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Tricycle/Fall 2002
Volume 12, Number 1In This Issue
feature
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Modern Buddhism—with its roots in colonial Asia—claims to return to the essence of the Buddha’s teachings. Has a new sect emerged? -
Jesus may be Lord and Elvis still King, but the Dharma has come to Dixie to stay. Jeff Wilson travels the new frontier, where East meets South. -
An interview with Stephen Batchelor
ancestors
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Sallie Jiko Tisdale recovers a women’s lineage of Buddhist ancestors.
on practice
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From dishes to dusting, from window-washing to bed-making, housekeeping provides an everyday opportunity for practice.
parting words
on gardening
on food
columns
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Zoketsu Norman Ficher chronicles the second international meeting of Christian and Buddhist contemplatives.
on location
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Sergei Noskov became acquainted with Buddhism as a child, when he was captivated by the beauty of Buryat Buddhist thangkas and the ritual figurines in his family’s Leningrad apartment.
on events
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With a message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama
in memoriam
editors view
letters
contributors
on the cushion
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Q & A with Lama Surya Das
reviews
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An interview with Vipassana teacher Sharon Salzberg and an excerpt from her new book, Faith.
insights
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Is spirituality the best thing that can happen to your mate? Think again. Mariana Caplan on the unfortunate truths of spiritual boyfriends. -
John Suiter reflects upon Gary Snyder's poetic hermitage within the Cascades of Washington State. -
Marc Peter Keane’s contemplations on the Japanese garden offer insights for the “philosophical gardener (or the gardening philosopher).” -
In Robert Aitken Roshi's forthcoming book, Zen Master Raven offers shrewd advice to his animal sangha. -
Spiritual guru Ram Dass quotes his latest book, One-Liners.
dharma talk
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Realizing happiness through training the mind
special section
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When did we leave our bodies—and how do we come back? -
Through yoga practice, Anne Cushman moves from watching her breath to being it. -
Buddhist practitioner and yoga teacher Cyndi Lee offers a five-minute yoga regimen to enhance meditation practice. -
Under the vast robe of liberation, a practitioner confronts her body. -
S. N. Goenka speaks to Tricycle about the crucial role of the body in vipassana practice. -
An interview with Antony Gormley -
Seventh-century Buddhist sage Shantideva on the body as illusion. -
John House finds his feet in walking meditation. -
Losing a head isn't as bad as you might think.














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