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Punya Sagara
Punya Sagara is a dedicated practitioner of Charya Nritya, a sacred Buddhist dance tradition. For her, Charya is not merely a performance art but a form of meditation in action—an essential expression of her spiritual path.
James C. Hopkins
James C. Hopkins lives in Kathmandu, Nepal and is the director of Himalayan Writers Workshop, an organization that creates writing journeys in Nepal and Bhutan for writers from around the world. He is the author of seven books of poetry, including a new collection of poems titled Ex-Violinist in Kathmandu, which will be published this year by Ikuta Press, Japan.
Benjamin Brose
BENJAMIN BROSE is Professor of Buddhist and Chinese Studies and chair of the department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. He is interested in the cultural history of Buddhism and has written about the development of Chan (Zen), pilgrimage, translation, deity cults, and transcultural Buddhist exchange in East Asia. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including <em>Embodying Xuanzang: The Postmortem Travels of a Buddhist Pilgrim.<em/>
Mark Amaratunga
Mark Amaratunga is a scientist and meditation practitioner who has roots in Sri Lanka. With twenty years of experience exploring the intersection of Buddhist wisdom and Western psychology, he focuses on how ancient teachings illuminate modern cognitive phenomena and offer practical paths to greater awareness in daily life.
Mark Van Buren
Mark Van Buren is a Buddhist author, meditation instructor, and mindful living trainer. He is the author of Your Life is Meditation and A Fool’s Guide to Actual Happiness. He lives in New Jersey. He can be found online at www.buymeacoffee.com/meditatewithmark
Rick Hanson
Rick Hanson is a psychologist and the author of <i>Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness</i>.
Miriam Tarcov
An artist living in Arizona, Miriam Tarcov is the author of Suddenly Without Warning: A Mother’s Journey Through Grief.
Nhi Yến Đỗ Trần
Nhi Yến Đỗ Trần is the author of Budding <em>Lotus in the West: Buddhism from an Immigrant’s Feminist Perspective</em> and a cofounder of Cherry Blossom Sangha in Seattle.
Roshi Linda Myoki Ryugo Lehrhaupt
Roshi Linda Myoki Ryugo Lehrhaupt, PhD, is the guiding teacher of Zen-Herz (Heart) Sangha, a community based in Germany with members from several European countries.
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.