“The trauma of occupation created this violent nationalism that we are seeing right now. Occupied people tend to inherit a sense of humiliation.“ @tricyclemag.bsky.social interviewed Sonia Faleiro about THE ROBE AND THE SWORD and the lasting impact of colonialism. tricycle.org/article/the-...

Joanna Macy gave me a framework I didn’t realize I needed and then when I realized it she helped me refine it. She (along with so many) influenced how I deal w/ despair/suffering in order to find my way to gratitude to build a better future starting w/my intention.

“If we have a practice, a path, we can transform whatever we receive into something beautiful.” –Thich Nhat Hanh

In our latest Dharma Talk, former Theravada monk Christoph Köck draws on the teachings of right view and right intention to explore how our understanding and our actions shape the lives we lead and the world we inhabit. Learn more at the link below!

"Mindfulness is the place in the middle, which is not sucked in and overcome by something; nor is it pushing it away or recoiling from it in fear." —Sharon Salzberg

"Make your heart clean and bright with generosity, moral virtue, and meditation. Keep your thoughts, words, and deeds at equilibrium, secluded from evil both inside and out." –Ajaan Lee #DailyDharma

Beloved Buddhist teacher and Reverend Dr. Larry Ward passed away in August. These poems from "Morning Night," a posthumous book of poetry, are a testament to his legacy. Read the poems for free below.

"The strange thing is, when you begin to learn how not to suffer from it right now, you’re creating the conditions where you won’t have to experience it at all sometime in the future." –Thanissaro Bhikkhu

"Prayer does involve a discipline of practiced attentiveness, but it’s more than a concentration of thought, a knitting of one’s brows. Contemplative prayer is what gets you out of your head entirely." –Belden C. Lane #DailyDharma

“Objectively there are no demons, but subjectively there is fixation on demons and on a self, with self-cherishing that must be severed.” –Jamyang Gönpo

November’s Film Club pick “Gyalyum Chemo: The Great Mother,” is a look into the life of Dekyi Tsering, the mother of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Learn more about the film at the link below!

"The center of the Buddha’s teachings lies not in a grim confrontation with absurdity and futility but in the sublime pleasures of the contemplative path and the liberated mind." —Matthew Gindin

"When we make choices with sound thought, our life becomes abundant. Our heart opens and we start to notice the suffering of others; wisdom and equanimity are cultivated." –Rev. Grace Song #DailyDharma

"Most crucial is our determination to continue to believe in the limitless dignity and possibilities of both ourselves and others." –Daisaku Ikeda

The Buddha gave a wealth of profound teachings. But underlying them all were the four noble truths: 1. There is suffering. 2. There is a cause of suffering. 3. There is an end to suffering. 4. The way out is the eightfold path. Learn more at the link below.

"Zen does not promise that we will live longer. It offers something far more profound . . . that we might live fully, and die fully, without clinging, without regret, and with an open, awakened heart." –Reverend Bondō Kōjitsu Williams #DailyDharma

Today at 1 p.m. ET, Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward will join us in remembrance of her late husband, Dr. Larry Ward. Peggy will discuss Larry’s legacy and read from his just-published book. Learn more about this free event at the link below.

Today, Tricycle is partnering with Peggy Ward to pay homage to her late husband’s legacy. Ahead of the event, Tricycle is pleased to present a selection of Dr. Ward’s poetry as a tribute to the late, wondrous “True Great Sound.” Read the poems for free below.

“To reflect is to hold all the remembered longings that are lost by time” –Shangyang Fang

“One strand of challenges that we all encounter is how to meet and not be overwhelmed by these core patterns that are referred to as the five hindrances. In doing so, we begin to know that the hindrances truly don't need to govern our lives” –Christina Feldman Learn more below!

"The emptiness of views does not tell us there is no truth in life. It is a warning not to mistake the truth with the pathways leading to it." –Simeon Mihaylov

"It is important to remember that the body is also beautiful and precious, as well as subject to transiency and decay—maybe even because it is subject to transiency and decay." –Myozan Ian Kilroy #DailyDharma

Was the Buddha a superhuman figure focused on the nature of reality or a practical thinker focused on the ethics of living a good life? Join us for a free virtual event to hear about these competing visions from scholars Donald S. Lopez Jr. and Stephen Batchelor.

“Because everything that arises must also pass away, there seemed little point in craving a new or different experience in meditation, since whatever I desired would inevitably disappear.” –Joseph Goldstein

Enjoy these four practical techniques for finding our shared humanity.

"We’re in a fundamentally nonseparate relationship with at least 7 billion other humans, plus all other planetary life, plus those yet to be born, and whatever others inhabit all other realms, galaxies, universes." –Martin Aylward #DailyDharma

This Halloween, explore seven articles from our archives that highlight the mysterious roles that monsters, specters, ghosts, and zombies played in Buddhist traditions throughout history.

Soto Zen priest, author, and musician Brad Warner doesn’t believe in ghosts… or does he? Find out at the link below.

"When we invest in our internal framework by trusting in who we are, we find the strength to endure when the externals change." —Deborah Eden Tull #DailyDharma

“The whole path lies here, in the center of the wheel, and it’s the difference, literally, between heaven and hell. When the axis is in the center, it’s bliss. When it’s off-center, everything feels wrong.” –Zen abbot Tatsudo Nicole Baden Roshi

Meeting the Five Hindrances, led by Bodhi College teachers Christoph Köck, Christina Feldman, and Yuka Nakamura, is a six-week program of teaching, meditation, and inquiry of the five mental patterns that often show up in our life and practice. Enroll at link below!

"Without mindfulness you are like a heartless zombie, a walking corpse." —Khenpo Nyoshyul Rinpoche (1932–1999)

"Protect yourself and your mind from too much negativity. Not turning away from suffering doesn’t mean wallowing in the horror of it all." —Susan Moon #DailyDharma

Nuns from across Thailand gathered in September to discuss the opportunities and challenges they face as they seek to strengthen their communities in a country whose religious establishment rejects the legitimacy of their ordination movement. Read the full piece at the link below.

What did the Buddha teach? The Buddha offered a detailed and wide-ranging set of teachings that would ultimately be what we now call Buddhism. At the heart of the Buddhist teachings are the eightfold path and the four noble truths. Click the link below to learn more!

"The neck bone’s connected to the head bone, the head bone’s connected to the angel bone, the angel bone’s connected to the god bone..." —Jack Kerouac Try out this “skeletal scan” meditation to help cultivate a new awareness of your body.

"Inextricably intertwined with the practice of not-knowing is the primacy of direct experience. 'Don’t take my word for it,' the Buddha said, and also 'Seek out your own salvation.'" —Noelle Oxenhandler #DailyDharma

“Loss and change and pain and suffering and gain and pleasure all are woven together.” –Jack Kornfield

"Much like the old Celtic Samhain celebrations and contemporary Halloween rituals, visualizing or dressing up as the monsters you fear—embodiments of death, ghosts, and the supernatural—are ways of identifying with and confronting what scares us the most." —Julia Hirsch

"It sounds so false and clichéd, but nothing makes you happier than doing something for somebody else." —David Sedaris #DailyDharma

“It is important to remember that the body is also beautiful and precious, as well as subject to transiency and decay—maybe even because it is subject to transiency and decay.” –Myozan Ian Kilroy

"The self-help mentality is a matter of shopping, accumulating tips. We don’t have to go shopping. We just need to sit back and let practice work on us. We don’t need tips; we need patience, we need equanimity." —Amy Gross

“each inscribed by a different hand, each crying out.” –“The Well” by Amy Uyematsu

"We have to let go of the belief that what we can see and touch and name is more real and more relevant than what’s not visible." —Vanessa Zuisei Goddard #DailyDharma

"When asked what I practice, my response is simple: I practice not clinging to anything as being 'I' or 'mine,' and then wait to see where that leads." –Joseph Goldstein

Click the link below to enjoy three poems translated by the 25th Poet Laureate of the United States, Arthur Sze.

What did the Buddha look like? No one knows for certain what the Buddha looked like. No likenesses of the historical Buddha were made during his lifetime, and the earliest depictions of him appeared centuries after his death. Learn more for free at the link below!

"Since reincarnation sits at the heart of Buddhist cosmology, we are never far from becoming the monsters we fear." —Julia Hirsch

"When we investigate, either through our own analysis of his teachings or the fact that countless practitioners have been led from suffering to full enlightenment using his guidance, we will see that the Buddha is the perfect guide." —Lama Zopa Rinpoche #DailyDharma

Looking for more peace and clarity in meditation and in life? Join Bodhi College teachers Christina Feldman, Christoph Köck, and Yuka Nakamura in an exploration of the hindrances—and how to overcome them—in our latest online course! Learn more at the link below.