Tricycle: The Buddhist Review was established in 1991 by the Tricycle Foundation, a nonprofit educational organisation devoted to making Buddhist teachings and practices widely accessible. It was the first publication to present Buddhist perspectives to a broad Western audience, and it quickly established itself as the leading independent journal of Buddhism in the West — the most inclusive and widely read medium for the exploration of Buddhist beliefs and practices.
By remaining unaffiliated with any single teacher, sect, or lineage, Tricycle offers a unique and independent public platform for examining Buddhism, developing a dialogue between Buddhism and the larger society, and bringing Buddhist insights to Western disciplines. The magazine has won the Folio Award for Best Spiritual Magazine three times and the Utne Media Award twice, recognition that reflects both the quality of its content and the significance of its mission.
In a spiritual media landscape that can tend toward either academic abstraction or commercial superficiality, Tricycle occupies a rare middle ground: accessible enough for newcomers, rigorous enough for practitioners, and consistently committed to the idea that Buddhist thought has something valuable to offer to anyone willing to pay attention.