of Concentration

Trike DailyMeditation & Practice

Entering the Jhanas: Focus Comes First

Trike DailyMeditation & Practice

Can Virtual Reality Help You Reach Enlightenment?

MagazineTeachings

The Jhanas: Perfect States of Concentration

MagazineHistory & Philosophy

The Path of Serenity and Insight

MagazinePersonal Reflections

A Mind Pure, Concentrated, and Bright