Learning to Contemplate the News
Contemplative media studies students learn how to reclaim their attention, and their compassion.
Science and Technology
Buddha’s “Theory of Everything”
Many have searched for a universal theory of nature. What does Buddhism have to say about it?
New Retreat Search Site Helps You Find a Place to Find Some Peace
RetreatBase allows users to look for silent meditation retreats across the country
Why You’re Addicted to Your Phone
The nonstop novelty of cell phones distracts us from the true root of our suffering, says Zen priest Kurt Spellmeyer.
Is Virtual Reality Getting Too Real?
As VR technology takes the world by storm, two Buddhist teachers and a cognitive neuroscientist debate its spiritual potential and shortcomings.
Can Sensory Deprivation Tanks Help Your Practice? An Unscientific Experiment.
Meditation teacher Loch Kelly tries out his contemplative practice inside a floatation tank.
Buddha Buzz Weekly: June 16, 2018
Reasons your boss might not want you to meditate, new online resources, and a Thai monk seeks asylum in Germany. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.
You Are Already Here
Life is very difficult to understand through ideas alone, wrote Dainin Katagiri, the late abbot of the Minnesota Zen Center. But there is one thing that you can trust in: you are fully alive right now.
Why Buddhism is True (And Why You Can Blame Natural Selection for Your Suffering)
In this adaptation from his new book, Why Buddhism is True, Robert Wright explains how evolutionary psychology supports the Buddhist diagnosis of the human predicament.
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