Frederick Ranallo-Higgins

New York, Philadelphia

Associate Editor at Tricycle Buddhist Magazine

@Tricyclemag Associate Editor and @ACLS1919 Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholar. @fmr-h.bsky.social

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Beyond Simplicity

Feb 15, 2025 | tricycle.org | Frederick Ranallo-Higgins |Aaron P. Proffitt

Aaron Proffitt is an associate professor of Japanese studies at SUNY Albany. In his new book, Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism, he plumbs the depths of Japanese Pure Land thought. Dating mentions of Buddhist pure lands to the earliest written scriptures, he points to the school’s central role in the development of Buddhism.
Securing the Future of Buddhist Scholarship: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies at ACLS

Sep 13, 2024 | buddhistdoor.net | Raymond W. Lam |Frederick Ranallo-Higgins |Buddhistdoor Global’s organization

The academic study of Buddhism is a critical part of the humanities, with a history dating to the 19th century. Eugène Burnouf (1801–52) is often credited as the informal founder of the discipline. The study of Buddhism as a central spiritual, cultural, and historical phenomenon of humanity’s inheritance has long been an interest of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Global.
The Diamond Sutra

Jul 25, 2024 | tricycle.org | Frederick Ranallo-Higgins

The Diamond-Cutter Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Sanskrit: Vajracchedika-prajnaparamita Sutra), known in English as the Diamond Sutra, is one of the most revered Mahayana sutras and is considered a culmination of the Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) collection of teachings.
The Diamond Sutra

Jul 25, 2024 | flipboard.com | Frederick Ranallo-Higgins

5 hours agoThe Story of the Indo-Greek King Who Embraced Buddhismgreekreporter.com - Thanos Matanis • 5hThe original Milindapañha or The Questions of Milinda (100 BC and 200 AD), now lost, was probably written in Sanskrit or Prakrit in Northern India.
Topic Pages Archives

Jul 24, 2024 | tricycle.org | Frederick Ranallo-Higgins |James Shaheen |John Peacock

The Conditions for Ethical Well-Being and HappinessWhy do ethics matter? As soon as we ask the questions ‘How do we live?’ and “What do we do?’ we are in the territory of ethics. Are Buddhist ethics simply reducible to the so-called ‘ethical’…
Shodhin Geiman Buddhist Hindrances

May 11, 2024 | tricycle.org | Frederick Ranallo-Higgins

Confronting our inner demons is the core of a contemplative life. Whether called “hindrances” by Buddhists or “temptations” by Christians, these habits of mind are buried deep in the bedrock of our being. No matter how confident we are that we have rooted them out, still others push their way up, blossoming into unskillful thoughts and actions.
What We’re Reading

Feb 10, 2024 | tricycle.org | Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar |Frederick Ranallo-Higgins |Tracy Cochran |Bhikkhu Bodhi

Presence: The Art of Being at Home in Yourselfby Tracy CochranShambhala Publications, April 2024, 256 pp., $18.95, paperPresence opens with a broken-down VW bus on a secluded highway in the Midwest.
Buddhist Podcasts Spring 2024

Feb 10, 2024 | tricycle.org | Frederick Ranallo-Higgins |Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar |Tsultrim Allione

PODCASTWisdom Rising with Lama Tsultrim AllioneTibetan Buddhist teacher Lama Tsultrim Allione—best known for Feeding Your Demons (both a practice and a book)—recently launched this insightful and addictive podcast. Allione has often spoken about how she has had to research female practitioners in Buddhist history that she could identify with, because figures like Milarepa, and even the Buddha, didn’t speak to her or her experience.
Our Scholarly Year-in-Review 2023

Dec 16, 2023 | tricycle.org | Frederick Ranallo-Higgins |Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar |C. Pierce Salguero |Jeff Wilson

This year-end review skims the surface of 2023’s academic works on Buddhism, bridging the often intimidating divide between scholarly discourse and everyday practice. These articles and books taught us new perspectives, challenging and enriching our understanding of our Buddhist tradition. We believe engaging with academic studies can significantly deepen the insights that practice reveals, offering nuanced views beyond conventional teachings.
Applying Right Speech to Social Media Engagement

Nov 10, 2023 | tricycle.org | Frederick Ranallo-Higgins

In the cacophony of clicks, clatter, bells, and whistles that is social media, the art of conversation has been reduced to drive-by comments—swift, reckless, and as enriching as a fast-food binge, and usually as enjoyable as a carjacking. Our keyboards and smartphones are battlegrounds where restraint meets impulse, and, sadly, impulse often wins. Yet, in this era of digital verbosity, the Buddhist eightfold path offers an antidote to this affliction—a call to right speech remains ever relevant.