Pure Land (Shin)

Finding Spirit in the Ordinary

On how to give thanks for everything

By Rev. Dr. Kenji Akahoshi

Winter 2021

Shin Buddhism: A Path of Gratitude

Shifting your outlook from “please” to “thank you”

By Rev. Dr. Kenji Akahoshi

Fall 2020

How to Read the Lotus Sutra

The Lotus Sutra is one of the foremost Buddhist texts, but to the uninitiated reader, it can make little or no sense.

Interview with Jacqueline Stone and Donald S. Lopez Jr. by James Shaheen

Spring 2020

To the Pure Land and Back

Like the oxherding pictures used in Zen, Shin Buddhism’s seven phases of the drowning sailor illustrate the path to enlightenment.

By Rev. Dr. Kenneth Tanaka, Illustrations by Andrew Archer

Spring 2019

Pure and Simple Practice

Though this chant to foster gratitude and connection is the main practice of one of Buddhism’s major schools, many are surprisingly unfamiliar with it.

By Dharmavidya David Brazier

Winter 2018

Kamakura Craftsmanship

A look at the Asia Society’s show of Kamakura Buddhist sculpture: the first to be mounted in the US in over 30 years.

By Anne Doran

Summer 2016

Someone Is Jealous of You

A lesson in gratitude

By Reverend Patti Nakai

Fall 2015

Into the Valley

The path of imperfection

By Taitetsu Unno

Summer 2015

Taitetsu Unno, 1995. The image appeared in the Summer 1995 edition of Tricycle

Taitetsu Unno, Shin Buddhist Scholar and Minister, Dies at 85

Rev. Dr. Taitetsu Unno—one of the world’s preeminent scholars of Jodo Shinshu (Shin) Buddhism and a longtime minister in that tradition—passed away on Saturday, December 13. He was 85 years old. Unno’s final moments were spent surrounded by friends and family, including his son Mark, who describes his father’s enduring equanimity and gratitude: To the very […]

By Tricycle

Dec 15, 2014

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Pure Land (Shin)

Magazine Teachings

Finding Spirit in the Ordinary

Magazine History & Philosophy

Shin Buddhism: A Path of Gratitude

Magazine History & Philosophy

How to Read the Lotus Sutra

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To the Pure Land and Back

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Pure and Simple Practice

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Kamakura Craftsmanship

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Someone Is Jealous of You

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Into the Valley

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Taitetsu Unno, Shin Buddhist Scholar and Minister, Dies at 85