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The Conversation
Magazine | Letters to the Editor, The Conversation
Letters to the Editor
Our readers respond to Tricycle’s print and online offerings.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Letter from the Editor, The Conversation
Humor and Heartbreak
A letter from Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
CultureMagazine | Featured Contributors
Featured Contributors
Featured contributors for the Spring 2026 issue of Tricycle include Taro Yaguchi, Nina Müller, and Jane Naomi Iwamura.
Openings
A Thai Sacred-Tattoo Burger?
A new Bangkok tourist attraction blends the spiritual and the culinary.
Decentering the Self
An excerpt of a conversation between Ada Limón, Sharon Salzberg, and Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
What We’re Reading
The latest in Buddhist publishing
CultureMagazine | Audio Dharma, Openings
What We’re Plugged Into
A dharma talk, album, video, and podcast to enhance your Buddhist practice
TeachingsMagazine | Visiting Teacher
Visiting Teacher: Lin Wang Gordon
Q&A with Lin Wang Gordon, cofounder of the Sacred Earth Sangha and founder of the Midlife Sangha at the New York Insight Meditation Center
CultureMagazine | The Buddhist Traveler In
The Buddhist Traveler in Tokyo
In Japan's capital city, Buddhist attractions are offbeat and high-tech.
The One Essential Truth
The winning poem from the Tricycle Haiku Challenge celebrates the eternal return of spring.
CultureMagazine | By the Numbers
Buddhism By the Numbers: Tokyo
Buddhist stats from Japan's "Eastern Capital"
CultureMagazine | Sacred Sites
The Temple of a Thousand Buddhas
A Mahabodhi replica nestled between city streets
Teachings
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Helping Yourself Helps Others
Once you’ve gained wisdom, put it to use.
TeachingsMagazine | Meet a Teacher, Teachings
Meet a Teacher: Rev. Eko Noble
On preserving Shingon Buddhism and bringing its wisdom to the West
We Are the Elements
A meditation on earth, water, fire, and air
TeachingsMagazine | Teachings, The Five Skandhas
The Five Skandhas: Sensation
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
The Same Heart
Holding life's contradictions with Buddhist wisdom
Live with All Your Heart
A brief teaching by Shinsuke Hosokawa on what it means to live
Remembering Community
A brief teaching by Jeremy David Engels on what we share with others
To Meditate Is to Be Alive
Thich Nhat Hanh’s longtime attendant on how to cultivate true presence and understanding
Shift Your Mindset
A brief teaching by Gensho Taigu on solving dissatisfaction
Features
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
Seeking Refuge
Facing burnout, a palliative care physician finds solace in nature.
The Birth of a Tradition
A scholar-monk on the origins of the Mahayana school
Visionary Buddhism
Emptiness gets you only halfway.
The Chain of Being
The Shin tradition of grave remembrance connects the living and the dead.
Into the Ordinary
Adapting a dying tradition, Hasui Kawase (1883–1957) captured day-to-day life during Japan’s rapid modernization.
Old Friend
While visiting his father, a Tricycle editor considers dementia, memory, and impermanence.
A Battle in the Bardo
The legendary life and rebirth of sorcerer-monk Tu Dao Hanh
The Economy of Grace
Through Amitabha's merit, we can break free from karma.
Finding Comfort in the First Noble Truth
Accepting suffering is the first step.
Reviews
CultureMagazine | Book Reviews
A Banned Tibetan Epic Returns
Suppressed in China, Tsering Döndrup’s novel reaches English readers with an unflinching account of imprisonment, famine, death, and generational trauma.
Where Bells and Dragons Meet
Art historian Sherry Fowler’s new book explores how Japan’s great bronze bells have echoed through centuries of Buddhist ritual, folklore, and diplomacy.
CultureMagazine | Book Reviews
Rebirth and the Restless Heart
A search for meaning brings two lives together across continents and lifetimes in Evelyn in Transit.
A Woman, a Roshi, and a Mansion by the Sea
Long before the ‘60s counterculture, Ida Russell’s House of Silent Light offered Zen meditation, vegetarianism, and Theosophical mysticism on the edge of San Francisco.
Parting Words
CultureMagazine | Parting Words
Spring
A poem by Tsering Woeser