Encourage Others by Overcoming Your Own Suffering

The co-abbot of Embracing-Simplicity Hermitage on the transformative power of courage and compassion

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Summer 2025 • Volume 34, Number 4

Daily Dharma

Buddhas serve as sources of refuge and objects of prayerful supplication. They are said to abide in and support every pure realm. Those who cultivate an attitude of transformation may invite the spiritual presence of these Buddhas into their daily lives.

– Steven D. Goodman, “The Spiritual Work of a Worldly Life”

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Teachings

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Beyond Question

Simple tips for an effective Q&A with your Buddhist teacher

By Ken McLeod

Winter 2020

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The Places We Go to Be Here

A former Zen monastic considers what makes a space sacred.

By Vanessa Zuisei Goddard

Summer 2020

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The Clinging to End All Clinging

The cessation of suffering comes from letting go, but first you have to get a grip.

By Thanissaro Bhikkhu

Sep 16, 2021

Online Courses

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Buddhist Personality Types

Buddhist tradition names three personality types that are refined through meditation and understanding as we heal and grow. This course invites you to better relate your own unique experience in a way that uncovers the purified gems of your unique personality type.

With Sharon Salzberg

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July 22, 2025 • 2–3 p.m. ET
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From the Age of Information to the Age of Connection

Mindfulness teacher Shinzen Young discusses AI, Buddhism, and the potential for chatbots to encourage right speech.

May 20, 2024–July 29, 2025 • 11 A.M. ET
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Tricycle’s Meditation Group

Tricycle’s Meditation Group for Tricycle subscribers will provide weekly meditations and small group discussions led by renowned Buddhist teachers.

Pilgrimage to India & Nepal March 8–21, 2026 with Venerable Bhante Buddharakkhita

March 08–21, 2026
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Pilgrimage to India & Nepal 2026

Join us on this Buddhist Pilgrimage to India & Nepal and explore what the Buddha said were the four sites that every committed dharma practitioner should visit.

March 8-21, 2026

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A Journey Through Arya Tara’s Many Forms

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Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton

Tara, the female buddha of compassion, manifests as peaceful, fierce, and semi-fierce, or joyful—qualities we can learn to embody in our practice and lives.