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Tricycle Meditation Month 2026: Awakening with Zen Koans
Meditation Month is a free annual challenge to commit to a daily practice throughout January. This year’s theme is Awakening with Zen Koans.
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Ready to bring meditation into your daily routine? Join our annual challenge to commit to a daily practice throughout January.
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“We lose it when we lose awareness, like a leaky faucet loses water. We leak peacefulness when we lose mindfulness while talking, walking, or going about our daily business.” –Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Mindfulness Is a Lifestyle Change
Retreats are easy—the real work begins when you get home
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December 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“We lose it when we lose awareness, like a leaky faucet loses water. We leak peacefulness when we lose mindfulness while talking, walking, or going about our daily business.” –Sayadaw U Tejaniya
December’s Film Club pick, “Come and See,” is an investigative portrayal of the largest Buddhist temple in Thailand, exploring themes of politics and religion, power and corruption, belief and blind faith.
Learn more about the film at the link below!
Learn more about the film at the link below!
Come and See: Tricycle Film Club
"Come and See" is an investigative portrayal of the Wat Phra Dhammakaya Buddhist temple in Thailand.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
December’s Film Club pick, “Come and See,” is an investigative portrayal of the largest Buddhist temple in Thailand, exploring themes of politics and religion, power and corruption, belief and blind faith.
Learn more about the film at the link below!
Learn more about the film at the link below!
How can we give gifts in a Buddhist way? The piece below from the Tricycle archive provides some answers.
Tricycle’s Buddhist Gift Guide 2022
Ideas for compassionate presents that spread joy and reduce harm
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December 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
How can we give gifts in a Buddhist way? The piece below from the Tricycle archive provides some answers.
"May we know we’ve been abandoned by the past, that the past has left us and moved on. So, too, have previous versions of our bodies left us, so, too, have previous iterations of the earth and its ecology left us." –Leora Fridman #DailyDharma
Notes on Abandon
A gardener on managing our need to manage
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December 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"May we know we’ve been abandoned by the past, that the past has left us and moved on. So, too, have previous versions of our bodies left us, so, too, have previous iterations of the earth and its ecology left us." –Leora Fridman #DailyDharma
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In a new bardo interview, I talked with author Ann Patchett about devoting time to what matters, why death is ever-present for her, and using social capital to do good. @tricyclemag.bsky.social @parnassusbooks.bsky.social
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On Attention, Appreciation, and Being Where You Are
Ann Tashi Slater talks with writer Ann Patchett about awareness of impermanence, why writers should say no to lunch dates, and being an accidental bookstore owner.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In a new bardo interview, I talked with author Ann Patchett about devoting time to what matters, why death is ever-present for her, and using social capital to do good. @tricyclemag.bsky.social @parnassusbooks.bsky.social
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A visual representation of a concept I brought up in a conversation with @tricyclemag.bsky.social earlier this year:
“Self-talk is happening all the time. Your self-talk is a reflection of your mind.”
“Self-talk is happening all the time. Your self-talk is a reflection of your mind.”
December 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A visual representation of a concept I brought up in a conversation with @tricyclemag.bsky.social earlier this year:
“Self-talk is happening all the time. Your self-talk is a reflection of your mind.”
“Self-talk is happening all the time. Your self-talk is a reflection of your mind.”
Tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET, join professor William Waldron for a clear and grounded introduction to Yogacara, the mind-only school of Mahayana Buddhism.
Making Sense of Yogacara: A Virtual Event
Join William Waldron for a discussion on yogacara, the mind only school, and its importance for Mahayana Buddhism.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET, join professor William Waldron for a clear and grounded introduction to Yogacara, the mind-only school of Mahayana Buddhism.
"Finding unconditional joy is especially subversive in modern Western culture, where the dominant paradigm equates happiness with conditional joy, which often means material or social gain." –Scott Tusa
Joy Is a Radical Act
Real happiness can be a powerful force for change, but we have to look inside ourselves to find it.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Finding unconditional joy is especially subversive in modern Western culture, where the dominant paradigm equates happiness with conditional joy, which often means material or social gain." –Scott Tusa
Happy Bodhi Day! Today, we celebrate the moment when Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, marking the beginning of his path to teaching others the way to awakening.
Learn more for free at the link below!
Learn more for free at the link below!
O Bodhi Tree, O Bodhi Tree
A Pure Land Buddhist reverend gets into the holiday spirit with a reflection on Bodhi Day and the value of giving selflessly.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Happy Bodhi Day! Today, we celebrate the moment when Shakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, marking the beginning of his path to teaching others the way to awakening.
Learn more for free at the link below!
Learn more for free at the link below!
Meditation Month returns Jan 1. Join our free 31-day challenge with weekly video teachings from Haemin Sunim and daily prompts to support your practice.
Tricycle Meditation Month 2026: Awakening with Zen Koans
Meditation Month is a free annual challenge to commit to a daily practice throughout January. This year’s theme is Awakening with Zen Koans.
tricycle.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Meditation Month returns Jan 1. Join our free 31-day challenge with weekly video teachings from Haemin Sunim and daily prompts to support your practice.
"We spend hours practicing meditation, making great effort to reveal the truth about the present moment. Clearly the effort we make is not to 'look good' or to be right or to avoid mistakes." –Grace Schireson #DailyDharma
Humility and Humiliation
How an embarrassing experience at a Zen retreat became a lesson in accepting our mistakes.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"We spend hours practicing meditation, making great effort to reveal the truth about the present moment. Clearly the effort we make is not to 'look good' or to be right or to avoid mistakes." –Grace Schireson #DailyDharma
Ready to bring meditation into your daily routine? Join our annual challenge to commit to a daily practice throughout January.
Learn more and sign up today!
Learn more and sign up today!
Tricycle Meditation Month 2026: Awakening with Zen Koans
Meditation Month is a free annual challenge to commit to a daily practice throughout January. This year’s theme is Awakening with Zen Koans.
tricycle.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Ready to bring meditation into your daily routine? Join our annual challenge to commit to a daily practice throughout January.
Learn more and sign up today!
Learn more and sign up today!
In 1950s New York, Zen scholar D. T. Suzuki’s lectures brought artists like John Cage and Erich Fromm into conversation about Buddhist thought.
Learn more about the talks that inspired a generation of Western thinkers in the link below.
Learn more about the talks that inspired a generation of Western thinkers in the link below.
Midcentury Zen
Rediscovering D. T. Suzuki’s lectures at Columbia University
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December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In 1950s New York, Zen scholar D. T. Suzuki’s lectures brought artists like John Cage and Erich Fromm into conversation about Buddhist thought.
Learn more about the talks that inspired a generation of Western thinkers in the link below.
Learn more about the talks that inspired a generation of Western thinkers in the link below.
"It is easy to get attached to any insight we have, especially if it is a profound one, but to be truly free, we must also let go of even our most precious realizations." –Santiago Santai Jiménez
Free from Suffering and Free to Suffer
A Colombian Zen monk reflects on a teaching imparted by his mother’s death
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December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"It is easy to get attached to any insight we have, especially if it is a profound one, but to be truly free, we must also let go of even our most precious realizations." –Santiago Santai Jiménez
"Every single thing is empty, including myself. Everything is part of this emptiness; everything is subject to the law of emptiness. Everything is changing and manifesting, including myself, so we are inherently living while letting go." –Daehaeng #DailyDharma
How to Let Go
A Korean nun and Seon master on letting go as an act of unconditional trust
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December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Every single thing is empty, including myself. Everything is part of this emptiness; everything is subject to the law of emptiness. Everything is changing and manifesting, including myself, so we are inherently living while letting go." –Daehaeng #DailyDharma
Yogacara does not deny the existence of the world we live in. It asks us to look closely at how the mind constructs experience.
Join William Waldron on December 9 to learn why this school of thought matters today.
Join William Waldron on December 9 to learn why this school of thought matters today.
Making Sense of Yogacara: A Virtual Event
Join William Waldron for a discussion on yogacara, the mind only school, and its importance for Mahayana Buddhism.
tricycle.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Yogacara does not deny the existence of the world we live in. It asks us to look closely at how the mind constructs experience.
Join William Waldron on December 9 to learn why this school of thought matters today.
Join William Waldron on December 9 to learn why this school of thought matters today.
“It might even be called a kind of human superpower: the way that we can marshal a new insight or influx of information to release ourselves from the pain of the past and be reconciled with the life we’ve lived.” –Noelle Oxenhandler
What Is the Shape of My Life?
Before you realize it, the present moment eclipses future unknowns—and that’s OK.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“It might even be called a kind of human superpower: the way that we can marshal a new insight or influx of information to release ourselves from the pain of the past and be reconciled with the life we’ve lived.” –Noelle Oxenhandler
In an excerpt from "Instructions to the Cook," Roshi Bernie Glassman and Rick Fields offer Zen advice for cooking and describe how the instructions reflect larger life lessons
Instructions to the Cook
A Zen Master’s Lessons for Living a Life that Matters
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December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In an excerpt from "Instructions to the Cook," Roshi Bernie Glassman and Rick Fields offer Zen advice for cooking and describe how the instructions reflect larger life lessons
"Just stop for a moment and breathe. Breathe without knowing anything. You might find that it’s not so easy to drop the mind that knows, but it can free us and reveal to us far deeper truths than those we thought possible." –Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara #DailyDharma
The Heart Sutra Explained
Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara breaks down the meaning of prajnaparamita from the first line of the Heart Sutra.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Just stop for a moment and breathe. Breathe without knowing anything. You might find that it’s not so easy to drop the mind that knows, but it can free us and reveal to us far deeper truths than those we thought possible." –Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara #DailyDharma
Many assume Yogacara dismisses the existence of the external world. William Waldron offers a different view.
On December 9, he will join us to discuss this influential school of Buddhist thought, showing how Yogacara encourages deep inquiry into perception and experience.
Learn more below!
On December 9, he will join us to discuss this influential school of Buddhist thought, showing how Yogacara encourages deep inquiry into perception and experience.
Learn more below!
Making Sense of Yogacara: A Virtual Event
Join William Waldron for a discussion on yogacara, the mind only school, and its importance for Mahayana Buddhism.
tricycle.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Many assume Yogacara dismisses the existence of the external world. William Waldron offers a different view.
On December 9, he will join us to discuss this influential school of Buddhist thought, showing how Yogacara encourages deep inquiry into perception and experience.
Learn more below!
On December 9, he will join us to discuss this influential school of Buddhist thought, showing how Yogacara encourages deep inquiry into perception and experience.
Learn more below!
"Like zazen, checking the stove can be a time for spaciousness, too, and the impulse to doubt can be just that—an impulse, recognized as such." –Vincent Moore
Bowing to Anxiety
Approaching OCD as Zen practice
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December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Like zazen, checking the stove can be a time for spaciousness, too, and the impulse to doubt can be just that—an impulse, recognized as such." –Vincent Moore
Today is Giving Tuesday, a global day of generosity. If you feel that Tricycle has supported your practice, we invite you to make a donation. This year, anyone who donates $30 or more will receive a free video teaching on the practice of equanimity.
Donate today using the link below.
Donate today using the link below.
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To sustain Tricycle’s mission in 2026 and beyond, we hope you’ll consider making an end-of-year gift. This year, anyone who donates $30 or more will
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December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Today is Giving Tuesday, a global day of generosity. If you feel that Tricycle has supported your practice, we invite you to make a donation. This year, anyone who donates $30 or more will receive a free video teaching on the practice of equanimity.
Donate today using the link below.
Donate today using the link below.
"The path is one of loosening our tight grip and noticing what has been in our hand all along rather than tightening it with all our might and effort." –Haemin Sunim #DailyDharma
Visting Teacher: Haemin Sunim
Q&A with Haemin Sunim, the founder of the School for Broken Hearts in Seoul, a nonprofit that provides group counseling and meditation
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December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"The path is one of loosening our tight grip and noticing what has been in our hand all along rather than tightening it with all our might and effort." –Haemin Sunim #DailyDharma
What happens when traditional devotion no longer fits?
In the piece below, Tricycle associate editor Zim Pickens and longtime student of Tibetan Buddhism reflects on authenticity, tradition, and learning to trust his own path.
In the piece below, Tricycle associate editor Zim Pickens and longtime student of Tibetan Buddhism reflects on authenticity, tradition, and learning to trust his own path.
The Impasse
A Western practitioner confronts his devotional limits.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
What happens when traditional devotion no longer fits?
In the piece below, Tricycle associate editor Zim Pickens and longtime student of Tibetan Buddhism reflects on authenticity, tradition, and learning to trust his own path.
In the piece below, Tricycle associate editor Zim Pickens and longtime student of Tibetan Buddhism reflects on authenticity, tradition, and learning to trust his own path.
Try out this centering practice for when panic hits.
When Panic Strikes
A centering practice for when trauma is reactivated
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December 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Try out this centering practice for when panic hits.