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    Meditation Month, Day 14: Metta Au Natural Paid Member

    Posted by Emma Varvaloucas on 14 Feb 2013
    Oooh, Valentine's Day. The one day of the year that drives fear into the hearts of men and women everywhere. (Or wait, is that just me?)I used to be very anti-Valentine's Day. I liked to whine a lot about the artificiality of forcing ourselves to be loving on some random day of the year, probably because I enjoyed, in a weird way, being angst-ridden, and probably because there's a sloppy gratification and comfort in whining all the time.These days I'm more ambivalent than anything else. Valentine's Day comes and goes and comes and goes. There's not much to it—just another day. More »
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    Himalayan Buddhist Art 101: Who Created the Hindu Gods? Paid Member

    Posted by Alex Caring-Lobel on 14 Feb 2013
    Buddhist practice and Buddhist art have been inseparable in the Himalayas ever since Buddhism arrived to the region in the eighth century. But for the casual observer it can be difficult to make sense of the complex iconography. Not to worry—Himalayan art scholar Jeff Watt is here to help. In this "Himalayan Buddhist Art 101" series, Jeff is making sense of this rich artistic tradition by presenting weekly images from the Himalayan Art Resources archives and explaining their roles in the Buddhist tradition. Who Created the Hindu Gods? More »
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    Sex, Love, and Buddhism: A Valentine's Day Interview with Allan Badiner Paid Member

    Posted by Emma Varvaloucas on 14 Feb 2013
    It’s Valentine’s Day! Depending on how you want to look at it, either love and compassion are floating all around us or it’s the biggest day of giving in to our clinging and compulsions. To honor Buddhism’s often complicated relationship with sex and romantic love, we decided to do a special interview with Tricycle contributing editor Allan Badiner, adjunct faculty in transformative studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Badiner holds a masters degree in Buddhist studies and has been a student of Thich Nhat Hanh for over 20 years. His forthcoming book is The Dharmasexual: Intimacy in Buddhism. More »
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    Meditation Month, Day 13: Get thee to the cushion Paid Member

    Posted by James Shaheen on 13 Feb 2013
    I've heard plenty of discussions about how difficult it can be to establish a regular meditation practice. There are whole lists of tips about how to go about this. But the best advice I've ever heard is short and sweet and comes from the Buddha himself: Here are the roots of trees. Here are empty places.Get down and meditate. Don't be lazy.Don't become one who is later remorseful.That is my instruction to you. This comes from Bhikkhunupassaya Sutta, in which the Buddha explains what "directed" and "undirected" meditation are. (If you want to know more about these two forms of meditation, you can read Andrew Olendzki's translation of the sutta here.) More »
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    Meditation Month Excerpt: The Committee of the Mind Paid Member

    Posted by Emma Varvaloucas on 12 Feb 2013
    It's Meditation Month here at Tricycle! It's time to join the Tricycle staff in making the commitment to sit every day of February—no exceptions and no excuses. We're sharing videos, audio interviews, articles, and tips from well-known Buddhist teachers that will help you develop and maintain a meditation practice throughout the month. Today we have an excerpt from Thanissaro Bhikkhu's new book With Each & Every Breath: A Guide to Meditation. You can download the book in its entirety here. The Committee of the Mind More »
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    Treasury of Lives: Kagyu Founders Part 6, Marpa Sherab Yeshe and Jikten Gonpo Paid Member

    Posted by Alex Caring-Lobel on 12 Feb 2013
    Biography and autobiography in Tibet are important sources for both education and inspiration. Tibetans have kept such meticulous records of their teachers that thousands of names are known and discussed in a wide range of biographical material. All these names, all these lives—it can be a little overwhelming. The authors involved in the Treasury of Lives are currently mining the primary sources to provide English-language biographies of every known religious teacher from Tibet and the Himalaya, all of which are organized for easy searching and browsing. Every Tuesday on the Tricycle blog, we will highlight and reflect on important, interesting, eccentric, surprising and beautiful stories found within this rich literary tradition. More »