Archives: Authors
Jhani Randhawa
A copy and story editor at Lion’s Roar, Jhani Randhawa is also an interdisciplinary teaching artist, cultural programming facilitator, and contributing co-editor of the hybrid art-literature project <i>Beautiful Zameen: Jagdeep Raina in the Green Revolution Archive</i>. They are the author of the poetry collection <i>Time Regime</i>, which won the 2023 California Book Award.
Mark Herrick
Mark Nichiryu Herrick is a dharma teacher in the Nichiren tradition and cofounder of Myokan-ji and the Two Buddhas Meditation Community in Oakland, CA. He teaches weekly meditation classes and writes on the intersection of Buddhist philosophy, devotional practice, and lived experience. He is the author of Dharmakaya and God, Parables of the Lotus Sutra, Spring at Minobu, The Living Mandala, The Living Sound, and Daily Meditations of the Nichiren Tradition.
Rima Fujita
Rima Fujita is a visionary artist and author whose luminous paintings draw inspiration from her dreams, meditation, and Buddhism. A graduate of the Parsons School of Design, she has become widely recognized for her signature style, where vivid, ethereal colors emerge from deep black surfaces. As a descendant of the Last Samurai, her dedicated work ethic is strongly influenced by Bushido. Rima’s work has been exhibited internationally and collected worldwide. Her long standing philanthropic efforts have also earned international recognition for her humanitarian heart and her artistic contributions. Her most recent books include <em>The Extraordinary Life of H.H. The Dalai Lama</em>, published by Wisdom Publications.
Michelle Macioce
With twenty-five years of classroom experience, Michelle Macioce is the Managing Director of Middle Way Education and leads its curricular framework development.
Karman Mak
Karman Mak is the initiating director of the Thich Nhat Hanh School of Interbeing and has more than twenty-five years of experience in teaching, leadership, and professional development.
Rachel Steele
Rachel Steele has worked as a teacher at Alaya Preschool for more than two decades and now serves as director. She’s been involved in family programming in Shambhala since 2002.
Justin Kelley
Justin Kelley is a contemplative educator, scholar-practitioner, and institutional leader. He serves as Co-Executive Director of Tergar Institute and Executive Director of Tergar Schools — Buddhist educational organizations connected to Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. He holds a PhD in Religion from Rice University (2021) and splits his time between southern Vermont and Kathmandu, Nepal.
Clayton Dalton
An emergency physician working in western New Mexico, Clayton Dalton is also a journalist who has written for <em>The New Yorker</em>, <em>The New York Times Magazine</em>, and <em>Harper’s</em>. He recently received novice priest ordination.
Cynthia Kear
Cynthia Kear was priest ordained and transmitted by her teacher, Darlene. She lives and teaches in San Francisco.
Cuong Lu
Cuong Lu is a Buddhist teacher ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh at Plum Village. He dedicated his life to service after witnessing a shooting while fleeing Vietnam in 1975. He served as a monk for sixteen years and now teaches in the Netherlands, where he lives with his wife and three children. A former prison chaplain, he is the author of <i>The Buddha in Jail</i>.
Reji Varghese
Reji Varghese is the President of Forms & Gears, a 54-year-old engineering company in Chennai, India. A dedicated meditation practitioner since 2015, he writes on business, manufacturing, leadership and contemplative practice for a range of Indian newspapers and magazines. His articles are available at https://formsandgears.com/articles-by-reji-varghese/
Ani Tenzin Wangmo
Ani Tenzin Wangmo, PhD ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun in 2004. She has been a volunteer most of her life (with children, deafblind people, and the dying), and has cofounded a hospice and an interreligious group. Dedicated to in-depth study and practice, she now studies in Dharamsala, India.
Erin Eberle
<a href="https://www.erineberle.com/">Erin Eberle</a> is a <a href="https://www.erineberle.com/artist-bio">writer, artist</a>, and Zen practitioner currently studying to be a Buddhist Chaplain at Upaya Zen Center.
Hajeong Park
Hajeong Park is a researcher at the Esan Institute for AI Humanities, and a doctoral candidate in Indian Philosophy at Dongguk University. Her dissertation examines the Buddha's avyakata as a method for pointing toward what lies beyond language. Drawing on structural and pattern analysis, she translates classical texts into the language of modern science. She has practiced in Zen centers across Southeast Asia, Europe, and Korea. She writes at avyakata.org.
Danyoung Kim
Danyoung Kim’s writing has appeared in <i>The New Yorker</i>, where she was on the editorial staff for five years. Previously, she received a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct ethnographic research on opera audiences in Italy.
Sarah El-Chaar
Sarah El-Chaar is an editorial intern at Lion's Roar. She is completing her Bachelor of Journalism from the University of King's College.
Serena J. Baldwin
Serena J. Baldwin is a somatic movement educator, writer, and former federal policy professional. She teaches contact dance, pilates, and yoga, and writes about embodied living at <link>serenajbaldwin.substack.com</link>.
Rev. Mauricio Hondaku
Rev. Mauricio Hondaku Ghigonetto is a Jodo Shinshu priest ordained in 2013 and a student of Yogacara philosophy. He leads a virtual sangha of practitioners across three continents and writes on the intersection of Buddhist psychology, the philosophy of mind, and artificial intelligence. He lives in Madrid.
Darcie Price-Wallace
Darcie Price-Wallace is a Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University. She is part-time Buddhist Studies teaching faculty at Tergar Institute in Kathmandu, Nepal. She also teaches in Religious Studies at DePaul University and Loyola University.
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