Culture
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Tony Scott’s groundbreaking spiritual jazz album, Tricycle looks back at Zen’s enduring influence on modern music.
Talking ‘Tukdam’ with Documentary Filmmaker Donagh Coleman
Tricycle chats with the director ahead of the film’s screening at the 2024 Buddhist Film Festival
A Lie That Is Also True: Birth, Death, and Motherhood in ‘The Boy and the Heron’
How lessons from the Mata Sutta show up in the latest film from Studio Ghibli
The Healing Gardens of Hatis Noit
Ahead of her first US tour, the Erased Tapes artist talks hypnotherapy, Shintoism, and a life-changing encounter with a Buddhist nun.
Best of the Haiku Challenge (January 2024)
Announcing the winning poems from Tricycle’s monthly challenge
Wim Wenders on the Meaning of His New Film ‘Perfect Days’
The movie has been nominated for Best International Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards.
The Sacred Polyester of Tibetan Khata
Once made from wool, these highly symbolic textiles are now frequently made of polyester—and quickly polluting the planet. Tricycle speaks with anthropologist Huatse Gyal about their various meanings, history, and the conundrum of religious waste.
Untying the Knot in ‘The Monk and the Gun’
In his latest feature, filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji creates a wry allegory for a rapidly modernizing Bhutan.
Putting Spirituality First
The legacy of the great 19th-century Shin reformer Kiyozawa Manshi
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