Tricycle: The Buddhist Review is an independent, nonsectarian Buddhist quarterly that publishes Buddhist teachings, practices, and critique. Based in New York City, the magazine has been recognized for its willingness to challenge established ideas within Buddhist communities and beyond. The magazine is published by the Tricycle Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization established in 1991 by Helen Tworkov, a former anthropologist and longtime student of Zen and Tibetan Buddhism, and chaired by composer Philip Glass. James Shaheen is the current Editor and Publisher of Tricycle. Tricycle also hosts a blog, film club, monthly video dharma talks with Buddhist teachers, and in-depth online courses. It was one of the first organizations to offer online video teachings, which are now common. The blog, Trike Daily, covers topics ranging from the history of same-sex marriage in the sangha to climate change as a moral issue. History The Tricycle Foundation was registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization in July 1991. That same year, The Tricycle Foundation launched Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, the first Buddhist magazine in the West. Helen Tworkov, the first Editor-in-Chief of Tricycle, founded the magazine along with Rick Fields, a poet and expert on Buddhism's history in the United States, who served as a contributing editor to the magazine. Tricycle made a concerted effort to feature content about all the Buddhist traditions, not just those most familiar to Americans, such as Tibetan, Theravada, and Zen Buddhism. For example, Tricycle has highlighted Nichiren Buddhism, Pure Land (Shin) Buddhism, and Shingon Buddhism, both in the magazine and on its website. The Buddhist scholar Stephen Batchelor writes that until Tricycle was published,Buddhist periodicals in English had been little more than newsletters to promote the interests of particular organizations and their teachers. Tricycle changed all this. Not only was the editorial policy of the magazine strictly non-sectarian, Tricycle was also committed to high literary and aesthetic standards. It became the first Buddhist journal to appear alongside other magazines on newsstands and in bookstores, thus presenting Buddhist ideas and values to a general public rather than committed believers. I very much shared the vision of Tricycle’s founders and began writing regularly for the magazine. Name The name Tricycle refers to a three-wheeled vehicle symbolizing the fundamental components of Buddhist philosophy. Buddhism is "often referred to as the 'vehicle to enlightenment,' and the tricycle's three wheels allude to the three treasures: The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha,