Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

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Tricycle: The Buddhist Review is an independent, nonsectarian Buddhist quarterly magazine establised in 1991 by Helen Tworkov.^[1] Published by The Tricycle Foundation[1] out of New York City, most issues have interviews with Buddhist teachers, articles or essays on Buddhism and contemporary issues,^[2] book reviews, classified ads (Buddhist only) and a directory of Buddhist centers in the United States.^[3] According to author Jeff Wilson, "Though Tricycle seeks to represent itself as nonsectarian, in practice there is much more Zen and Tibetan material than other forms of Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism, something readers may want to keep in mind. Tricycle does not represent the whole of Buddhism or even American Buddhism, but it does offer a consistently interesting perspective on issues and ideas that influence many Buddhists in the United States today."^[2] According to Thomas A. Tweed in the book Westward Dharma, "...Helen Tworkov, the editor of the popular Buddhist quarterly Tricycle, estimated that half of the publication's sixty thousand subscribers do not describe themselves as Buddhist."^[4]

Contents 1 Criticism 2 Current staff 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Criticism

According to Helen Tworkov, "Third and fourth generation Pure Land Japanese American priests...have been very critical of the magazine's almost exclusive focus on so-called 'convert Buddhism.' There are also Tibetan teachers who also do not actually read the magazine but who have, with the aid of their students, arrived at the idea that Tricycle 'promotes' American, or Americanized or Westernized, dharma."^[1]

[edit] Current staff

• Editor & Publisher: James Shaheen[2]
• Senior Editor: Alexandra Kaloyanides[3]
• Editorial Assistant: Sarah Todd[4]
• Associate Publisher: Allison Steinberg[5]
• Publishing Assistant: Tara Limjoco[6]
• Web Editor: Philip Ryan[7]
• West Coast Editor: Anne Cushman[8]
• Copy Editor: Karen Ready[9]
• Art Directors: John Lindell and Julian Peploe[10]
• Art Editor: Caitlin Van Dusen[11]

[edit] See also

• Buddhism in the United States
• Shambhala Sun

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

• Farrer-Halls, Gill (2002). The Feminine Face of Buddhism. Quest Books. ISBN 0835608212. 
• Prebish, Charles S.; Baumann, Martin (2002). Westward Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Asia. University of California Press. ISBN 0520226259. 
• Weiss, Andrew (2004). Beginning Mindfulness: Learning the Way of Awareness. New World Library. ISBN 1577314417. 
• Wilson, Jeff (2000). The Buddhist Guide to New York. Macmillan. ISBN 0312267150. 

[edit] External links

• Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

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