Philip Ryan

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Executive Editor at Tricycle Buddhist Magazine

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Articles

Meet a Teacher: Ayya Soma

5 days ago | tricycle.org | Philip Ryan

For many Westerners, grappling with the concept of rebirth is an obstacle to Buddhist practice, but for the Italian-born monastic Ayya Soma, it had the opposite effect.
The Practice of Council

2 weeks ago | tricycle.org | Philip Ryan

Jared Seide is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Beyond Us & Them, which aims to use mindfulness practices, compassion-based communication exercises, and training in self-awareness, resilience, and self-regulation to help heal divisions between disparate communities. Tricycle’s executive editor, Phil Ryan, recently spoke with Seide about the group’s mission and the manifold benefits of council. What does Beyond Us & Them do, and how did it come about?
Breathing Light

1 month ago | tricycle.org | Philip Ryan |Justin von Bujdoss

When American artist Joe Ramirez visited the Tricycle offices in May 2024, he came slinging a messenger bag across his shoulder bearing several items related to his most recent project, a sort of magnum opus of his life as an artist thus far. The contents of the bag included an assortment of prints, a few booklets, a MacBook Air, and a carefully protected golden disc, delicately wrapped in black felt cloth.
On Meditation and Voice Acting

1 month ago | tricycle.org | Philip Ryan |Thich Nhat Hanh

Few voice actors have as decorated a résumé as Edoardo Ballerini. With early live roles on The Sopranos and Law & Order, the Italian-American actor eventually made his way into the world of audiobook publishing in 2007, when he recorded his first book, Machiavelli’s The Prince, as a favor for a friend who was starting a new studio. Since then, Ballerini has won multiple awards for his silky narration skills, including the Audio Publishers Association’s Best Male Narrator Audie Award in 2013.
Meet a Teacher: Ginny Jiko Whitelaw

2 months ago | tricycle.org | Philip Ryan

When she was 13, Ginny Whitelaw wrote a letter to NASA asking how she could become an astronaut. What should she study? Which courses should she take? NASA wrote back with detailed instructions that Whitelaw followed to a T. She received degrees in physics and biophysics and ended up working at NASA, but not going into space. While she was studying physics, she began practicing dharma. “I started taking night classes,” Whitelaw said.
Enso Village Zen Retirement Community

Aug 9, 2024 | tricycle.org | Philip Ryan

Zesho Susan O’Connell is a senior Zen teacher with San Francisco Zen Center and is currently president of Zen-Inspired Senior Living, a division of the San Francisco Zen Center. She has served as director of development, vice president, and president of San Francisco Zen Center, among other senior positions. She began Zen practice in 1987, became a resident of Zen Center in 1995, and received priest ordination from Tenshin Reb Anderson in 1999 and dharma transmission in 2016.
“Our System Isn’t Restorative”

Jun 4, 2024 | tricycle.org | Philip Ryan

Dan Troyak is Australia’s first full-time Buddhist prison chaplain. He recently opened a retreat center called Yulo Kopa in New South Wales, north of Sydney. He recently spoke with Tricycle about his prison chaplaincy and his own dharma practice. Dan last spoke with Tricycle in 2022. He can be found online at BuddhistCounselling.netTell me about Australia’s prison system. We have a very similar structure to that of the United States.
The Presbyterian Church Calendar

Jun 3, 2024 | theaquilareport.com | Philip Ryan

We do not celebrate church “seasons” is they often ask us to think of the Christian life as something we “do” instead of what Christ has done. Further, they cause us to think as if Christ has not already done anything.
The Tree and the Tooth

Apr 18, 2024 | tricycle.org | Philip Ryan

We can’t drink the water, but we can breathe the air. Breathing in short, we know we are breathing in short. Breathing out short, we feel like we’re hyperventilating, because we’re wearing masks. We are purifying, sanitizing, and sterilizing. We drink bottled water, and even brush our teeth with it, but here in Sri Lanka, we are the foreign body, the invasive species threatening to throw the ecosystem out of balance.
Review: Wheel of Time

Nov 30, 2023 | tricycle.org | Philip Ryan

Prime Video recently released the second season of Wheel of Time, a television series based on the vast fantasy world of Robert Jordan. The first season covers the first book in the series but also pulls in aspects from later books. Rebirth is an important component of the show. Characters make frequent, even cynical references to the cycle of death and rebirth, while the book mentions the topic distantly and reverently.