Personal Reflections Mindfulness
Mindfulness at Moonshine Hollow
Seeking an escape from the hum of academic life, a theology professor finds solace among the stone cliffs and sycamore trees of southeast Missouri.
Vipassana
Meditation Month, Day 13: Get thee to the cushion
I’ve heard plenty of discussions about how difficult it can be to establish a regular meditation practice. There are whole lists of tips about how to go about this. But the best advice I’ve ever heard…
A Buddhist Holiday Survival Guide
A Buddhist Holiday Survival Guide
Service as Generosity
Who to Vote For?
Sharon Salzberg in the Huffington Post
Wise View
Rodney Smith, from the third talk, “The Practice of Selfnessness,” from his ongoing Tricycle Retreat, Wise View is a restatement of what life is. We say, “Life is more connected than it appears or has…
Sam Harris: Iconoclast or bigot?
To a liberal, educated public, stalwart atheist and PEN Award winner Sam Harris may come off as a brave iconoclast. But if you take a look at Jackson Lears’s “Same Old New Atheism: On Sam Harris”…
Meditation Meditation Instructions
Breath Meditation Instructions from Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg is now leading a Tricycle Retreat on The Five Hindrances, the five negative thought patterns that interrupt our practice (and life). The following meditation instructions are from pages 46-51 of her bestselling book Real…
Where do we go from here?: Day 28 of the 28-day meditation challenge
We did it! We just finished sitting together in the office for the final day of the 28-day meditation challenge. It feels good. Now we’re all completely enlightened and we’ll never have to meditate again. Just…
The Weather is Just the Weather: Birth of a Tricycle Article
In late September 2010 I traveled by train to Cambridge, Massachusetts. As I passed through Rhode Island, bored, tired, hungry—all the small negatives that combined make travel a magical experience—I remembered some snippets of history, King…
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