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Tricycle/Summer 2008
Volume 17, Number 4In This Issue
dharma talk
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The path doesn’t save all its pleasure for the end. You can enjoy it now.
on language
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A close look at the Heart Sutra.
thus have i heard
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If we do not take care of each other, who will?
on relationships
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Relationships won't solve our problems, but they can help us grow.
contributors
editors view
feature
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On a camping trip many years ago, Sandy Boucher faced fear head on. -
Tricycle asks seventeen practitioners: What in Buddhism have you changed your mind about, and why? -
Parkinson’s disease has offered artist Michael Sawyer a rare path to freedom. -
As a teenager sour on flower power, Jaimal Yogis sought authenticity at an orthodox Chinese monastery. -
Marshall Glickman learns how to listen on an Insight Dialogue retreat.
how we live
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James Tu’s Zen Burger offers fast food that’s better for you, better for the earth.
insights
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Venerable Yifa presents the five contemplations her monastery uses to appreciate meals. -
Three qualities every practitioner should cultivate -
Sayadaw U Tejaniya gives essential tips for observing the moment in mindfulness meditation. -
The paradox of enlightenment, says Stephan Bodian, is also the answer. -
Thich Nhat Hanh on the importance of community.
give & take
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Grammy-nominated Tibetan composer and musician Nawang Khechog chats with Tricycle’s Mark Matousek.
interview
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Tricycle chats with teacher Jack Kornfield about Buddhist psychology, everyday nirvana, and what all religions have in common.
on practice
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Five steps to transforming your obstacles—your addictions, anxieties, and fears—into tranquility and wisdom, from Tsultrim Allione.Artwork by Andrew Guenther.
parting words
portfolio
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Artist and author Lynda Barry on the power of the paintbrush
reviews
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The path to the present
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Go on retreat with Sharon Salzberg—without leaving home -
The privileged and the impoverished -
The inner life of money -
Core Principles in Shin Buddhism
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A young biracial American returns to his mother's Thai village to become a monk. -
The essentials of Chöd practice, in conjunction with Tsultrim Allione's "Feeding Your Demons"








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Thanks for your kind words Most important to me are making genuine contact, seeing alternatives to the accepted...
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Is it not possible for something that came earlier to grow "out of" (because of)...
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Jack's answer needed clarification but obviously the interviewer didn...
I can't imagine Kornfield is ignorant enought to think that behaviorism developed from RET. It seems more likely...