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Tricycle is the leading independent journal of Buddhism in the West, where it continues to be the most inclusive and widely read vehicle for the dissemination of Buddhist views and values. By remaining unaffiliated with any particular teacher, sect, or lineage, Tricycle provides a public forum for exploring Buddhism and its dialogue with the broader culture.

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Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

Meditation Month 2021: Silent Illumination

Join meditation teacher Guo Gu for weekly guided meditations to help you sit every day in March.

By Tricycle and Guo Gu

Feb 03, 2021

Trike Daily News

Racial Justice Is Everyone’s Work

We invite our readers to engage in the mindful interrogation of biases and fears surrounding acts of racism, police brutality, and protest.

By Tricycle

Jun 02, 2020

Trike Daily Meditation & Practice

Practicing in a Pandemic

Six new teachings on how to find compassion and equanimity in a time of great uncertainty.

By Tricycle, with Taylor Plimpton, Gesshin Claire Greenwood, Radhule Weininger, Jack Kornfield, Koshin Paley Ellison, Thomas Hübl, and Duncan Ryuken Williams

Mar 13, 2020

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Dalai Lama First In-Person Talk Since Pandemic

Trike Daily News

The Dalai Lama Gives His First In-Person Talk Since the Start of the Pandemic

His Holiness spoke in honor of the Tibetan festival Chotrul Duchen. Plus, the Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile offers condolences in honor of Madeleine Albright, and Donald S. Lopez Jr. will give a talk next week.

By Tricycle

Mar 26, 2022

Trike Daily Buddhism for Beginners

The Best Buddhist Books for Beginners

A comprehensive list of beginner-friendly books across the Buddhist traditions

By Tricycle

Mar 23, 2022

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

Inside the Traveling Nunk’s Mobile Monastery

Sister Clear Grace Dayananda is driving across the US in a 2003 Chevy van: “I did a lot of research, watched a lot of videos on YouTube, and made a lot of mistakes,” she says.

By Tricycle

Mar 20, 2022

Trike Daily

Buddhist Monks Brave Smoldering Coals for Hiwatari Matsuri, Japan’s Fire Walking Festival

Participants walk barefoot over hot embers in the annual ceremony. Plus, Plum Village Monastery spreads Thich Nhat Hanh’s ashes, and nonprofit Live to Love organizes relief for refugees from Ukraine.

By Tricycle

Mar 19, 2022

Trike Daily Teachings

5 Timeless Teachings on Extending Forgiveness to Ourselves and Others

Buddhist wisdom on cultivating a merciful heart

By Tricycle

Mar 15, 2022

Trike Daily News

Tibetans Commemorate the 63rd Anniversary of Tibet Uprising Day

Tibetans and supporters gathered in cities around the world. Plus, the Kung Fu Nuns received an award on International Women’s Day and Sri Lanka’s most revered elephant passed away.

By Tricycle

Mar 12, 2022

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What You’re Not Doing Matters

Making the choice to use restraint and self-discipline is equally as powerful as taking action—if not more so.

By Kimberly Brown

Mar 31, 2022

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Meditation & Practice

Lie Down and Breathe

What Corpse Pose can teach us about starting again

By Octavia Raheem

Spring 2022

Dharma Talks

Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

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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