Archives: Authors
Eric Wilson
Eric G. Wilson is the author of <em>How to Be Weird: An Off-Kilter Guide to Living a to Living a One-of-a-Kind Life</em> and many other books, including <em>Against Happiness</em>, <em>Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck</em>, and <em>Keep It Fake</em>. He teaches creative writing at Wake Forest University.
Tanny Jiraprapasuke
Tanny Jiraprapasuke is a second-generation Thai-American and holds a BA in Religious Studies from the University of California, Riverside, and an MTS in Buddhist Studies from Harvard Divinity School. She is a storyteller and development associate for Thai Community Development Center in Los Angeles.
Jury Candelario
Jury Candelario is a Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Nichiren Buddhist practitioner. He is a licensed clinical social worker in Los Angeles and currently a doctoral student of public health at Johns Hopkins University.
Victoria Mausisa
Victoria Mausisa, a dedicated practitioner, is ordained in the Order of Interbeing in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. A contemplative at heart with a passion for healing communities of color, she enjoys cultivating sangha, and is co-founder of ARISE Sangha, Awakening Through Race, Intersectionality, and Social Equity.
Karl Palma
Karl Palma is the resident caretaker of New York Buddhist church since 2011. He’s also been running his own Takoyaki business called KARLSBALLS Takoyaki since 2015.
Brian Joshin Byrnes
Brian Joshin Byrnes is a Zen priest and teacher in the White Plum Lineage and Zen Peacemakers, is the founder of the Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community in Vermont. His practice, which is informed by his long experience working in social nonprofits, specifically in HIV/AIDS and community-based philanthropy, is centered around social action, with a focus on economically marginalized communities.
Candice Tsuei
Manufactured in Taiwan, assembled in Canada, Candice first became interested in Buddhism while traveling in Burma in 2014. In the following year, she met Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche and became his disciple. Candice is currently working for Khyentse Foundation and is studying for her master’s in Buddhist Counseling at Hong Kong University. She also helps manage the daily meditation initiative Dhyana Daily and will be co-hosting the podcast Dharma Radio that is going to launch at the end of this year.
Lin Wang Gordon
Lin Wang Gordon has been leading eco-dharma courses and retreats since 2017. She cohosts the Sacred Earth Sangha at the New York Insight Meditation Center.
Naomi Matlow
Naomi Matlow is a writer and educator specializing in integrating mindfulness and meditation into the lives of those that struggle with busy minds. She recently published her Mindfulness Studies Masters thesis from Lesley University, "A Thought is Just a Thought: A Buddhist Guide to OCD" which is available on Amazon and naomimatlow.com
Singhashri Gazmuri
Singhashri is a queer, Latinx-American Dharma teacher and writer ordained in the Triratna Buddhist Community. She teaches mindfulness and compassion as means to awakening to love, beauty and truth and has committed her life to supporting collective healing and transformation and the joy and freedom found there. She currently lives in London with her partner.
Matthew Fox
Matthew Fox is a spiritual theologian, Episcopal priest, and activist for gender justice and eco-justice. His new book is <em>Essential Writings on Creation Spirituality</em> (Orbis).
Gilbert Gutierrez
Gilbert Gutierrez is one of the five lay dharma heirs of Chan master Sheng Yen. Based in Southern California, he leads Riverside Chan Meditation Group.
Bhikshuni Heng Yi
Bhikshuni Heng Yi is director of the International Institute for the Translation of Buddhist Texts at Dharma Realm Buddhist University. She ordained under the guidance of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua.
Lina Verchery
Lina Verchery is a scholar of modern Chinese Buddhism who teaches Buddhism and Asian religions at the University of Otago. She’s also an independent filmmaker.
Lucas Matthew Oswalt
Lucas Matthew Oswalt is a practitioner in Yukon, Oklahoma. He works as a labor advocate in his home state and is a member of a sangha in the Plum Village tradition of Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh. He and his wife are parents to a four-month-old little boy.
Sherri Posey
Rev. Jyakuen Sherrilynn Posey is a watchmaker, interfaith minister, and Buddhist chaplain in the Soto Zen tradition.
Sara Jenkins
Sara Jenkins is author of <em>This Side of Nirvana: Memoirs of a Spiritually Challenged Buddhist</em> (Fair Winds Press). This article was originally published in Buddhadharma in March 2003.
Amy Schmidt
Amy Schmidt is a resident teacher at the Insight Meditation Society and author of <em>Knee Deep in Grace: The Extraordinary Life and Teaching of Dipa Ma</em> (Present Perfect Books).