The Narrow Road to Oku
A look inside the travel journals of the celebrated haiku master Matsuo Basho
Culture
‘How to Sky-Bury Your Father Tongue’
In experimental elegies for his homeland, Samyak Shertok articulates a “ghost language” for grief and loss.
A New Take on Thangka
New York–based artist Naomi Basu talks Tibetan Buddhism, new gallery showings, and her education under master thangka painter Pema Rinzin.
The Dance of the Dead
An Obon legend of compassion and redemption
At the Drolma Wesel-Ling Monastery
Beijing-based electronic musician Howie Lee recorded his latest album at a remote monastery in the mountains of northeastern Tibet. In the years that followed, his artistic philosophy would take a dramatic turn.
Thirty-Seven Practices of the Bodhisattva
A recent translation of a foundational Tibetan Buddhist text from a Kadampa master of the fourteenth century.
Two Waka
Naoko Fujimoto’s translations and illustrations give voice to Japan’s earliest female poets, reimagining their grief and longing in electrifying verse.
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The Buddhist Traveler in Zagreb
Croatia's capital city is rich in museums, gardens, and meditation centers.
Scarecrows on Every Side
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge offers a chilling portrait of the world we live in now.
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