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Listening As Spiritual Care

An author and dharma teacher Willa Blythe Baker on the often overlooked and healing qualities of attuned listening The post Listening As Spiritual Care appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

What Buddhism Looks Like in Modern-Day Turkey

Tracing the dharma in “the land of four seasons” The post What Buddhism Looks Like in Modern-Day Turkey appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

The Painful Beauty of Being Alive

Dominican American poet and novelist Julia Alvarez on living between cultures, her journey through the bardo of a health crisis, and how she’s making peace with the stories she hasn’t been able to tell  The post The Painful Beauty...

‘Why Do I Need to Practice if Everything Is Empty?’

A Tibetan Buddhist teacher and oracle on avoiding nihilistic extremes, in our practice and in our lives The post ‘Why Do I Need to Practice if Everything Is Empty?’ appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

The End of Times or the First Day

An engaged Zen practitioner wrestles with the idea of mappō, or the dying of the dharma. The post The End of Times or the First Day appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Mixing Your Mind with Space 

The power of dropping into open awareness and waking down into the wisdom of the body The post Mixing Your Mind with Space  appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Trample on What Challenges You

Using chöd to break free from the shackles of fear The post Trample on What Challenges You appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Grains of Becoming

Creating sand mandalas with the Jangchub Choeling nuns The post Grains of Becoming appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

The Buddha Rises from His Coffin to Speak with Mahamaya

An excerpt from a Chinese Buddhist scripture recording the Buddha’s mother’s descent from heaven to speak with him one last time after his entrance into nirvana The post The Buddha Rises from His Coffin to Speak with Mahamaya appeared...

Between Neuro-Skepticism and Ultimate Liberation

To what extent do we control our actions? The post Between Neuro-Skepticism and Ultimate Liberation appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Drawing Our Impermanence

How a creative mindfulness program is helping NYC-based seniors to live a second life The post Drawing Our Impermanence appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Faith in Buddhism

Not just a mere belief The post Faith in Buddhism appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Recovering ‘Wasted Prayers’

Talking with Bhutanese multidisciplinary artist and community organizer Asha Kama Wangdi The post Recovering ‘Wasted Prayers’ appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Embracing Contradiction among New York’s Forgotten Dead

A day in the life of Hart Island’s cemetery chaplain, Justin von Bujdoss The post Embracing Contradiction among New York’s Forgotten Dead appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

The Practice of Receiving Feedback

Five steps for gracefully kitesurfing the winds of praise and blame The post The Practice of Receiving Feedback appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

‘Don’t Miss Your Life’

Ann Tashi Slater speaks with Spirit Rock cofounder Sylvia Boorstein about losing those you love, the bardos of old age, and the daily practice of dwelling in the moment. The post ‘Don’t Miss Your Life’ appeared first on Tricycle:...

The Power of Recollecting the Buddha

An essay and practice on embodiment The post The Power of Recollecting the Buddha appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Walking with Jizo

Invoking the guardian deity of children and travelers in a time of great loss The post Walking with Jizo appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Choreographing ‘Samsara’

The multicultural and collaborative reimagining of Journey to the West expresses key Buddhist concepts through dance. The post Choreographing ‘Samsara’ appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Threads of Enlightenment

How we can tap into the goodness and compassion that are always available to us The post Threads of Enlightenment appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

The Rigpa of the Beatles

Jonathan Cott talks with actor Richard Gere about “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “Penny Lane,” and embracing the dramatic spectacle of ordinary mind. The post The Rigpa of the Beatles appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Medicine as Benefit

Dr. Nida Chenagtsang discusses traditional Tibetan medicine and its connection with Buddhism. The post Medicine as Benefit appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Renowned Buddhist Scholar Jeffrey Hopkins, Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia, Has Died

His ground-breaking Tibetan Buddhism PhD program graduated many of the most esteemed academics in the field today. The post Renowned Buddhist Scholar Jeffrey Hopkins, Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia, Has Died appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist...

Best of Buddhist Fiction Summer 2024

Tricycle’s editors cast their picks for the best Buddhist fiction and poetry for your beach-reading consideration.  The post Best of Buddhist Fiction Summer 2024 appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

The Bardo of Cancer

Buddhist tools to navigate the diagnosis, treatment, and aftermath of terminal illness The post The Bardo of Cancer appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Avoiding Spiritual Traps

A dharmic defense of political engagement The post Avoiding Spiritual Traps appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

Living Between the Known and the Unknown

Ann Tashi Slater speaks with physicist and author Alan Lightman about the pleasures of a warm bath, subconscious terma, and living our lives in the shadow of death. The post Living Between the Known and the Unknown appeared first...

Celebrating Buddhism’s Inclusivity

In honor of Pride Month, here is a collection of articles from Tricycle’s archives that celebrate strides toward equality. The post Celebrating Buddhism’s Inclusivity appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

How Meditation Helped Me to Stop Drinking

A queer underground artist on how tantric wisdom inspired them to embrace sobriety The post How Meditation Helped Me to Stop Drinking appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.

“Our System Isn’t Restorative” 

Buddhist chaplain Dan Troyak discusses how he is using the dharma to better Australia’s prison system. The post “Our System Isn’t Restorative”  appeared first on Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.