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srcset="https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/37_worldly_winds_fame_disrepute_2-400x400.jpg 400w, https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/37_worldly_winds_fame_disrepute_2-300x300.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px" /> </a> </figure> <p class="eyebrow"> <a href='https://tricycle.org/topic/teachings/'>Teachings</a><span><a href = "https://tricycle.org/magazine/">Magazine</a> | <a href="https://tricycle.org/magazine-department/teachings/">Teachings</a>, <a href="https://tricycle.org/magazine-department/the-eight-worldly-winds/">The Eight Worldly Winds</a></span> </p> <section> <h1><a href = https://tricycle.org/magazine/worldly-winds-fame-disrepute/>The Eight Worldly Winds: Fame and Disrepute</a></h1> <div class="excerpt">Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice</div> <p class="author">By <a href='https://tricycle.org/author/vanessazuiseigoddard/'>Vanessa Zuisei Goddard</a></p> <time>Spring 2025</time> </section> </article> <article class="card magazine magazine"> <figure> <a href='https://tricycle.org/magazine/dharma-talk-toxic-people/'> <img width="560" height="400" src="https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/38_dharma_talk_toxic_people-scaled-560x400.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Dharma talk toxic people" decoding="async" /> </a> </figure> <p class="eyebrow"> <a href='https://tricycle.org/topic/teachings/'>Teachings</a><span><a href = "https://tricycle.org/magazine/">Magazine</a> | <a href="https://tricycle.org/magazine-department/dharma-talk-teachings/">Dharma Talk</a>, <a href="https://tricycle.org/magazine-department/teachings/">Teachings</a></span> </p> <section> <h1><a href = https://tricycle.org/magazine/dharma-talk-toxic-people/>How to Deal With Toxic People</a></h1> <div class="excerpt">Don't get mad, get mindful.</div> <p class="author">By <a href='https://tricycle.org/author/venmahindasirithero/'>Ven. 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The largest study conducted yields unexpected results.</div> <p class="author">By <a href='https://tricycle.org/author/emmavarvaloucas/'>Emma Varvaloucas</a> | Photo by Margeaux Walter</p> <time>Spring 2025</time> </section> </article> <article class="card magazine magazine"> <figure> <a href='https://tricycle.org/magazine/proffitt-pure-land/'> <img width="560" height="400" src="https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/51_the_well_beyond_simplicity_jeenah_moon-560x400.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Aaron Proffitt, photographed at the Albany Buddhist Sangha potluck, December 2024" decoding="async" /> </a> </figure> <p class="eyebrow"> <a href='https://tricycle.org/topic/ideas/'>Ideas</a><span><a href = "https://tricycle.org/magazine/">Magazine</a> | <a href="https://tricycle.org/magazine-department/feature/">Feature</a></span> </p> <section> <h1><a href = https://tricycle.org/magazine/proffitt-pure-land/>Beyond Simplicity</a></h1> <div class="excerpt">Revealing the richness of the Pure Land</div> <p class="author">Interview with <a href='https://tricycle.org/author/aaronpproffitt/'>Aaron P. Proffitt</a> by <a href='https://tricycle.org/author/franallohiggins/'>Frederick M. Ranallo-Higgins</a> | Photographs by Jeenah Moon</p> <time>Spring 2025</time> </section> </article> <article class="card magazine magazine"> <figure> <a href='https://tricycle.org/magazine/aronson-death-monk/'> <img width="560" height="400" src="https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/56_the_well_replanting_the_garden_zen_mountain_monastery-560x400.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Yukon admires a sunflower in Zen Mountain Monastery’s garden." decoding="async" /> </a> </figure> <p class="eyebrow"> <a href='https://tricycle.org/topic/personal-reflections/'>Personal Reflections</a><span><a href = "https://tricycle.org/magazine/">Magazine</a> | <a href="https://tricycle.org/magazine-department/feature/">Feature</a></span> </p> <section> <h1><a href = https://tricycle.org/magazine/aronson-death-monk/>Replanting the Garden</a></h1> <div class="excerpt">A young monastic tends to his dying elder.</div> <p class="author">By <a href='https://tricycle.org/author/hokyuaronson/'>Hokyu JL Aronson</a></p> <time>Spring 2025</time> </section> </article> <article class="card magazine magazine"> <figure> <a href='https://tricycle.org/magazine/daughter-grief-dharma/'> <img width="560" height="400" src="https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/61_the_well_opening_up_to_grief_ben_jones-560x400.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="a image that represents a daughter's memories of her father, grief, and finding the dharma" decoding="async" /> </a> </figure> <p class="eyebrow"> <a href='https://tricycle.org/topic/personal-reflections/'>Personal Reflections</a><span><a href = "https://tricycle.org/magazine/">Magazine</a> | <a href="https://tricycle.org/magazine-department/feature/">Feature</a></span> </p> <section> <h1><a href = https://tricycle.org/magazine/daughter-grief-dharma/>Opening Up to Grief</a></h1> <div class="excerpt">In the search for her lost father, a daughter finds the dharma.</div> <p class="author"><a href='https://tricycle.org/author/bonniejonsson/'>Bonnie O'Brien Jonsson</a> | Illustration by Ben Jones</p> <time>Spring 2025</time> </section> </article> <article class="card magazine magazine"> <figure> <a href='https://tricycle.org/magazine/ruth-asawa-art/'> <img width="560" height="400" src="https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/65_the_well_weaving_wire_ruth_asawa_david_zwirner-560x400.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Ruth Asawa holding A Form-Within-Form sculpture, 1952" decoding="async" /> </a> </figure> <p class="eyebrow"> <a href='https://tricycle.org/topic/culture/'>Culture</a><span><a href = "https://tricycle.org/magazine/">Magazine</a> | <a href="https://tricycle.org/magazine-department/portfolio-features/">Portfolio</a></span> </p> <section> <h1><a href = 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https://tricycle.org/magazine/chandrasekera-rakesfall/>Into a Haunted World</a></h1> <div class="excerpt">Sri Lankan author Vajra Chandrasekera on the Buddhist mythos behind his new book, Rakesfall</div> <p class="author">Interview with <a href='https://tricycle.org/author/vajrachandrasekera/'>Vajra Chandrasekera</a> by <a href='https://tricycle.org/author/jamesshaheen/'>James Shaheen</a> | Illustration by Scott Bakal</p> <time>Spring 2025</time> </section> </article> <article class="card magazine magazine"> <figure> <a href='https://tricycle.org/magazine/rivas-meditation-time/'> <img width="560" height="400" src="https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/74_the_well_i_think_the_clock_is_broken_francesco_zorzi-560x400.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Illustration by Francesco Zorzi depicting a monk sitting in meditation checking the time on his watch" decoding="async" /> </a> </figure> <p class="eyebrow"> <a href='https://tricycle.org/topic/meditation/'>Meditation</a><span><a href = "https://tricycle.org/magazine/">Magazine</a> | <a href="https://tricycle.org/magazine-department/feature/">Feature</a></span> </p> <section> <h1><a href = https://tricycle.org/magazine/rivas-meditation-time/>I Think the Clock Is Broken</a></h1> <div class="excerpt">When are we “done” meditating?</div> <p class="author">By <a href='https://tricycle.org/author/christopherrivas/'>Christopher Rivas</a> | Illustration by Francesco Zorzi</p> <time>Spring 2025</time> </section> </article> <article class="card magazine magazine"> <figure> <a href='https://tricycle.org/magazine/spellmeyer-identity-fuidity/'> <img width="560" height="400" src="https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/76_the_well_embracy_fluidity_mary_and_cheney_cowles-560x400.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The lay Buddhist Vimalakirti, painted by Yiran Xingrong, inscription by Jiefie Ruyi, 1665 from Kurt Spellmeyer's article on the fluidity of identity" decoding="async" /> </a> </figure> <p class="eyebrow"> <a href='https://tricycle.org/topic/ideas/'>Ideas</a><span><a href = "https://tricycle.org/magazine/">Magazine</a> | <a href="https://tricycle.org/magazine-department/feature/">Feature</a></span> </p> <section> <h1><a href = https://tricycle.org/magazine/spellmeyer-identity-fuidity/>Embracing Fluidity</a></h1> <div class="excerpt">We’re all given roles, but we needn’t be confined by them.</div> <p class="author">By <a href='https://tricycle.org/author/kurtspellmeyer/'>Kurt Spellmeyer</a></p> <time>Spring 2025</time> </section> </article> <article class="card magazine magazine"> <figure> <a href='https://tricycle.org/magazine/abromovic-buddhism/'> <img width="560" height="400" src="https://tricycle.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/82_the_well_naked_reality_timothy_a_clary-560x400.jpg?theia_smart_thumbnails_file_version=2" 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