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How to Handle Grief When Equanimity Isn’t Enough

Our path isn’t about escaping this world, it’s about becoming more intimate with it.

By David Loy

Mar 22, 2022

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Seeing in the Dark

Zen priest Kurt Spellmeyer discusses cigarettes, samadhi, and “dwelling in emptiness.”

By Kurt Spellmeyer

Mar 18, 2022

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5 Timeless Teachings on Extending Forgiveness to Ourselves and Others

Buddhist wisdom on cultivating a merciful heart

By Tricycle

Mar 15, 2022

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Why Do We Turn Away from Joy?

In a recent episode of Tricycle Talks, psychotherapist Mark Epstein explores how our ego can prevent us from experiencing true beauty and joy.

By Mark Epstein

Mar 02, 2022

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Creative Engagement in an Imperfect World

Instead of resisting an urge to respond or feeling paralyzed by a lack of control, embracing imperfection and cultivating compassion can help us find our way forward.

By Gavin Milne

Mar 01, 2022

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There Are No Words in My Body

How the four foundations of mindfulness can help us practice with—and diffuse—difficult emotions

By Kevin Griffin

Feb 28, 2022

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The Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu on the Joy of Laughter

The so-called mischievous brothers share how humor can break down social barriers and connect any two people

By Douglas Abrams

Feb 26, 2022

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The Power of Not-Knowing

A contemplation on this posture of humility: a gesture of power, not weakness, that keeps us open to fresh perspectives

By Fabrice Desmarescaux

Feb 23, 2022

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Blind Passions and Boundless Compassion

Fourteenth-generation Shin Buddhist priest Mark Unno tells the story of his first weekend seminar at a Buddhist temple—and a new red Thunderbird.

By Mark Unno

Feb 22, 2022

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Meditating With Emptiness

In this Dharma Talk, Kurt Spellmeyer—a Zen priest and a professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey—discusses the importance of emptiness in Zen Buddhism.

Kurt Spellmeyer

Mar 2022

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