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Tricycle/Summer 2009
Volume 18, Number 4In This Issue
feature
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Environmental awareness plays an increasingly important role in consumer culture. But when does environmentalism become simply clever branding? -
Joseph Goldstein on addressing the climate crisis, step by step
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Can you forgive your parents? You can, when you realize that your happiness does not depend on external circumstances.
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Fifty Years of Exile
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Can Thai Theravada nuns and Roman Catholic women priests shatter the clerical glass ceiling?
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Passing on passing judgment
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Thai forest monk THANISSARO BHIKKHU teaches us how to use wisdom to cultivate compassion
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contributors
letters
interview
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Tricycle speaks with psychologist Paul Ekman about his work with the Dalai Lama on destructive and constructive emotions.
into practice
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Five ways to develop a skillful relationship with food from physician and Zen Priest JAN CHOZEN BAYS
dharma talk
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YONGEY MINGYUR RINPOCHE gives instructions in the liberating practice of awareness
insights
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Pema Chödrön on the trap of shenpa—and how to avoid it
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Forming bad habits is hard work.
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ADYASHANTI warns against chasing enlightenment down the wrong path.
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JEFF WILSON urges us to foster and enjoy a sense of community.
on retreat
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Tricycle readers name their favorite U.S. retreat centers.
sangha spotlight
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For one New York City sangha, meditation is a political practice.
how we live
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The search engine’s “Jolly Good Fellow” brings the dharma to Silicon Valley
on the cushion
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An appreciation of everyday mindfulness
thus have i heard
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Turn down the thermostat and cool the fires of our minds.
my view
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Buddhism and environmentalism aren't so different from each other, argues ALLAN BADINER. We just need to wake up to that fact.
reviews
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Ancient Chinese detective tales retold
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What happens when we focus
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A mother's journey
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Jeff Wilson
books
parting words
what does being a buddhist mean to you
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re: the economic meltdown
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