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  • This week on tricycle.com Paid Member

    If you were asked to imagine yourself meditating, what would you look like? For many of us the picture that springs to mind is a seated figure, cross-legged on a cushion. But there are many ways to meditate. This week on tricycle.com we are featuring a practice piece on walking meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh. He writes, "You can take a step and touch the earth in such a way that you establish yourself in the present moment; you will arrive in the here and the now." More »
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    Qigong for meditators Paid Member

    In "Qigong for meditators," from the current issue of Tricycle, Teja Bell shows us how the practice of qigong can help us energize our meditation practices. To supplement Bell's article we have instructional qigong videos that we will post on this blog every Wednesday for the next four weeks. Below is the first video on "Standing Meditation." More »
  • The Summer 2011 Issue of Tricycle is here! Paid Member

    We're excited to announce the new issue of Tricycle! It's stuffed full of great material, including: David Schneider on Philip Whalen and Gary Snyder, an interview with Reverend Patricia Usuki about Shin Buddhism, Noa Jones honors Gene Smith, Linda Heuman on the discovery of long-lost Gandharan scrolls and what they mean for Buddhist practitioners, and more. More »
  • Only Connect Paid Member

    The following is James Shaheen's "Editor's View" from the new issue of Tricycle: Editor's View by James Shaheen More »
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    Tricycle.com in May Paid Member

    Boy, we've been busy! This month, you'll find the following at Tricycle.com: More »
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    New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and Tricycle Paid Member

    The New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care is holding an awards ceremony and silent auction this evening in New York City. Honorees include Dr. Diane Meier, Dr. Russell Portenoy, and Sharon Salzberg. Tricycle is pleased to be a media sponsor of this event. Read more about the ceremony here. NYZCCC was founded in 2006 by Zen Buddhist priests and chaplains Koshin Paley Ellison and Robert Chodo Campbell. The center provides compassionate care to the sick and the terminally ill and creates a supportive, nurturing environment for people to consciously face their illness and/or end-of-life journey. This work is done through direct care partnerships with leading healthcare providers in the New York area, caregiver and pastoral training programs, and by actively advocating for contemplative care at the national level. Since August 2007: More »