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Support the Tricycle community with a donation » January 8, 2026 Committing to a Daily Practice   Committing to a daily practice is no small feat. Work, children, painful emotions, or any number of causes can interfere. But it’s important to remember that you can always begin again. Just as we return thoughts to the breath over and over in mindfulness of breath meditation, we return to the cushion, shrine, or wherever we practice, again and again.  Showing up is a major accomplishment in and of itself, meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg says. While evaluating how your practice is going is certainly necessary, you needn’t do so every time. As Salzberg’s teacher Munindraji told her once, “Just put your body there.”  If you lack discipline or motivation, don’t beat yourself up. Instead, find something that inspires you—something that brings you joy. That might be art, journaling, or a community. Every year at Tricycle we offer a meditation program to encourage a daily practice because we know we all need extra support sometimes. (See here for more information about this year’s Meditation Month. Start from day 1 any time.) Be patient with yourself and do what works. Also, consider using ordinary, everyday moments to cultivate your practice or the qualities that support it. And remember that life and mediation are a two-way street. As Salzberg says, “The way we do anything can reflect the way we do everything.” This week’s Three Teachings reminds us that every day is a good day for starting a daily practice and offers creative ideas to help you stick with it. Forward today's teachings to a friend » Sticking With It By Sharon Salzberg Meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg offers specific advice for returning to practice over and over in the face of common doubts and self-criticism. Read more » Everyday Meditation By Joseph Goldstein Meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein offers a nine-minute-a-day practice—or three short practices to do each day—to reach transformative depths for those unable to take longer retreats. Read more » The Spiritual Guide Called Suffering By Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo Anyen Rinpoche, a tulku from a Tibetan tulku in the Nyingma tradition, and his translator, Allison Choying Zangmo, remind us that we must practice—we must face our internal dharma—even when things are going well.  Read more » Follow Us

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Via Daily Dharma: Dissolving Consciousness

 

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Dissolving Consciousness This consciousness isn’t some stable entity that flows through everything. It’s constantly dissolving and reforming. Pema Chödrön, “What Goes Through the Bardos?” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

Inside Every Ocean Hughes’s ‘One Big Bag’ Interview with Every Ocean Hughes by Sarah Fleming A single-channel video installation addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the deceased and the bereaved.  Read more »  The Joy of the Dhamma A Special Event with Bhante Buddharakkhita Join Tricycle and New York Insight in-person or online for a rare opportunity to practice with a senior monastic teacher whose life and teaching embody the dharma in both formal meditation and community life, integrating inner practice with ethical action, service, and collective care. Sign up now » Follow Us Forward today's wisdom to a friend »

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RIGHT ACTION Reflecting Upon Mental Action However the seed is planted, in that way the fruit is gathered. Good things come from doing good deeds; bad things come from doing bad deeds. (SN 11.10) What is the purpose of a mirror? For the purpose of reflection. So too mental action is to be done with repeated reflection. (MN 61) When you are doing an action with the mind, reflect on that same mental action thus: "Does this action I am doing with the mind lead to my own affliction?" If, on reflection, you know that it does, then stop doing it; if you know that it does not, then continue. (MN 61)

Reflection The body has a natural capacity for proprioception, for knowing what it is doing as it is doing it. What about the mind? How often do we know what we are thinking as we are thinking it? Not often, it appears. Mindfulness of the body is being aware of the body while breathing, for example. Mindfulness of mind is being aware of the activities of the mind as they are unfolding. This takes some getting used to, but it can be done. Daily Practice This particular text is encouraging us to notice the ethical quality of our mental activity and in particular whether it contributes to some sort of self-harm. Sometimes we are our own worst critic, our own most undermining voice, our own adversary. When we pay close attention to what the mind is doing, we can catch it in the act of hurting us and gently let go of that in order to point the mind in a more positive direction. Tomorrow: Abstaining from Misbehaving Among Sensual Pleasures One week from today: Reflecting upon Social Action Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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