Personal Reflections Environment
Peace Made of Non-peace Elements
As wildfires destroyed homes in California, a group of veterans who sat peacefully in a meditation retreat offered a stark contrast.
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The Boundless Field of Ecological Chaplaincy
In training Buddhist chaplains, one instructor turns toward the earth for a lesson on how to serve all living things as they blossom or decay.
Forest Refuge
In the aftermath of California's devastating forest fires, Tricycle columnist Wendy Johnson reflects on the link between environmental destruction and regeneration.
Ecology of the Heart
We have a simple wooden Buddha figure on our home altar. During a surfing holiday in Bali, our son Jesse purchased this Buddha from a seaside craftsman. Jesse asked forgiveness of the Buddha before wrapping him…
The Noble Eightfold Path of Organic Gardening
Columnist Wendy Johnson uses a garden as a teaching tool to illustrate the eightfold path.
The Question
The Question: Tricycle asks nine teachers: how have your personal practice and community evolved over the past 25 years?
Wendy Johnson reads “The Call of the Abyss”
Listen to Wendy Johnson, Tricycle‘s longest-running columnist, read her piece about the BP oil spill, “The Call of the Abyss,” from the Fall 2010 issue. From the article: The undersea realm of impenetrable darkness, icy temperatures,…
Everybody Loves Wendy
Who’s the greenest of them all? Our vote gets cast for Tricycle columnist and Zen gardener Wendy Johnson, the subject of a big splashy ol’ profile in the New York Times Home and Garden section (“Dharma…
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