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Passing It On
A cookie works for a few minutes. An animated sponge and a couple of well-meaning monsters pass the time until the final credits bring a howl of despair. The stuffed pig from FAO Schwarz provides some comfort, though a fruitless search for a duplicate since Schwarz went bankrupt only magnifies the dreaded day when the pig goes missing for good. More » -
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Unbending Intent
From Act II, Scene 3 of Satyagraha Libretto by Constance de Jong and Philip Glass More » -
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The Pleasure Paradox
Why we persist in pursuing the very things that fail to bring us happiness—a core issue in Buddhism—is also of great interest to researchers like Daniel Gilbert, professor of psychology at Harvard University. Gilbert, whose book Stumbling on Happiness will be published by Knopf in April 2006, took time out on the eve of his wedding to talk with Tricycle contributing editor Joan Duncan Oliver about “miswanting” and how it hampers our efforts to be happy. More » -
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Blueprints of Freedom
How Martin Luther King, Jr., brought satyagraha to the U.S. and revolutionized the civil rights movement. More » -
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Happiness in Verse
Pocket of Fog In the next door yard, a pocket of fog like a small herd of bison swallows azaleas, koi pond, the red and gold koi. To be fully happy must mean not knowing you are. The fog grazes here, then there, all morning browsing the shallows, leaving no footprints between my fate and the mountain’s. Happiness Is Harder To read a book of poetry from back to front, there is the cure for certain kinds of sadness. More »
