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James Shaheen

New York

Editor-in-Chief at Tricycle Buddhist Magazine

Editor-in-Chief @tricyclemag

Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | tricycle.org | Ocean Vuong |James Shaheen

    For poet Ocean Vuong, the act of writing is inextricably linked to his Zen Buddhist practice.

  • 4 weeks ago | tricycle.org | James Shaheen

    Two of the most interesting artists I’ve had the good fortune to interview are the poet Arthur Sze, a National Book Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist, and the prolific translator and calligrapher Kazuaki Tanahashi, a young 90 when I caught up with him last year.

  • 4 weeks ago | tricycle.org | James Shaheen

    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 most in our lives,” he told Tricycle in a 2020 interview.

  • 1 month ago | tricycle.org | Susan Kaiser Greenland |Martin Aylward |James Shaheen

    Our life seems to be composed of a near-constant series of choice points, which can bring about excitement and a sense of agency, or overwhelm, anxiety, and paralysis. This talk explores both how we can bring…

  • 2 months ago | tricycle.org | James Shaheen

    When scholar Donald S. Lopez Jr. was approached by Yale University Press about publishing a single-volume history of Buddhism, he knew he would have to take an unconventional approach. “The big challenge is that there’s just so much,” he told Tricycle.

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James Shaheen
James Shaheen @JShaheen
22 May 25

Great talk with Sebene Selassie and @SharonSalzberg about being with suffering. @tricyclemag https://t.co/MwKa8OAWjt

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James Shaheen @JShaheen
22 Apr 25

The Eco Summit begins tomorrow! @tricyclemag https://t.co/yorXu0U1qZ

James Shaheen
James Shaheen @JShaheen
11 Feb 25

Join us for a virtual event today at 2pm ET on Buddhism and journalism with @daisyhernandez and @shanedkavanaugh! https://t.co/1IhbjhEg63 @tricyclemag