Archives: Authors
Jeffrey W. Cupchik
Jeffrey W. Cupchik is an ethnomusicologist specializing in Buddhist studies, ritual music, and anthropology of religion. He has spent over twenty years studying Tibetan language, music, culture, and religion in Tibetan communities in India, Nepal, Tibet, Canada, and the United States.
Francis Sanzaro
Francis Sanzaro PhD is a climber, academic, speaker, and the author of books on philosophy, climbing, athletic theory and comparative religion. His essays, poetry and fiction have appeared in <em>The New York Times, Outside, Huffington Post, Climbing, Adventure Journal, The Baltimore Post Examiner, Continental Philosophy Review, </em>and<em> Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Rock and Ice, </em>among a dozen others. His books include the bestseller <em>Zen of Climbing</em>, <em>The Boulder: A Philosophy for Bouldering</em>; and <em>Society Elsewhere: Why the Gravest Threat to Humanity Will Come From Within</em>. He appeared at TEDx Ascend in Colorado speaking on approaches to risk and our relationship with the natural world. He is currently writing <em>Zen of the Wild: A Philosophy for Nature</em>.
Dolma Gunther
Dolma Gunther is the founder and executive director of Khyentse Vision Project, and is responsible for developing and delivering the project’s strategic vision. Dolma is a lawyer, editor, translator, and film director. She studied Tibetan language in Darjeeling and University of Washington, and has over twenty-years experience translating and editing Tibetan Buddhist texts. Dolma completed three-year retreat in Chanteloube, France, and currently lives in Australia.
Venerable Hui Cheng
Venerable Hui Cheng is a Buddhist monk of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order who's currently serving at Hsi Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights, California.
Darren Kleinberg
Darren Kleinberg serves as a chaplain resident at Stanford Health Care. He's the author of <em>Hybrid Judaism</em>.
James Lynch
James Lynch is a reverend as authorized by Rissho Kosei Kai, a Japanese lay Buddhist organization. He's the minister in charge of the New York Dharma Center.
Scott Edelstein
Scott Edelstein is the author of the books <em>Sex and the Spiritual Teacher </em>and <em>The User’s Guide to Spiritual Teachers</em>, both from Wisdom Publications, as well as many other books on a variety of subjects.
Brother Phap Luu
Ordained in 2003, Brother Phap Luu received Transmission of the Lamp from Thich Nhat Hanh to teach in 2011. He helped start Wake Up, the Plum Village movement for young people, as well as the Happy Farm, Plum Village’s organic farming community, and has been working with Wake Up Schools since its inception in 2012 to bring mindfulness to schools. He has served as a monastic editor for a number of Thich Nhat Hanh’s books, including "Happy Teachers Change the World," "Stepping Into Freedom," "The Admonitions and Encouraging Words of Master Guishan," and "How to Focus." Brother Phap Luu leads mindful backpacking retreats in nature around Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, California, USA; Joshua Tree National Park; the Sierra Nevada; and on the Appalachian Trail.
Samuel M. Grimes
Samuel M. Grimes is the Shinjo Ito Postdoctoral Fellow in Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He specializes in the Buddhism of Nepal, both through engagement with the contemporary Newar Buddhist community in Kathmandu as well as through the engagement of texts written in Sanskrit or Newar. His Newar teacher is Yagyamanpati Bajracharya, a member of the Jamal, Shikamu, and Lakyu viharas.
Cheryl Fraser
Cheryl Fraser PhD is a psychologist, sex therapist, and dharma teacher. She is the author of <em>Buddha’s Bedroom–The Mindful Loving Path to Sexual Passion and Lifelong Intimacy</em> and the host of the <a href="https://drcherylfraser.com/dr-cheryl-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sex Love & Elephants</a> podcast. She created the Become Passion online couples immersion program. She is the resident teacher for Island Dharma on Vancouver Island and is trained in the Kargyu Vajrayana and Theravada traditions. <a href="https://drcherylfraser.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.drcherylfraser.com </a></p>
Ronit Jinich
Ronit Jinich has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Studies from York University. She practices as a trained psychoanalyst and is the founder of Dharma Praxis, a community hub that provides opportunities for counseling and meditation in Toronto.
Brother Phap Linh
Brother Phap Linh is a monastic in the Plum Village tradition. Before ordaining, he studied mathematics at Cambridge University and worked professionally as a composer.
Rachel Rose
Rachel Rose is the author of Creating Stillness: Mindful Art Practices and Stories for Navigating Anxiety, Stress, and Fear.
Jessica Little
Jessica Little is an English teacher and freelance writer who lives in Nova Scotia.
Neena Mahadev
Neena Mahadev is an assistant professor of anthropology at Yale-NUS College and holds a courtesy appointment with the National University of Singapore.
William S. Waldron
William S. Waldron got his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1990 after extensive travel and study in Asia with native Indian, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese scholars and three years of research at Ōtani University in Kyoto, Japan. He has been teaching courses at Middlebury College since 1996 on Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, comparative philosophies of mind, and theory and method in the study of religion. His publications focus on the Yogācāra school of Indian Buddhism in dialogue with modern thought. His first book, The Buddhist Unconscious: The Ālaya-Vijñāna in the Context of Indian Buddhist Thought, was published by Routledge Curzon in 2003. He regularly gives talks and workshops at Dharma study groups in America and Asia, focusing on Yogācāra and contemporary topics. When he is not teaching, he may be found wandering the shores of Lake Huron or doing kora with his wife in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Regina Candel
Regina Candel Martinez cursó las carreras universitarias de Profesorado de inglés y Traducción técnica-científica de inglés en Argentina y ahora vive en España. Apasionada por la escritura, la lectura y los viajes, lo que la acerca a los textos desde una curiosidad innata por el conocimiento de nuevas culturas y formas de vida.