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Letters to the Editor

Our readers respond to Tricycle’s print and online offerings.

Meeting the Moment

A letter from Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen

By James Shaheen

Featured Contributors

Featured contributors for the Spring 2025 issue include Hokyu JL Aronson, Vicki Mackenzie, and Haley Barker.

By The Editors

The Zen Rancher

Taking the oxherding pictures literally

By Jack Pearson

The Great Buddha of Ibiraçu

The largest Buddha statue in the West sits calmly in Brazil.

By Haley Barker

Self-Talk

An excerpt of a conversation between George Mumford, Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, and meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg

George Mumford in conversation with James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg

What We’re Reading

The latest in Buddhist publishing

By The Editors

What We’re Listening To

Two albums and two video series to enhance your Buddhist practice

By The Editors

Visiting Teacher: Zohar Lavie

Q&A with Zohar Lavie, a meditation teacher and the founder of SanghaSeva, an organization bringing together Buddhism and activism

By Zohar Lavie

The Buddhist Traveler in Kyoto

Buddhist sites abound in and around Japan’s former capital.

By Judith Hertog

What Is Real?

The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge offers a simple answer to the question that haunts the digital age.

By Clark Strand

Buddhism by the Numbers in Japan

Buddhist facts from the "Land of the Rising Sun"

By The Editors

The Eight Qualities of a Great Person

Reaching buddhahood one step at a time

By Eihei Dogen Zenji

Playful Equanimity

A brief teaching on setting aside expectations

By Billy Wynne

Listening to Our Ancestors

Three practices for listening mindfully—to ourselves and others

By Thich Nhat Hanh

Let Go of Self-Image

A brief teaching on the suffering of seeking perfection

By Mitra Bishop Roshi

The Eight Worldly Winds: Fame and Disrepute

Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice

By Vanessa Zuisei Goddard

How to Deal With Toxic People

Don't get mad, get mindful.

By Ven. Mahindasiri Thero

Everyone Is Your Teacher

A brief teaching on seeing the Buddha in others

By Kimberly Brown

Meet a Teacher: Ginny Jiko Whitelaw

A former NASA scientist turns to training Zen leaders.

By Philip Ryan

Working On Laziness

You can start at any time.

By Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

Classroom Mindfulness Put to the Test

Has the enthusiasm for adolescent mindfulness programs run ahead of the evidence? The largest study conducted yields unexpected results.

By Emma Varvaloucas | Photo by Margeaux Walter

Beyond Simplicity

Revealing the richness of the Pure Land

Interview with Aaron P. Proffitt by Frederick M. Ranallo-Higgins | Photographs by Jeenah Moon

Replanting the Garden

A young monastic tends to his dying elder.

By Hokyu JL Aronson

Opening Up to Grief

In the search for her lost father, a daughter finds the dharma.

Bonnie O'Brien Jonsson | Illustration by Ben Jones

Weaving Wire

The life and art of Ruth Asawa

By Haley Barker

Into a Haunted World

Sri Lankan author Vajra Chandrasekera on the Buddhist mythos behind his new book, Rakesfall

Interview with Vajra Chandrasekera by James Shaheen | Illustration by Scott Bakal

I Think the Clock Is Broken

When are we “done” meditating?

By Christopher Rivas | Illustration by Francesco Zorzi

Embracing Fluidity

We’re all given roles, but we needn’t be confined by them.

By Kurt Spellmeyer

Naked Reality

How Buddhist practice shaped Marina Abramovic’s performance art

By Vicki Mackenzie

A Game of Robes

Power moves and political intrigue at a North American Zen center

By Shozan Jack Haubner | Illustration by Ross MacDonald

Poet of Blissful Awareness

Getting to know the 10th-century poet-yogin Saraha

Interview with Roger Jackson by James Shaheen

His Life is Your Life

A modern retelling of the ancient story of the Buddha

By David Guy

Mindfulness Across Buddhist Traditions

Shedding light on a practice prone to oversimplification

By Nina Müller

Beyond the Ordinary

Exploring paranormal abilities in contemporary Buddhist communities

By Nataly Shahaf

Spring-Watching Pavilion

Where is nirvana?

A poem by Ho Xuan Huong, translated by John Balaban