Tricycle/Spring 2009
Volume 18, Number 3In This Issue
contributors
editors view
letters
insights
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MASTER SHENG YEN on transferring merit -
As REGINALD RAY explains, finding embodiment in meditation is a social matter.
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SHARON SALZBERG offers a lesson in compassion.
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give & take
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Stephen and Ondrea Levine, counselors and meditation teachers, sit down with psychotherapist Barbara Platek to speak about easing the transition from life to death.
how we live
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Ravenna Michalsen keeps the dharma alive in song.
my view
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CLARK STRAND walks the common ground of two great traditions.
dharma talk
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EZRA BAYDA teaches that by truly knowing our fears, we can break their spell.
into practice
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Tricycle’s 90-day Zen Meditation Challenge
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ancestors
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For decades, Walter Nowick has been quietly blazing a Zen trail on the northern coast of Maine. His blue jeans disguise a remarkable history.
interview
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Mark and Taitetsu Unno speak with Tricycle’s Jeff Wilson about the subtle wisdom at the heart of Pure Land Buddhist practice.
feature
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An arms manufacturer’s son visits home after moving to a Zen monastery.
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The famed American Zen teacher, clown, and social worker is thinking big—again.
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Buddhism has been a boon to the West. Can the West return the favor?
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Greedy, Aversive, or Deluded? Find out with this guide—and quiz!
portfolio
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A portfolio by photographer David Meanix with text by contributing editor Mary Talbot
on location
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SANDY BOUCHER attends this year’s Sakyadita Conference
on gardening
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In a time for remembrance, poppies thin the veil between worlds.
reviews
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The Writings of a Zen Missionary
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Gems from a quarter century of wisdom and irreverence
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How Buddhism can help
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Is fundamentalism a good reason to ditch religion?
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Latest Comments in this Issue
The paradox of living and dying! How can we live each moment fully while letting those our Ego and conflicted Self...
From the text of the article: "All of this is about becoming who we are in the deepest sense and about surrendering...
I took Dr. Ray's course on Tibetan Buddhism online through Naropa University. It was a great experience and Dr. Ray...
Reggie most definately points to a clear and very often over looked aspect of buddhist traditions and practices. His...