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Minyak Kunzang Sonam
Minyak Kunzang Sonam, a.k.a. Tupten Chökyi Drakpa (1823–1905), hailed from eastern Tibet and was a prominent student of the celebrated Patrul Rinpoche (1808–87) and a great scholar in his own right. He was a truly nonsectarian figure, drawing on the wisdom of all the Tibetan Buddhist traditions. A translation of his commentary on Tokme Zangpo’s Thirty-Seven Practices of Bodhisattvas was published as Uniting Wisdom and Compassion.
Douglas Duckworth
Douglas Duckworth is a professor of religion at Temple University in Philadelphia. He received his PhD in religious studies (Indo-Tibetan Buddhism) from the University of Virginia in 2005, and he previously taught at Kathmandu University. He is the author of Mipam on Buddha-Nature: The Ground of the Nyingma Tradition (SUNY 2008), Jamgon Mipam: His Life and Teachings (Shambhala 2011), and Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy of Mind and Nature (Oxford 2019). He has translated Kunzang Sonam’s overview of the ninth chapter of Shantideva’s Way of the Bodhisattva, entitled The Profound Reality of Interdependence (Oxford 2019), and Botrul’s Distinguishing the Views and Philosophies: Illuminating Emptiness in a Twentieth-Century Tibetan Buddhist Classic (SUNY 2011). He is a coauthor of Dignaga’s Investigation of the Percept (Oxford 2016) and Knowing Illusion (2 vols., Oxford 2021). In addition to publishing numerous scholarly articles, Duckworth has coedited (with A. Velez and E. Harris) Buddhist Responses to Religious Diversity: Theravada and Tibetan Perspectives (Equinox 2020) and (with Jonathan Gold) Readings of Shantideva’s Guide to Bodhisattva Practice (Columbia 2019).
Lion’s Roar
Lion’s Roar is an independent non-profit foundation whose mission is to communicate Buddhist wisdom and practices in order to benefit people’s lives and our society, and to support the development of Buddhism in the modern world.
Tsunma Kunsang Palmo
Tsunma Kunsang Palmo, originally from England, spent over a decade as an art teacher in international schools before being deeply inspired by Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings during a trip to Nepal, prompting her to stay in Asia and immerse herself in dharma. She further found inspiration under Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo in Himachal Pradesh, leading her to complete a three-year retreat at Sherabling Monastery with Mingyur Rinpoche. Kunsang now serves as a meditation and dharma teacher for Tergar’s Joy of Living and Vajrayana Online courses, Tergar retreats, and the Tergar Institute in Osel Ling Monastery, Kathmandu. In 2021, she taught in Antigua and Trinidad for Bodhicharya and now divides her time between Kathmandu, India, and the Caribbean, sharing her teachings and experiences.
James Thornton
James Thornton is a Zen Buddhist priest and the president of ClientEarth, an environmental law charity. His most recent book is <em>Nature, My Teacher</em>.
Dr. Andrea Vecchione
Dr. Andrea Vecchione earned her PhD. in Religion and Philosophy with a focus on Buddhism, Hinduism, and world religions. She spent over six years living in India, Bali, and Thailand, where she studied multiple practices around death, dying, mediation, yoga and transformation. Her many years of teaching and practicing Buddhist philosophy and mediation is the…
Big Bear Retreat Center
Big Bear Retreat Center is located a 2.5-hour drive from Los Angeles, nestled in the ancient Juniper forests of the San Bernardino Mountains near the town of Big Bear Lake in Southern California.The Center is immersed in nature located amidst about 100 acres of forested land with direct access to several hiking trails connected to our property. With an emphasis on inclusion and accessibility, BBRC provides a refuge for people of all faiths and walks of life.
Brianna Quick
Brianna Quick is an editor at Wisdom Publications. She received a master of divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School and is a graduate of Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC. She practices in the Drikung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
Jessica X. Zu
Jessica X. Zu is the author of Just Awakening: Yogācāra Social Philosophy in Modern China. Her research uncovers surprising ways that ancient Buddhist processual philosophy was reinvented by marginalized groups to transform the self, seek justice, build community, and change the world. Her next book-length project, Liberation Buddhology and its Elite Capture: Views from Santiniketan, investigates the philosophical innovations that undergirded many Buddhist anti-colonial, anti-caste, and pro-democracy movements across Asia and their later appropriation into nationalist projects.
Dawn Mauricio
Dawn Mauricio is a meditation teacher who teaches with organizations such as Spirit Rock Meditation Center, the Omega Institute, and Sounds True.
Joe Loizzo
Joseph (Joe) Loizzo, M.D., Ph.D. is a psychiatrist, clinical researcher and meditation scholar-teacher who integrates neuroscience with contemplative practice to help people cultivate personal well-being, interpersonal compassion, and transformational leadership. Assistant Professor at Weill-Cornell Medical College and founder of the educational non-profit Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, he has published dozens of chapters and articles on the benefits and mechanisms of meditation in peer-reviewed publications such as The Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. His books include Boundless Leadership, Sustainable Happiness and Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy. In addition to offering frequent classes and workshops internationally through his Nalanda Institute, Dr. Loizzo maintains a private psychotherapy and consulting practice in Manhattan, where he lives with his wife, Gerardine, and their sons Maitreya and Ananda.
Nguyet B. Ho
Nguyet B. Ho is a business consultant who spent several years in Southeast Asia.
Sukhasiddhi Foundation
Sukhasiddhi Foundation, founded in 1996 by Lama Palden, is a spiritual center in the Vajrayana/Tibetan Buddhist tradition that offers a guided path of embodied wisdom, compassion, and kindness through a complete cycle of timeless practices rooted in the divine feminine that are relevant to life and the world today. Our women-led organization offers an untainted transmission of the unbroken Shangpa and Karma Kagyu lineages in an environment which is imbued with safety, awareness and heartfulness, allowing people of all cultural and gender identifications to develop their innate qualities and come into greater service in the world. We are now offering classes online and in person at Wisdom River Meditation Center - located north of San Francisco in Marin County.
Daitsu Tom Wright
Daitsu Tom Wright lived in Japan for over forty years, teaching English and other subjects at Ryukoku University in Tokyo. He was ordained by Kosho Uchiyama Roshi as a Buddhist priest in 1974. Wright has translated multiple of Uchiyama Roshi’s works into English.
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi
Kosho Uchiyama Roshi (1912–1999) was a Zen priest and abbot of Antaiji monastery in Japan. He wrote over twenty books on Zen and several books on origami.
Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen
Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche arrived in the United States in the 1980’s and established the Tibetan Meditation Center, as well as other centers across the country. In 2001, Rinpoche was formally enthroned as the khenchen (“great khenpo”) of the Drigung Kagyu Lineage by His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoche. He has translated critical Drikung Kagyu practices, prayers, and histories into English, and published altogether thirteen highly regarded books. Among them are Great Kagyu Masters, In Search of the Stainless Ambrosia, Jewel Ornament of Liberation, A Complete Guide to the Buddhist Path, Opening the Treasure of the Profound, and Wheel of Wisdom.
Cheryl A. Giles
Cheryl A. Giles is the Francis Greenwood Peabody Senior Lecturer on Pastoral Care and Counseling at Harvard Divinity School and a licensed clinical psychologist. She joined the faculty in 1997 and teaches courses in spiritual care and counseling, trauma-informed care, and contemplative care of the dying. Dr. Giles is a core faculty member of the…
Lisa Miller
Lisa Miller, Ph.D., is the New York Times bestselling author of The Spiritual Child and her latest book, The Awakened Brain. Dr. Miller is a tenured Full Professor in the Clinical Psychology Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she founded the Spirituality Mind Body Institute, the first Ivy League graduate program and research institute in…
Yudron Wangmo
Yudron Wangmo is a practitioner and teacher of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. She was authorized to teach by Lama Pema Dorje Rinpoche, and given the title loppon. She also serves as the director of <a href="http://www.mayummountain.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayum Mountain Foundation</a> , a Buddhist non-profit organization, and is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK665TJ9?ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_61GPTV9AJDZGYKZ11X1A&bestFormat=true&newOGT=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clearing the Way to Awakening: A Nine-Step Practice from Tibetan Buddhism.</a>
Joe Loizzo
Joe Loizzo, MD, PhD, is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and Columbia-trained Buddhist scholar with over forty years of experience studying the beneficial effects of contemplative practices on healing, learning, and development.