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
Thank you, Cate, Stehpen and Ondrea for sharing your wisdom and your pain. Thank you for being brave enough to face...
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Indeed.
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This Tricycle article fits beautifully with the 9/5 Gelek Rinpoche interview demonstrating that individual...