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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 the West. Life As It Is: Join James Shaheen with co-host Sharon Salzberg and learn how to bring Buddhist practice into your everyday life. Tricycle: The Buddhist Review creates award-winning editorial... more

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Philip Ryan is Tricycle’s executive editor, and he has worked at Tricycle on and off for the past thirty years. In the Spring issue of Tricycle, he wrote an article, "Old Friend," about his father’s dementia diagnosis and the questions it has raised ... more

Tantric Buddhism is often mischaracterized or misunderstood, both in the academy and in the popular imagination. Scholar Richard Payne has dedicated much of the past twenty years to studying tantric teachings and practices—and to dispelling some of t... more

Sunita Puri is a writer, a palliative medicine physician, and an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. She is the author of That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour. She recently wr... more

For poet Li-Young Lee, writing is a deeply spiritual practice. Taking inspiration from Daoist and Christian texts, his poems investigate the paradoxical relationships between silence and sound, stillness and motion, and form and formlessness. He rece... more

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Philip Ryan
Executive editor at Tricycle
Tricycle
Episode: Dementia and the Sense of Self with Philip Ryan
Richard Payne
Professor at the Institute of Buddhist Studies and ordained priest in the Shingon tradition of esoteric Japanese Buddhism.
Episode: Demystifying Tantra with Richard Payne
Sunita Puri
Writer, palliative medicine physician, and associate professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.
University of California, Irvine
Episode: The Practice of Refuge with Sunita Puri
Li-Young Lee
Acclaimed American poet based in Chicago
Episode: Poet Li-Young Lee on Awe, Adoration, and Turning Toward the Unknown
Francis Weller
Writer and soul activist, psychotherapist for 40 years
Commonweal Cancer Help Program
Episode: Into the Long Dark with Francis Weller
Brandon Shimoda
A poet and professor at Colorado College, exploring the legacy of Japanese American wartime incarceration.
Colorado College
Episode: The Afterlife of Japanese American Wartime Incarceration
Sarah Ruhl
Playwright, poet, and professor based in New York
Episode: Choosing Kindness with Sarah Ruhl and Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Suh
Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Seattle University and president of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women.
Episode: Being a 'Bad' Buddhist with Sharon A. Suh
Brother Phap Huu
Senior teacher in Thich Nhat Hanh's international community and abbot of Plum Village
Plum Village
Episode: Coming Home to Ourselves with Brother Pháp Hữu

Hosts

James Shaheen
Host, Editor-in-Chief of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, engaged in reflecting on life's big questions through Buddhist perspectives.
Sharon Salzberg
Co-host, meditation teacher, and author, specializing in mindfulness and loving-kindness meditation.

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 584 ratings
  • Enlightening

    I’ve enjoyed listening to James Shaheen interview Ocean Vuong, Pico Iyer, Kaira Jewel Lingo and Jake Garfield. He formulates intriguing questions and draws out his interviewees. I am moved to make a donation (Dana).

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Eneibru
    United States7 months ago
  • The Greek King….Maria Heim

    The episode mentioned above was not good. The speaker droned on and on about minuta and trivia.

    Tip to all future speakers, just because you find something fascinating, don’t assume your audience also finds it fascinating.

    Self awareness!

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    3
    T-marco
    United States10 months ago
  • the grieving episode

    Mary Francis seems like she bypasses the deep despair in grieving - and how suicide can be an answer to grief

    yes it’s just thoughts - but…. that’s how some people deal with it something about her jovial tones do not match the depth of all the loss we all are experiencing today in this violent time -

    at least she worked with Roshi Joan

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    mtnmliver
    United Statesa year ago
  • Outsider Wisdom

    I am grateful that Sharon and James are so generous with their time. I am in a tight financial situation and these episodes are often a lifeline to sanity for me. Thank you. I also deeply appreciate the “outside wisdom” from non-practicing or Buddhist adjacent folks like Oliver Burkeman. I often find their insight more potent than the more “experienced” guests. They consistently provide Beginner’s Mind with care and sincerity. I also would like to give a shoutout to Jay Garfield specifical... more

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    5
    andy boy4728;73
    United Statesa year ago
  • Harmful content

    I was greatly disappointed to hear Kimberly Brown reference the work of Byron Katie in an approving manner. Byron Katie has caused harm and suffering to victims of abuse. Byron Katie is the worst example of a new age charlatan and I didn’t expect to hear her promoted on a Tricycle podcast.

    Apple Podcasts
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    Montalbar
    United Statesa year ago

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Demystifying Tantra with Richard Payne
Q: How did Tantric practices shift and evolve as Buddhists traveled across Asia?
Tantric practices are interconnected through networks across regions, deviating from simplistic unilinear narratives of Buddhist history.
Demystifying Tantra with Richard Payne
Q: How do you define Tantra?
Instead of a strict definition, I prefer to talk about delineation that allows the important characteristics of Tantric texts and practices to emerge.
Demystifying Tantra with Richard Payne
Q: Can you tell us a bit about the book and what inspired you to write it?
The book explores the complexities of Tantric Buddhism and challenges conventional definitions within religious studies.
The Practice of Refuge with Sunita Puri
Q: So can you tell us about that experience and what you felt it offered you?
Puri recounts the emotional impact of watching the creation and destruction of a sand mandala, realizing the lesson of impermanence.
The Practice of Refuge with Sunita Puri
Q: So can you say more about that?
Sunita elaborates on her feelings of being trapped by her role in medicine and how it evolved into a performative act, affecting her identity.

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