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New Interview with NY Poet Laureate Marie Howe

The Space Between

Plus Howe's award-winning poems
The Tricycle | BuddhaFest Online Film Festival is Back!

A Film Festival Like No Other

Buy tickets and see the festival schedule
A dharma talk with Larry Rosenberg

The Urgency of Self-Discovery

Discerning pleasure-seeking thought patterns
from the authentic energy of the awakened mind

How to Give

An act of giving is of most benefit when one gives something of value, carefully, with one’s own hand, while showing respect, and with a view that something wholesome will com…

–Andrew Olendzki
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Dharma Stream

Buddhist news, ideas, and community

Blog»

  • Treasury of Lives: Jetsun Pema Trinle
    Biography and autobiography in Tibet are important sources for both education and inspiration....
  • Consider the Source: Why didn't Chinese Zen dharma halls have Buddhist icons?
    Consider the Source: Why didn't Chinese Zen dharma halls have Buddhist icons?  In traditional...
  • Third Week of Chodo and Koshin's Retreat: Mindfulness and Concentration
    In this third week's teaching of Zen teachers Robert Chodo Campbell and Koshin Paley Ellison's...
  • Buddha Buzz: On Hiatus for Bonnaroo 2013
    Buddha Buzz is on hiatus this week while Tricycle's daring and irreplaceable editorial assistant...
  • Himalayan Buddhist Art 101: Controversial Art, Part 3 - Ithyphallic Deities
    Buddhist practice and Buddhist art have been inseparable in the Himalayas ever since Buddhism...

Community»

  • May Film Club: Angry Monk
    Welcome to the Tricycle film club! This month (5/6-6/2) we are showing Angry Monk, a biography of...
  • April Film Club: Monte Grande
    Welcome to the Tricycle Film Club! Monte Grande combines interviews and rare archival footage to...
  • March Film Club: Kumaré
    Welcome to the Tricycle film club! In the half-documentary, half-social experiment Kumaré, now...
  • February Film Club: When the Iron Bird Flies
    Welcome to the Tricycle film club! In 1959, the Chinese invasion of Tibet threw open the doors to...
  • Sitting Pains: A Meditation Month Discussion
    This discussion is now closed. It's Meditation Month here at Tricycle! Are you joining us in...

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    To help you be the latter instead of the former, the eGenieNext Digital Strategy team and I will be offering tips...

    by muqtadaegenie on Ten Mindful Ways to Use Social Media about 2 hours 27 min ago
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    Many thanks for the wisdom and experience shared in these three weeks. I'm just catching up and in the serenity of...

    by DeborahS on Mindfulness and Concentration about 7 hours 9 min ago
  • dalic's picture

    Thank you very much to both of you for these wonderful lessons.

    by dalic on Mindfulness and Concentration about 7 hours 26 min ago
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    Thank you Colleen

    and please don't dodge the Kleenex box, take full advantage of it all.

    by Robert Jusei Ch... on Mindfulness and Concentration about 7 hours 46 min ago
  • dalic's picture

    I enjoyed both of these. The best teaching I got is, I think, to listen to my body and not my mind when I evaluate...

    by dalic on Sacred Earth: Healing Ourselves, Healing Our Planet about 7 hours 55 min ago
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    Wonderful timing for a wonderful article. I feel the tensions between Buddhists teachings and certain psychological...

    by teecomb on The Psychology of Awakening about 7 hours 58 min ago
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    Thank you so much .

    by zenja on Mindfulness and Concentration about 14 hours 47 min ago
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    This seems like an odd view of forgiveness.
    Forgiveness doesn't mean condoning abusive behavior nor does it...

    by celticpassage on Meditating with Emotions about 19 hours 20 min ago

The Still Point

Buddhist wisdom, meditation, and practice

Retreats»

  • Caring for the World: The Eight Awarenesses
    Robert Chodo Campbell & Koshin Paley Ellison
  • Recognizing the Self
    Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara
  • The Power of Forgiveness: Forgiving Ourselves and Others
    Gina Sharpe
  • Awakening the Mind: A Journey for Contemporary Life
    Segyu Rinpoche

Gallery»

  • Prayer Flag
    Prayer Flag, 2007, is a digital image designed by Frank Olinsky for The Flag Project, celebrating...
  • Pixel Buddha
    Pixel Buddha, designed by Frank Olinsky, is a computer-generated reworking of a traditional...
  • iPod Dakini
    iPod Dakini, 2009, ink and digital, was created by Frank Olinsky in response to the iconic iPod...

Magazine»

  • Allegiance to Life
    It’s no secret that our world is in a tough spot. The critical problems that we face today—...
  • Reel Rinpoche
    It’s day 23 of a 41-day film shoot for Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s third feature film (working...
  • Sexual Misconduct
    Author Nancy Baker is currently leading a Tricycle community discussion about sexual misconduct and...

Wisdom Collection»

  • Occupy Buddhism
    Marx’s Revenge When the Dalai Lama announced his Marxist leanings last summer in Minneapolis, the...
  • 37 Practices of the Bodhisattva - Verse 35
    Ken McLeod continues his commentary on the 37 Practices of the Bodhisattva with the 35th verse....

Tricycle Teachings»

  • Tricycle Teachings: Forgiveness

    The powerful practice of forgiveness releases us from the grasp of fear and anger and allows us to see the world with a kind,...

  • Tricycle Teachings: Working with Emotions

    Get off the emotional roller coaster! ...

  • Tricycle Teachings: Meditation, Vol. 2

    Whether you have months of retreat under your belt or have never been able to keep up a regular meditation practice, ...

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