Archives: Authors
Satya Robyn
Satya Robyn is a Pure Land priest at Amida Mandala Buddhist temple in the UK and a psychotherapist in private practice.
Jody Hojin Kimmel
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei, is the Abbot of the Zen Center of NYC-Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn and the training director for the Mountains and Rivers Order at Zen Mountain Monastery, where she has been in full-time residential training for over thirty years. She ordained as a priest with John Daido Loori and received dharma transmission in 2017 from Geoffrey Shugen Arnold. She is also an artist and teaches Art Practices as a means to study the self and open oneself up to the creative process.
Vaishali Mamgain
Dr. Vaishali Mamgain received her PhD in Economics at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She is currently an Associate Professor of Economics and the Director of the Bertha Crosley Ball Center for Compassion at the University of Southern Maine. A pioneer in the field of contemplative education she facilitates Compassion Training workshops in the US and abroad. When COVID-19 forced an online transition, she was teaching Economics and Happiness – a contemplative class she had developed during a fellowship with the American Council of Learned Societies. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors of The Center for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education and the Courage of Care Coalition. She practices in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition under the tutelage of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and from 2014-2017 she did a 3-year meditation retreat at Samten Ling Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado.
Linda González
Linda González is a life coach and the author of the memoir <em>The Cost of Our Lives</em>.
Rachel Paige King
Rachel Paige King is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in <em>The Atlantic</em>, <em>Slate</em>, <em>Salon</em>, and many other publications.
Karen Greenspan
Karen Greenspan is a New York City-based dance journalist and student of the Buddhadharma (thanks to a dance). A frequent contributor to Fjord Review, Ballet Review, Natural History, Tricycle Magazine, and Buddhistdoor Global, among other publications, She’s the author of <em>Footfalls from the Land of Happiness: A Journey into the Dances of Bhutan</em>. For more information, visit <a href="https://karengreenspan.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karengreenspan.com</a>
Sarah Shaw
Sarah Shaw is Khyentse Foundation Reader in Buddhist Studies at the University of South Wales, a fellow of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, and author of <em>Mindfulness: Where it Comes from and What it Means. </em>
Juhn Ahn
Juhn Ahn is associate professor of Buddhist and Korean Studies and author of <em>Buddhas and Ancestors: Religion and Wealth in Fourteenth-Century Korea</em> (University of Washington Press, 2018). His present research interests include the history of the Koryŏ economy, reading habits in Song dynasty Chan Buddhism, and the cultural history of weather and wealth during the Chosŏn Period.
Paula Arai
Paula Arai the author of <em>Bringing Zen Home: The Healing Heart of Japanese Women’s Rituals</em>, <em>Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns</em>, and <em>Painting Enlightenment</em>. She is a professor of religious studies at Louisiana State University, where she also serves on the faculties of women's and gender studies, Asian studies, and Chinese culture and commerce.
Patrick Dowd
Patrick Dowd is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on the culture of Tibetan language within the world of Tibetan Buddhism. He has spent several years studying, researching, and collaboratively working with Tibetan communities in Tibet, Nepal and India.
Marnie Crawford Samuelson
Marnie Crawford Samuelson is a documentary photographer, multimedia producer, and storyteller. Her photographs have appeared in national magazines and in two books: <em>Lasting Words</em> with Claire Willis and <em>The Wild Braid</em> with poets Stanley Kunitz and Genine Lentine. She has directed and photographed several short films. She lives in Wellfleet, Massachusetts and Berkeley, California.
Claire B. Willis
Claire B. Willis is a clinical social worker who has worked in the field of oncology and bereavement for more than twenty years. She is a cofounder of the Boston nonprofit Facing Cancer Together and regularly leads bereavement, end-of-life, support, and therapeutic writing groups. As a lay Buddhist chaplain, she focuses on contemplative practices for end-of-life care. She maintains a private practice in Brookline, Massachusetts.
David Richo
David Richo is a psychotherapist and the author of <em>How to Be an Adult in Relationships and Triggers: How We Can Stop Reacting and Start Healing.</em>
Benjamin Mui Pumphrey
Benjamin Mui Pumphrey is a psychiatrist and Zen teacher in Augusta County, Virginia.
Annabelle Zinser
Annabelle Zinser received dharma teacher transmission from both Ruth Denison and Thich Nhat Hanh. Thich Nhat Hanh bequeathed to Zinser his urban practice center in Berlin. She has a PhD in history and politics.
Linda Galijan
Formerly a clinical psychologist, Linda Galijan is currently president of San Francisco Zen Center..
Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao
Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao is head teacher at the Zen Center of Los Angeles.
Phil Stanley
Phil Stanley is the chair of the Department of Wisdom Traditions at Naropa University and Dean of Academic Affairs of Nitartha Institute. A scholar of Tibetan, he is the cofounder of the Union Catalog of Buddhist Texts, which is currently working to place multiple editions of the Theravada Pali canon online. He is also an instructor, alongside fellow Naropa professors Amelia Hall and Judith Simmer-Brown, of <em>The Three Turnings of the Wheel</em>, an in-depth online course presented by Lion’s Roar.
Sayadaw U Tejaniya
Sayadaw U Tejaniya began his Buddhist training as a teenager with the famous Burmese monk Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw, eventually ordaining at age thirty-six. Today, he teaches at Shwe Oo Min Dhamma Sukha Forest Meditation Center in Yangon, Myanmar. He is known for his distinctive approach to meditation, which deemphasizes form and places heavy emphasis on paying close attention to greed, aversion, and delusion. His most recent book, <em>Relax & Be Aware</em>, was published by Shambhala in December.
Avikrita Vajra Sakya
Avikrita Vajra Sakya is a lama in the Sakya school and author of <em>Wake Up to What Matters: A Guide to Tibetan Buddhism for the Next Generation.</em>