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 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, podcasts, events, and video courses. Unlock access to all this Buddhist knowledge by subscribing to the magazine at tricycle.org/join
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 177
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Ethical Living in Uncertain Times with Stephen Batchelor
Stephen Batchelor is a writer and longtime Tricycle contributing editor based in southwest France. In his new book, Buddha, Socrates, and Us: Ethical Living in Uncertain Times, he explores how the Bu…
01:04:20 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Learning to Live Fully with Serious Illness with Susan Bauer-Wu
Living with a serious illness can be an isolating experience, and it can often provoke feelings of anger, anxiety, and fear. As a former oncology nurse, a mindfulness teacher, a clinical researcher, …
00:55:41 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Writing in Exile with Bhuchung D. Sonam
Bhuchung D. Sonam is an exiled Tibetan writer, poet, translator, and publisher currently based in Dharamshala. His press, TibetWrites, has published more than fifty books by contemporary Tibetan writ…
01:00:42 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
The Work of Not Knowing with Marie Howe
For Marie Howe, poetry is a form of prayer. “It is a way of quieting down to listen to that still, small voice,” she told Tricycle. “It’s about something ineffable that’s trying to find its way throu…
00:57:42 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
A Fearless Heart with Thupten Jinpa
Thupten Jinpa is a Tibetan Buddhist scholar and former monk based in Montreal. Since 1985, he has served as the principal English translator for the Dalai Lama. In his 2015 book, A Fearless Heart: Ho…
01:11:08 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Forever a Student with Sarah Ruhl
Sarah Ruhl is a playwright, poet, and professor based in New York. Her new essay collection, Lessons from My Teachers: From Preschool to the Present, is an ode to the teachers she has had over the co…
00:53:54 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
Personal Liturgy with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma is a multi-instrumentalist and composer, Zen priest, and hospice chaplain based in the Hudson Valley. Since his first foray into experimental music in the 1990s, he has been a pil…
00:35:46 |
Wed 25 Jun 2025
How Compassion Works with John Makransky
According to Lama John Makransky, everything we care about—including our mental and physical well-being, our relationships, our spiritual life, and our ability to act justly in the world—depends on o…
01:11:59 |
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Buddhist Masters of Modern China with Benjamin Brose
Benjamin Brose is Professor of Buddhist and Chinese Studies and chair of the department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. His new book, Buddhist Masters of Modern China: …
01:01:12 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
The Greek King and the Buddhist Monk with Maria Heim
The Questions of Milinda is one of the most renowned texts within Theravada Buddhism—and one of the most translated Buddhist texts around the world. The text follows a transformational philosophical …
00:56:12 |
Wed 28 May 2025
Remembering Our Belonging with Sebene Selassie
As someone who has been living with cancer for nearly two decades, Sebene Selassie is no stranger to being with suffering. In her work as a writer and dharma teacher, Selassie focuses on how we can t…
01:02:18 |
Wed 21 May 2025
Buddhist Poet Ocean Vuong on Failure, Redemption, and Second Chances
For poet Ocean Vuong, the act of writing is inextricably linked to his Zen Buddhist practice. In a previous episode of Life As It Is, he told Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, and meditation…
01:01:41 |
Wed 14 May 2025
Breathing Mindfulness with Sarah Shaw
Over the course of the last hundred years, breathing mindfulness has become the most popular method of meditation around the world. Yet its history remains largely unrecorded. In her new book, Breath…
00:57:36 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
How to Stay Engaged without Burning Out with Daisy Hernández
For the next few episodes of Life As It Is, Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, and meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg will be talking about specific themes that have been coming up in their p…
00:56:09 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
The Edge of Language with Arthur Sze
For poet and translator Arthur Sze, poetry offers a way to ask difficult questions without any expectation of an answer. “It helps us slow down, hear clearly, see deeply, and envision what matters mo…
00:54:24 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
Classroom Mindfulness Put to the Test with Emma Varvaloucas
Emma Varvaloucas is the executive director of the Progress Network, a nonprofit media organization that aims to take a constructive approach to solving some of our most intractable problems. In her a…
00:52:08 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
The Grieving Body with Mary-Frances O'Connor
Grief is often thought of as a psychological phenomenon. Yet loss also has a profound impact on our bodies, often affecting our cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune systems. As a Professor of Clinic…
01:13:44 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
A Journey through Buddhist History with Donald S. Lopez Jr.
Donald S. Lopez Jr. is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan and a long…
00:44:15 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Uprooting Harmful Habits with Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John
Valerie (Vimalasara) Mason-John is a senior teacher in the Triratna Buddhist Community, and their work focuses on how Buddhist teachings can support a sustainable path to recovery. In their new book,…
00:46:02 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Planting the Seeds of Happy Relationships with Kimberly Brown
Kimberly Brown is a meditation teacher and author based in New York City. In her new book, Happy Relationships: 25 Buddhist Practices to Transform Your Connections with Your Partner, Family, and Frie…
00:54:20 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
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