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In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Editor and Publisher James Shaheen is joined by three contributors to take a closer look at our Spring 2021 issue. First, James speaks with Zen priest and psychologist Seth Zuiho Segall, whose feature article, \u201cThe Best Possible Life,\u201d situates ancient Greek ideals of human flourishing against Buddhist enlightenment. Seth talks about what\u2019s lost\u2014and what\u2019s gained\u2014when practices from one culture find a home in a new one. Next, James and writer Daisy Hern\xe1ndez discuss the Buddhist concept of mudita, or sympathetic joy, and why it matters more than ever to take pleasure in other people\u2019s happiness. Daisy\u2019s article \u201cThe Joy of Joy\u201d addresses the initial skepticism she felt about the term\u2014and how that changed as she continued to practice mudita. Finally, the poet Arthur Sze talks with James about his poem \u201cWang Wei,\u201d his artistic process, selections from his National Book Award-winning collection, Sight Lines, and the relationship between poetry and meditation. Also in this issue: Roshi Pat Enkyo O\u2019Hara\u2019s dharma talk, \u201cBodhisattvas Have More Fun,\u201d which emphasizes the delight that comes with helping others; what video games can teach us about karma, written by the head writer for the Onion, Mike Gillis; an essay by Buddhist teacher Fred Eppsteiner about the time he spent with Thich Nhat Hanh outside Paris in 1975; and a portfolio of Buryat artist Dashi Namdakov\u2019s eerily fantastical sculptures.