In today’s world, we often find ourselves sidestepping conversations about our impermanence. But it’s precisely in the moments when we face illness, loss, or the presence of death that we can find our shared humanity and learn to expand our hearts with wisdom and compassion. The Death, Love, & Wisdom Summit offers a nurturing space…
For thousands of years people have found solace, meaning, and practical wisdom in Buddhist teachings. These teachings go far beyond cultural and religious boundaries, offering universal truths that can help each of us in every area of our lives. Wisdom for Life & Tricycle have teamed up to gather 35 Buddhist teachers and scholars to…
Some teachings don’t just offer insight—they offer a hand to hold when life feels tender, uncertain, or raw. They help you soften where you’ve been bracing, and breathe where you’ve been tightening. This replay event is a chance to return to timeless guidance that meets you exactly where you are—without asking you to be different…
What can ancient wisdom traditions teach us today about how to live a sacred life and embody the radiant being you inherently are? More often than not, it’s the mental, emotional, and physical wounds of the past that land as debris along the journey of becoming… These wounds block you from: Achieving your goals Optimal…
The Bodhisattva came back as a buffalo in one of his rebirths and lived with a mischievous monkey in the forest. The monkey used to trouble the buffalo every day by either pulling the buffalo’s tail, throwing nuts on the buffalo’s head or jumping from the treetop on to the buffalo’s back. Though disturbed by…
There was a rich man who found his gold suddenly transformed into ashes; and he took to his bed and refused all food. A friend, hearing of his sickness, visited the rich man and learned the cause of his grief. And the friend said: “You did not make good use of your wealth. When you…
Some spiritual stories comfort us. Others wake us up. And then there are stories like “The Three Laughing Monks,” which do something stranger and more liberating: they loosen the grip of seriousness itself. Three nameless monks walk from village to village saying nothing, teaching nothing in the conventional sense, and yet leaving behind waves of…
The term ‘miracle’ is often used today to talk about a variety of things: a piece of good luck when a lost item turns up, an unexpected cure to a terminal illness, or an unlikely win for a sports team. However, miracles in their original sense are monumental occurrences which justifiably take their place in…
The abbot of a once famous Buddhist monastery that had fallen into decline was deeply troubled. Monks were lax in their practice, novices were leaving and lay supporters deserting to other centers. He traveled far to a sage and recounted his tale of woe, of how much he desired to transform his monastery to the…
Once upon a time there lived a dwarf who was learned, wise and skilled in archery. Little did anyone know that he was actually the Bodhisattva. He was called Little Archer. Knowing well that his appearance would hinder him from getting a job with the king, Little Archer made a pact with a strongly built…
