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New at the Magazine: Buddhism & the Eco-Crisis

Healing Ecology

What can Buddhism contribute?
Listen Now: New Tricycle Talk

The 14th Sharmapa
Mipham Chokyi Lodro

On Tibetan politics and the qualities of a bodhisattva
Have a question about your practice?

Holiday Season Healing:
Ask the Meditation Doctor

A month-long discussion with Zen teacher Brad Warner

Necessary Closeness

It is not sufficient merely to see that sentient beings are suffering. You must also develop a sense of closeness with them, a sense that they are dear. With that combination—…

–Jeffrey Hopkins
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Buddhist news, ideas, and community

Blog»

  • Tricycle Talk with Shamar Rinpoche
    Welcome to the latest installment of Tricycle Talks, our audio interviews with prominent Buddhist...
  • Treasury of Lives: Gyelse Zhenpen Taye Ozer and the Founding of Sri Simha College
    Biography and autobiography in Tibet are important sources for both education and inspiration...
  • Compassionate Gift Giving Ideas: Rolling Jubilee
    One way to give compassionately and intelligently this holiday season is to widen the net of those...
  • Behind the Scenes Look at Tricycle Artist Beppe Giacobbe
    The artist behind our striking cover this issue is Beppe Giacobbe, an artist from Milan. One of the...
  • Healing Oneself, Healing the Earth - Second Week of David Loy's Retreat
    In this second week of David Loy's retreat, he discusses how we can understand the parallels...

Community»

  • December Film Club: Sunrise/Sunset
    Welcome to the Tricycle Film Club. The daily life of the Dalai Lama is brought home with remarkable...
  • Holiday Season Healing: Ask the Meditation Doctor with Brad Warner
    It's no secret that the holiday season is a true test of your practice. There's no better time to...
  • November Film Club: The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Part 2: The Great Liberation)
    Welcome to the Tricycle Film Club! Death is real, and it comes without warning. An ancient source...
  • October Film Club: The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Part 1: A Way of Life)
    Welcome to the Tricycle Film Club! Death is real, and it comes without warning. An ancient source...
  • September Film Club: Brilliant Moon
    This month we are offering supporting and sustaining members a look at the documentary film...

Latest Member Comments»

  • jb's picture

    For over a year now I am in a state of apathy. I lack ambition. My practice has been mostly consistent during this...

    by jb on Holiday Season Healing: Ask the Meditation Doctor with Brad Warner about 1 hour 2 min ago
  • sharonalu's picture

    I just had time to listen. I must say, I do enjoy Shamar Rinpoche's candor. He seems to see through time in a way...

    by sharonalu on Tricycle Talk with Shamar Rinpoche about 7 hours 27 min ago
  • babu.subburathinam's picture

    I have a family member who is going through a tough time and in the past I have got disturbed when caring for that...

    by babu.subburathinam on Holiday Season Healing: Ask the Meditation Doctor with Brad Warner about 7 hours 55 min ago
  • Paul Stevenson's picture

    So, Interesting that both replies are nearly identical. In my line of work, the IT world, such replies (without much...

    by Paul Stevenson on Tricycle Talk with Shamar Rinpoche about 10 hours 7 min ago
  • Mishka_Paw's picture

    This film was great I thought. I really enjoyed it and the sped up traffic thing was really neat. Some people seem...

    by Mishka_Paw on December Film Club: Sunrise/Sunset about 10 hours 10 min ago
  • Paul Stevenson's picture

    Wow. I can certainly sympathize with this question. My mother is very similar, with diagnosed depression, medication...

    by Paul Stevenson on Holiday Season Healing: Ask the Meditation Doctor with Brad Warner about 10 hours 15 min ago
  • celticpassage's picture

    Well, I don't want to save the sufferring masses.
    I know I can't save even one person let alone the sufferring...

    by celticpassage on Getting Along about 10 hours 30 min ago
  • celticpassage's picture

    I have no desires, goals, or directions for Buddhism in North America or anywhere else. I was just highlighting that...

    by celticpassage on Getting Along about 10 hours 34 min ago

The Still Point

Buddhist wisdom, meditation, and practice

Retreats»

  • Transforming Self, Transforming Earth: A Buddhist Ecology
    David Loy
  • How a Buddhist Can Prepare for Death
    Caroline Yongue
  • Right Speech
    Vishvapani Blomfield
  • What is Mindfulness?
    Shinzen Young

Gallery»

  • Tree behind Nandigaddi
    In 2010, “Photos for Rato,” a worldwide exhibition of Vreeland’s photographs, helped to fund the $...
  • Tenzin Drakpa
    In 2010, “Photos for Rato,” a worldwide exhibition of Vreeland’s photographs, helped to fund the $...
  • Fakirappa with his bulls
    In 2010, “Photos for Rato,” a worldwide exhibition of Vreeland’s photographs, helped to fund the $...

Magazine»

  • Allegiance to Life
    It’s no secret that our world is in a tough spot. The critical problems that we face today—...
  • Reel Rinpoche
    It’s day 23 of a 41-day film shoot for Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s third feature film (working...
  • Sexual Misconduct
    Author Nancy Baker is currently leading a Tricycle community discussion about sexual misconduct and...

Wisdom Collection»

  • Occupy Buddhism
    Marx’s Revenge When the Dalai Lama announced his Marxist leanings last summer in Minneapolis, the...
  • 37 Practices of the Bodhisattva - Verse 35
    Ken McLeod continues his commentary on the 37 Practices of the Bodhisattva with the 35th verse....

Tricycle Teachings»

  • Tricycle Teachings: Dying & Death

    Death is universal and inevitable. Sooner or later, it comes to all of us. As Buddhists, we are taught that the experience of...

  • Tricycle Teachings: Right Speech

    One of the Five Precepts for ethical conduct, traditionally Right Speech is defined as the avoidance of four types of harmful...

  • Tricycle Teachings: Addiction

    The best way to understand what samsara feels like might be to reflect upon our addictions. Compulsive behavior can take many forms: eating,...

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