
Shooting

Forty-three mass shooting survivors gather at the Healing Through Love meditation retreat, the Dalai Lama’s Land Rover is for sale, and Thai worshippers offer bubble tea to the gods. Tricycle looks back at the events of…

Why I Practiced Tonglen in a Mosque
After the New Zealand mass shooting, a Buddhist practitioner reflects on praying with her Muslim neighbors.

How Can We Respond to Violent Hate?
Three messages by prominent Buddhists address the recent mail bombing campaign and deadly shootings.

Suffering at the Synagogue
A Jewish Buddhist reflects on the pain around the deadly shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

Ideas (Meta)Physical Education
Why I Won’t Carry a Gun in School
A Zen practitioner and gym teacher argues that we need fewer weapons, not more

What is the Mindful Response to a School Shooting?
It will take more than outrage to create real change.

Buddha and Bullets
In the wake of a school shooting in Florida, Roshi Joan Halifax discusses the challenge of avoiding numbness and apathy.

Magazine | Letter From The Editor
Unhistoric Acts
A letter from Tricycle’s editor

A Closer Look at the Navy Yard Shooter
For Aaron Alexis, Buddhism was a temporary refuge

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