Martin Aylward

1 week 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…

Jan 24, 2025 | tricycle.org | Martin Aylward

When I was 19 years old, I traveled to India with a one-way ticket and no luggage. At that point, I hadn’t learned how to be a human yet, let alone an adult human, and honestly, I didn’t really want to be a human—I wanted to be some kind of spiritual being. After completing my first ten-day meditation course in Dharamsala, I fell in love with meditation, and in a characteristically grandiose adolescent way, I decided to head off to the caves. After all, that was what yogis did (or so I believed).

Feb 18, 2023 | tricycle.org | Martin Aylward

This excerpt has been adapted from Tricycle’s online course, “The Power of Not Knowing,” with Martin Aylward. Learn more about the course and enroll at learn.tricycle.org. In order to explore different dimensions of not knowing, we have to establish and cultivate a willingness to put aside what we may think we already know—about ourselves, the world, Buddhism, or dharma practice—to really engage with what we don’t know.