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
Learning to Live without Shame with Sandra Cisneros
This past fall, writer Sandra Cisneros published her first book of poetry in 28 years, "Woman Without Shame." Cisneros, best known for her 1984 novel "The House on Mango Street," is a poet, novelist,…
00:40:34 |
Wed 21 Dec 2022
The Thousand and One Lives of the Buddha with Bernard Faure
Over the course of the past century, many scholars have published historical biographies of the Buddha, attempting to present a simplified, chronological narrative. But according to Bernard Faure, th…
00:43:51 |
Wed 14 Dec 2022
Navigating Grief and Loss with Kimberly Brown
Over the course of the past few years, many of us have found ourselves dealing with loss. Yet our contemporary culture often doesn’t allow us the space we need to grieve. Meditation teacher Kimberly …
00:53:41 |
Wed 23 Nov 2022
The Role of the Artist in Times of Crisis with Ben Okri
When poet Ben Okri was just seven years old, he and his family moved back to Nigeria on the eve of civil war. Ever since, he has been fascinated by what he calls “cusp moments,” the periods just befo…
00:43:26 |
Wed 09 Nov 2022
Making Peace with Our Longing to Belong with Valerie Brown
For twenty years, Valerie Brown worked as a lawyer lobbyist, persuading politicians on Capitol Hill. But after a chance encounter with the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, she began searching for a deep…
00:53:06 |
Wed 26 Oct 2022
Getting Untangled with Koshin Paley Ellison
When Koshin Paley Ellison was just eight years old, he already knew that he wanted to become a Zen Buddhist monk. He began practicing meditation after a karate teacher insisted that he could never be…
00:49:58 |
Wed 12 Oct 2022
Not Enlightened, But Lighter with Yung Pueblo
It can be so tempting to be pessimistic about our present moment. But poet Diego Perez believes that we live in an unprecedented time of global healing. Perez publishes his poems using the pen name Y…
00:54:33 |
Wed 28 Sep 2022
Transforming Anger into Compassion with Allison Aitken
There are lots of reasons to be angry right now. It’s often said that if you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention. But according to scholar Allison Aitken, anger only leads to further harm, n…
00:48:19 |
Wed 14 Sep 2022
Breaking Free of the Stories We Tell Ourselves with Catherine Burns
Catherine Burns is a firm believer in the power of stories. For the past 20 years, she has served as the artistic director at The Moth, a nonprofit dedicated to the art of storytelling. In this role,…
00:45:08 |
Wed 24 Aug 2022
Sarah Shaw on the Jhanas and Awakening through Joy
A few days before the eminent scholar Lance Cousins passed away in 2015, he revealed to one of his students, Sarah Shaw, that he had been working on a book on Buddhist meditation. After his death, wi…
00:46:29 |
Wed 10 Aug 2022
Healing Burnout with Jan Chozen Bays
Over the past few years, the pressures placed on healthcare workers have mounted steadily, and rates of burnout and exhaustion are on the rise. According to Jan Chozen Bays, a pediatrician and Zen pr…
01:01:22 |
Wed 27 Jul 2022
Revisiting Ritual with Anne Klein
Ritual is a foundational component of many Buddhist traditions, yet Western Buddhists are often reluctant to engage in ritual practice. According to Buddhist teacher and professor Anne Klein, this re…
01:08:33 |
Wed 13 Jul 2022
Tapping Into Our Collective Wisdom with Sumi Loundon Kim
For chaplain Sumi Loundon Kim, sangha, or community, is the foundation of Buddhist practice. As a child, Kim grew up in a Soto Zen community in rural New Hampshire, and her immersive experience of Bu…
00:54:02 |
Wed 22 Jun 2022
A Beginner's Guide to Rebirth with Roger Jackson
The idea that we are born again after death has been a source of fascination within and beyond the Buddhist world for millennia. Yet the history and scope of Buddhist approaches to rebirth hasn’t bee…
01:01:10 |
Wed 08 Jun 2022
The Radical Power of Just Showing Up with Shelly Tygielski
On March 14, 2020, just after COVID was declared a national emergency, meditation teacher and activist Shelly Tygielski wanted to find a way to support her community in South Florida. She created two…
00:53:32 |
Wed 25 May 2022
Remembering the Forgotten War with Marie Myung-Ok Lee
In contemporary American culture, the Korean War is often referred to as the “Forgotten War,” but according to Korean American novelist Marie Myung-Ok Lee, the war is still very much alive for those …
00:56:23 |
Wed 11 May 2022
Getting Close to the Terror with Ocean Vuong
For Buddhist poet and novelist Ocean Vuong, being an artist requires a willingness to get close to what scares him. As a writer, he sees language as an architecture to reckon with loss, both personal…
00:48:26 |
Wed 27 Apr 2022
Learning to Live Without a Self with Jay Garfield
We often hear about the Buddhist teaching of no-self. But what does it actually mean to live without a self? In his new book, "Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live Without a Self," scholar Jay Garfield…
01:08:44 |
Wed 13 Apr 2022
Dwelling in the Casita of Equanimity with Daisy Hernández
In this episode of Life As It Is, Tricycle editor-in-chief James Shaheen and co-host Sharon Salzberg are joined by journalist, professor, and Tricycle contributing editor Daisy Hernández. Daisy’s lat…
00:51:50 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Finding Beauty in Asymmetry with Playwright Sarah Ruhl
After giving birth to twins, playwright Sarah Ruhl was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a paralysis of the seventh cranial nerve that severely limits facial expression, even—and especially—one’s ability …
00:43:58 |
Wed 09 Mar 2022
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