Teachings

How to Fail

American Buddhist nun Pema Chodron’s advice for leaning into the unknown

By Pema Chödrön

Mar 17, 2019

Dharma Talks for Going Deeper

Three Dharma Talk video series take a look at meditation practice in three different traditions.

By Tricycle

Mar 16, 2019

The Zen of Not Knowing

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s there are few.”

By Zenkei Blanche Hartman

Mar 09, 2019

Meditation Beyond the Method

In calm-abiding meditation, the technique is not as important as the attitude we bring to it.

By Ogyen Trinley Dorje

Mar 07, 2019

Fear of Silence

While we can connect to others more readily than ever before, are we losing our connection to body and mind? A Zen master thinks so, and offers a nourishing conscious breathing practice as a.

By Thich Nhat Hanh

Mar 03, 2019

On Not Being Special

Only a lucky few attain enlightenment, but there is nothing special about them—or you.

By Ken McLeod

Feb 12, 2019

What’s in a Word? Nirvana

Our expert explains the etymology of nirvana.

By Andrew Olendzki

Spring 2019

To the Pure Land and Back

Like the oxherding pictures used in Zen, Shin Buddhism's seven phases of the drowning sailor illustrate the path to enlightenment.

By Kenneth Tanaka, Illustrations by Andrew Archer

Spring 2019

Get Out of Your Head

When we project conditioning from our past onto the present, we turn a benign moment into something else. Understanding the "five conditions" can help us get back to reality.

By Sean Murphy

Spring 2019

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How to Create a Mini-Retreat at Home

Setting aside a few hours once a month to practice for a longer period can help us reset and recover—plus it’s free.

By Chris McKenna

Mar 19, 2019

Magazine

The Buddhist Review

Detained Japanese Americans arrive at an assembly center in Santa Anita, California.

Thus Have I Heard: An American Sutra

With the outbreak of World War II, Japanese Americans were incarcerated by the thousands. Out of the crucible of the camps, a uniquely American Buddhism was born.

By Duncan Ryuken Williams

Spring 2019

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

Compassion in Polarizing Times

Today’s divisive political culture can bring out our worst impulses, but with Tibetan Buddhist methods of fostering compassion, we can clear the mind of negativity and connect with our intrinsic qualities of clarity and warmth. Dungse Jampal Norbu, a teacher in the Mangala Shri Bhuti sangha and the son of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, guides us through practices to cool off anger and take a walk in other’s shoes.

Dungse Jampal Norbu

Mar 2019

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Teachings

Trike Daily Teachings

How to Fail

Trike Daily Teachings

Dharma Talks for Going Deeper

Trike Daily Teachings

The Zen of Not Knowing

Trike DailyTeachings

Meditation Beyond the Method

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Fear of Silence

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On Not Being Special

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What’s in a Word? Nirvana

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To the Pure Land and Back

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Get Out of Your Head