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Tricycle Talks

Tricycle Talks: Listen to Buddhist teachers, writers, and thinkers on life's big questions. Hosted by James Shaheen, editor in chief of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, the leading Buddhist magazine in ... Read more

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Mark Epstein: The Task Is Being You

Mark Epstein: The Task Is Being You

The Buddha had a prescription to end suffering—the eightfold path. But can the Western tradition of psychotherapy build ... Read more

17 Jan 2018

48mins

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Mark Epstein: Buddhism and Psychotherapy

Mark Epstein: Buddhism and Psychotherapy

In the debut episode of Tricycle Talks, contributing editor Amy Gross speaks with practicing psychiatrist Mark Epstein o... Read more

17 Apr 2017

39mins

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Guy Armstrong: What Do Buddhists Mean When They Talk About Not-Self?

Guy Armstrong: What Do Buddhists Mean When They Talk About Not-Self?

The foundational Buddhist concept of "no-self" can be a headbanger. What does it mean that our self is fundamentally emp... Read more

30 Dec 2017

56mins

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Judson Brewer: The Mindful Way to Kick a Craving

Judson Brewer: The Mindful Way to Kick a Craving

The second of the four noble truths teaches that craving leads to suffering. But that would be obvious to anyone struggl... Read more

13 Apr 2018

46mins

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Koshin Paley Ellison: Waking Up from Zombieland

Koshin Paley Ellison: Waking Up from Zombieland

So often we succumb to our narratives about the people in our lives without taking a moment to examine what’s really goi... Read more

19 Nov 2019

42mins

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Sharon Salzberg: Real Happiness at Work

Sharon Salzberg: Real Happiness at Work

In this episode of Tricycle Talks, contributing editor Amy Gross speaks with renowned meditation teacher and best-sellin... Read more

14 Apr 2017

47mins

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Robert Wright: Why (Science Says) Buddhism Is True

Robert Wright: Why (Science Says) Buddhism Is True

In this episode of Tricycle Talks, best-selling author Robert Wright speaks with Tricycle’s web editor, Wendy Joan Biddl... Read more

13 Oct 2017

33mins

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Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara: Getting Intimate

Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara: Getting Intimate

In the latest episode of Tricycle Talks, contributing editor Amy Gross speaks with Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Abbot of the ... Read more

14 Apr 2017

35mins

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Frank Ostaseski: Learning to Living Fully

Frank Ostaseski: Learning to Living Fully

A pioneer in end-of-life care, Frank Ostaseski brings his Buddhist practice—and a startlingly respectful compassion—to t... Read more

20 Apr 2017

39mins

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Helen Tworkov: Dying Every Day

Helen Tworkov: Dying Every Day

At the age of 36, the Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche sneaked out of his monastery in Bodhgay... Read more

29 Jun 2019

47mins

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Roshi Joan Halifax: Empathy's Double-Edge

Roshi Joan Halifax: Empathy's Double-Edge

Altruism. Empathy. Integrity. Respect. Engagement. These five psychological states are keys to living a compassionate, c... Read more

3 May 2018

51mins

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Donald Lopez & Jacqueline Stone: How to Read the Lotus Sutra

Donald Lopez & Jacqueline Stone: How to Read the Lotus Sutra

The Lotus Sutra is one of the most important Buddhist texts, but for the uninitiated reader, it can make little to no se... Read more

21 Oct 2019

45mins

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Sharon Salzberg: Breaking Down Love

Sharon Salzberg: Breaking Down Love

Love isn’t just a feeling, says meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg. It’s an ability. This ability to love is inherent in... Read more

21 Jun 2017

34mins

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Elaine Pagels: Why Do We Still Have Religion?

Elaine Pagels: Why Do We Still Have Religion?

Acclaimed scholar of religion Elaine Pagels discusses the role of faith today, the practical consequences of religious i... Read more

24 Jan 2019

49mins

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Lawrence Levy: Beating Burnout by Just Being

Lawrence Levy: Beating Burnout by Just Being

Feeling burnt out does not make you a failure. That’s the first thing Buddhist teacher and former tech executive Lawrenc... Read more

28 Sep 2018

37mins

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Pico Iyer: Inside Japan as an Outsider

Pico Iyer: Inside Japan as an Outsider

Acclaimed travel and spirituality writer Pico Iyer has written two new books about his life in Japan, Autumn Light (Peng... Read more

29 Apr 2019

59mins

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Ronald Purser: McMindfulness

Ronald Purser: McMindfulness

Ronald Purser is a professor of management at San Francisco State University and a longtime Buddhist practitioner who po... Read more

30 Jul 2019

44mins

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Arun Gandhi: The Gift of Anger and Other Lessons from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi

Arun Gandhi: The Gift of Anger and Other Lessons from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi

“Anger is like electricity: it is just as powerful and just as useful, but only if you use it intelligently.” So told Ma... Read more

26 May 2017

42mins

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Allan Badiner: The Psychedelics of Compassion

Allan Badiner: The Psychedelics of Compassion

In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Allan Badiner and Don Lattin discuss the complex relationship between spiritual pract... Read more

24 Jan 2016

27mins

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Katy Butler: A Life Too Long

Katy Butler: A Life Too Long

Tricycle contributing editor Amy Gross speaks with author Katy Butler about modern medicine's often misguided approach t... Read more

17 Apr 2017

40mins

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