'We don’t live life in general; we live life in particular ways, and it is in its particulars that life is invested with wisdom and meaning.' - Henry Shukman

A Slovenian Theravada teacher on abandoning views through one of the oldest compilations in the Pali canon.
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The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge offers an intimate portrait of an entire species in crisis.
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'To truly connect with other human beings, especially if we choose to teach, we must dare to present ourselves in ways that depict the true variety and complexity of our human experience.' - Josh Korda

Five steps to transforming your obstacles—your addictions, anxieties, and fears—into tranquility and wisdom, from Tsultrim Allione. bit.ly/3RABVRt

Is there truly anything we need? Is there any necessity to exert control?

The buddhanature within us requires no explanation, it simply is.

Justin von Bujdoss

'It’s your life. No one can do this for you. Your teacher can set you in a particular direction, but you have to go on the path alone.' —Jakusho Kwong-roshi #DailyDharma
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'Each time we sit down, we honor and affirm our own gift of awakening, our own inherent ability to wake up.' - Laura Burges

“Each of us can be a new saint,” says Lama Rod Owens. “In our pain, our trauma, and all our complexity, we all can—and must—awaken the virtue of our compassion for the benefit of our communities, our planet, and our own souls.”

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The bhumisparsha mudra symbolizes the moment the Buddha attained enlightenment.

As part of Tricycle’s Buddhism & Ecology Summit: Touching the Earth, Tricycle’s founder Helen Tworkov joins Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche to discuss this moment.

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'Our only inheritance is impermanence and the truth that conditions will rise and fall.' - Jessica Angima

'The practice and teachings of Buddhism have had a reputation of being rather more somber than joyful. With so much emphasis on 'suffering and the end of suffering,' there’s not much air time for happiness and joy.' —James Baraz
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When we internalize the world's suffering, the burden becomes too great to bear.

Devin Berry

'There can be a compassionate way of saying no. Saying no can actually be a generous gesture in the sense of not continuing with an unworkable relationship or situation.' —Laura Bridgman #DailyDharma
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'It’s our erroneous belief in a separate selfhood, with its insistent refrain of “I, me, mine,” that keeps us from hearing and seeing directly.' - Shinge Sherry Chayat Roshi

In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen , sits down with Arthur Sze to discuss the ruptures and continuities between classical and contemporary Chinese poetry and why Sze believes we need translation now more than ever.
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The New Year is celebrated differently in every Buddhist culture, but to many Buddhists it is a day associated with renewal and purification. It is customary at this time to make offerings and to aspire for health, success, and peace.
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'Every time you find yourself at home in your body again, let it be a moment of appreciation and celebration.' - Kate Johnson

'...you can wind up in a situation where the precept against taking life and the commitment to compassionate action appear to be at odds. Contemporary practitioners are dealing with dilemmas that simply didn’t exist until very recently.' —Patricia Anderson bit.ly/3SdNm1F

We hold a shared belief - that causing pain is not desirable, while offering aid is commendable.

This is the essence of Buddhism.

Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche