Practice at Your Own Peril
On a retreat, a practitioner receives a hard lesson on heedfulness and humility.
Retreat
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
A House in Cape Breton
An excerpt from Lotus Girl, the new memoir by Tricycle’s founder
A Few Days of Silence
Cultivating peace, wisdom, and kindness during a meditation retreat for young adults
Review of ‘Small Boat, Vast Ocean: My Years in Solitary Buddhist Retreat’
A new book offers a rare view of what it’s like to spend three years, three months, and three days in intense, sometimes solitary, practice.
In the Cabin of the Crazy One
A Vajrayana practitioner recounts her late-in-life gender transition while on a 12-day solo meditation retreat
12 Steps for a DIY At-Home Retreat
Wherever you are, and no matter how much time you have, you can commit to this fundamental part of a Buddhist practice.
Please Enjoy Your Food
It could be the best meditation you do all day.
CultureMagazine | Film, Reviews
A Profoundly Social Solitude
In a new documentary, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's escape from cloistered life thrusts him into a deeper relationship with society.
Cold Hard Truth
A new film follows thousands of nuns on winter retreat in the mountains.
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