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A look at the works of a Zen master who disparaged literature despite being a prolific poet
By Shohaku Okumura
Start your day with a fresh perspective
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See Our CoursesToo long I was told that the spiritual path is dry and intellectual. That wisdom is cold. But I have seen with my own eyes that in the hands of great masters, wisdom is warm and full of humor.
In Vajrayana practice, negative and positive emotions, broken down into five types, are two sides of the same coin; when purified, negative emotions transform into their enlightened form. Karla Jackson-Brewer shows us how to nourish Tibetan Buddhism’s empowered feminine principle to put this transformation into effect.
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In honor of National Poetry Month, a selection of verse from Tricycle’s archives.
Making the choice to use restraint and self-discipline is equally as powerful as taking action—if not more so.
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Tricycle’s latest issue looks at different aspects of engaged Buddhism and offers teachings on the great matter of death and dying. In “The Zen of Therapy,” psychotherapist Mark Epstein explores the intersection of dharma and therapy. In “Drips on a Rock,” Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, discusses how her Buddhist practice informs the fight against gun violence. In “Where the Buddhist Chaplains Are,” translator, teacher, and chaplain Pamela Gayle White looks at the role Buddhists chaplains play in a largely Christian profession. Other features include an interview with an expert on bomori, the temple wives of Japanese Shin Buddhism; poems from the 13th-century Zen master Dogen; and an essay from Zen teacher Susan Moon on how the death of a friend can be an alarm bell to practice.
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The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge addresses one of the oldest themes in literature: recovery from loss.
A look at the works of a Zen master who disparaged literature despite being a prolific poet
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Everything changes. Nothing is perfect. Yet when we turn toward life just as it is, wisdom and compassion arise. This profound online course explores impermanence, imperfection, and conditionality as doorways to an awakened heart.
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In this episode of Life As It Is, James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg sit down with Daisy Hernández to reflect on the past two years of the pandemic, her practices of equanimity, and how she finds refuge in times of war.
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