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New Art at the Tricycle Online Gallery!

Dot Buddha

A contemporary take on traditional Buddhist art
By graphic designer Frank Olinsky
New dharma talk by Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara

To Forget the Self

Forget the idea of the self, and watch your inner dialogue
drop away
New from the Magazine: A Practice from Pema Chödrön

Meditating with Emotions

How to drop the story and find the feeling

The Self-Destructiveness of Anger

When you give in to aversion and anger, it’s as though, having decided to kill someone by throwing him into a river, you wrap your arms around his neck, jump into the water wi…

–Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
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Dharma Stream

Buddhist news, ideas, and community

Blog»

  • Buddha Buzz: The Transsexual Monk, The Million Bottle Temple, and The Accidental Prime Minister
    Only in Thailand: Sorrawee Nattee, the 2009 winner of the Thai "Miss Tiffany" transsexual beauty...
  • Himalayan Buddhist Art 101: The Vajra Scepter, Part 1
    Buddhist practice and Buddhist art have been inseparable in the Himalayas ever since Buddhism...
  • News Brief: Mindfulness Conquers World
    This just in from The NewsLeek, Buddhism's Finest News Source. Mindfulness Conquers World...
  • Treasury of Lives: Lotsawa Loden Sherab and Lotsawa Zhonnu Pel
    Biography and autobiography in Tibet are important sources for both education and...
  • Second Week of Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara's Retreat: To Forget the Self
    In the second week of Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara's retreat, "To Forget the Self," she expounds on the...

Community»

  • May Film Club: Angry Monk
    Welcome to the Tricycle film club! This month (5/6-6/2) we are showing Angry Monk, a biography of...
  • April Film Club: Monte Grande
    Welcome to the Tricycle Film Club! Monte Grande combines interviews and rare archival footage to...
  • March Film Club: Kumaré
    Welcome to the Tricycle film club! In the half-documentary, half-social experiment Kumaré, now...
  • February Film Club: When the Iron Bird Flies
    Welcome to the Tricycle film club! In 1959, the Chinese invasion of Tibet threw open the doors to...
  • Sitting Pains: A Meditation Month Discussion
    This discussion is now closed. It's Meditation Month here at Tricycle! Are you joining us in...

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    Is it not possible for something that came earlier to grow "out of" (because of)...

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    Thank you to Henry Shukman. This article about "wrongness" and peripeteia really moved me, as it brilliantly...

    by Janejenn on The Art of Being Wrong about 5 hours 1 min ago
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    I was impressed and moved by this article. The writer beautifully articulates ideas that I have had a few glimpses...

    by Janejenn on The Art of Being Wrong about 5 hours 9 min ago
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    The statements in this article are meaningless, other than the reduction of food to the old.
    This shows that...

    by celticpassage on News Brief: Mindfulness Conquers World about 6 hours 17 min ago
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    I just recently became angry while driving in a disorganized, dangerous city where even taxi drivers get lost, which...

    by jackelope64 on Putting Down the Arrow about 7 hours 5 min ago
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    What is your understanding of dualism? Does it not describe a separation of you (observer) and your thinking (the...

    by Dominic Gomez on Thoughts Like Dreams about 9 hours 28 min ago
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    While the practitioner has an opportunity to gain perspective and space from practice, the one who does no practice...

    by Nimrodscott on Putting Down the Arrow about 9 hours 44 min ago
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    The writer makes some interesting points about anger but perhaps there is another way to look at it.
    When a...

    by marginal person on Putting Down the Arrow about 11 hours 4 min ago

The Still Point

Buddhist wisdom, meditation, and practice

Retreats»

  • Recognizing the Self
    Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara
  • The Power of Forgiveness: Forgiving Ourselves and Others
    Gina Sharpe
  • Awakening the Mind: A Journey for Contemporary Life
    Segyu Rinpoche
  • Real Happiness: A 28-Day Meditation Program
    Sharon Salzberg

Gallery»

  • Prayer Flag
    Prayer Flag, 2007, is a digital image designed by Frank Olinsky for The Flag Project, celebrating...
  • Pixel Buddha
    Pixel Buddha, designed by Frank Olinsky, is a computer-generated reworking of a traditional...
  • iPod Dakini
    iPod Dakini, 2009, ink and digital, was created by Frank Olinsky in response to the iconic iPod...

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: Forgiveness

    The powerful practice of forgiveness releases us from the grasp of fear and anger and allows us to see the world with a kind,...

  • Tricycle Teachings: Working with Emotions

    Get off the emotional roller coaster! ...

  • Tricycle Teachings: Meditation, Vol. 2

    Whether you have months of retreat under your belt or have never been able to keep up a regular meditation practice, ...

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