Archives: Authors
Arthur Braverman
Arthur Braverman studied at Antaiji temple in Japan under Uchiyama Roshi from 1970 to 1975. He is an author and translator, whose works include Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui, and a recently completed novel, Dharma Brothers Kodo and Tokujoo. He lives in Ojai, California.
Bernie Glassman
Roshi Bernie Glassman is an American Zenteacher and co-founder of the Zen Peacemakers, which was established in 1996 with his late wife Sandra Jishu Holmes.
Elaine Mansfield
Elaine Mansfield has focused on bereavement and hospice work since the death of her husband Vic Mansfield, author of <em>Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Science: Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge</em>. Her book <em>Leaning into Love</em> won the 2015 Gold Medal IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Awards) in the category Aging/Death & Dying. Elaine’s TEDx talk is called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBzEwf1k59Y">Good Grief! What I Learned from Loss</a>. For more information, see <a href="http://elainemansfield.com/">her website</a> or contact her on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authorelainemansfield?ref=hl">Facebook</a> and on <a href="https://twitter.com/ElaineMansfiel7">Twitter</a>.
Holly Gayley
Holly Gayley is Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her first book, <a href="http://cup.columbia.edu/book/love-letters-from-golok/9780231180528"><em>Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet</em></a>, comes out November, 2016, from Columbia University Press.
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold is the abbot and resident teacher of Zen Mountain Monastery and abbot of the Zen Center of New York City. He received dharma transmission from John Daido Loori Roshi in 1997.
Josh Korda
Josh Korda has been the teacher at New York Dharma Punx since 2005. He has also taught at New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and New York Insight Meditation Center.
Larry Yang
Larry Yang teaches meditation retreats nationally and is committed to creating access to the dharma for diverse multicultural communities. He is a Spirit Rock teacher and is a core teacher at the East Bay Meditation Center (Oakland) and Insight Community of the Desert (Palm Springs). His book <a href="https://www.wisdompubs.org/book/awakening-together" rel="noopener"><em>Awakening Together</em></a> is available at Wisdom Publications.
Gaylon Ferguson
Gaylon Ferguson, PhD, was core faculty in Religious and Interdisciplinary Studies for fifteen years at Naropa University. He has led mindfulness retreats since 1976 and is the author of <i>Welcoming Beginner’s Mind</i> (2024), <i>Natural Wakefulness</i>, and <i>Natural Bravery</i>.
Bardor Tulku Rinpoche
Bardor Tulku Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual director of Kunzang Palchen ling in Red Hook, New York. Recognized by the Sixteenth Karmapa as the third incarnation of Terchen Barway Dorje (1836–1918), he has worked to preserve the treasure lineage teachings and present them to a Western audience.
Ira Sukrungruang
Ira Sukrungruang is the author of the memoir Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy and the co-editor of What Are You Looking At? The First Fat Fiction Anthology and Scoot Over, Skinny: The Fat Nonfiction Anthology.
Pema Khandro Rinpoche
Pema Khandro is a teacher and scholar of Buddhist philosophy, as well as a lineage holder in the Nyingma and Kagyu traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. She founded the nonprofit organization Ngakpa International and its three projects, the Buddhist Studies Institute, Dakini Mountain, and the Yogic Medicine Institute. She is completing a doctorate specializing in Tibetan Buddhism at the University of Virginia.
Ethan Nichtern
Ethan Nichtern is a Buddhist teacher and the author of <em>Confidence: Holding Your Seat through Life’s Eight Worldly Winds</em> and <em>The Road Home: A Contemporary Exploration of the Buddhist Path.</em>