Seek a deeper understanding of the fundamental and enduring questions that have been raised by thoughtful human beings in the rich traditions of the East.
Tricycle/Spring 2005
Volume 14, Number 3In This Issue
dharma talk
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Soyen Shaku's classic sermon on the finding balance between discipline and intuition
on practice
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Do we respond to physical pain in the wisest way? Fleeing it, we get caught in it. A Thai meditation master has another answer: Get to know suffering to be free of it. -
interview
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Shambhala Mountain Center's Reggie Ray talks to Tricycle's Ted Rose about the value of solitary retreat.
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Tricycle speaks with Buddhist psychotherapist Mark Epstein about making peace with our deepest longings.
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Caryl Göpfert speaks with best-selling author Natalie Goldberg about her "failed" relationship with her teacher, Katagiri Roshi
feature
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From the medicine cabinet to the mediation cushion, Anne Cushman organizes her home and gains insight into her mind.
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Tricycle sits down for a free-ranging discussion with several pioneers of the dialogue between science and Buddhism.
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A case study in how mindfulness practice can aid medical treatment
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For nearly a millennium and a half, Buddhism and the Hindu tradition of Advaita Vedanta have shared terminology and ideas, argued about philosophical fine points, and pointed to nondual experience. In recent decades, Advaita has had a powerful influence on many Western Buddhist teachers and practitioners as well.
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Searching for meaning at home and abroad, Stephen Schettini realizes that the truth lies within.
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The Sprituality of Art
special section
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An Interview With Jeff Watt
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Contemporary thangka painter Robert Beer discusses the evolution, decline, and recent revival of a sacred art.
in memoriam
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Sean Murphy remembers America's first Korean Zen Master.
sangha spotlight
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Zen finds a foothold in Costa Rica.
on retreat
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It's a great time to visit France.
thus have i heard
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In this oft-quoted sutta, the Buddha speaks to the deva Rohitassa, who has run day and night, in vain, to reach the end of the world. Pali scholar Andrew Olendzki explains.
practical pilgrim
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Where is the real Kapilavastu? Two towns claim to be the site of the Buddha's ancestral home.
on gardening
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Wendy Johnson tastes kindness in a pomegranate.
parting words
editors view
contributors
profile
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From ballerina to chaplain
insights
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An early-twentieth-century account of the adventures of Prince Siddartha
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Jazz legend Wanye Shorter's Buddhist thing
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New poetry by Benedictine nun, Mary Lou Kownacki echoes the koans of the nineteenth century Zen monk.
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Strange but true tales from the modern Buddhist world
give & take
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Contributing editor Andrew Cooper chats with Vipassana teacher, comedian, and author Wes Nisker on the topic “Jewish and Buddhist.”
reviews
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A new film for the New Age
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Two approaches to the same destination
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Hot, hot poetry from a Korean master
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Coming full circle
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Breathing new life into a sacred musical tradition
Latest Comments in this Issue
'Living well with pain and illness'
by Vidyamala Burch
is a book that takes these ideas further as well...
I agree that the solitary retreat compliments the being in the world but I share the fears of how to earn a living...
Originally monks' activities were underwritten by their lay supporters.
I wonder about the gifts that make it possible to do a long solitary retreat: who provides and maintains the hut?...