Archives: Authors

Vanessa Sasson

In her books Yasodhara and the Buddha and The Gathering: A Story of the First Buddhist Women, Vanessa Sasson combines in-depth academic research with the spirit of fiction.

Pat Higgiston teaches math and religion at an independent, progressive high school. He advises a student meditation group and leads an annual trip studying climate change in coastal communities. He earned an M.S.Ed from Brooklyn College and an M.Div from Union Theological Seminary. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Danielle LaPorte

Danielle LaPorte is a Canadian inspirational speaker, author, and entrepreneur.

Duncan Ryuken Williams

Duncan Ryuken Williams is the author of American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War and director of the Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture at the University of Southern California.

Sebene Selassie

Sebene Selassie is a teacher at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and a graduate of the Community Dharma Leaders Program at Spirit Rock.

Daigengna Duoer

Daigengna Duoer, Buddhadharma’s new reviews editor, grew up fascinated with Buddhism as part of her Mongolian and Manchu heritage. She is now a PhD student in the religious studies department at the Uni ersity of California, Santa Barbara, where her research includes a project of mapping crosscultural networks of exchanges between Buddhist communities in modern Inner Mongolia, Tibet, China, and Japan.

William Edelglass

William Edelglass is the new director of studies at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies and a professor of philosophy and environmental studies at Marlboro College in Vermont. His work has taken him to Dharamsala, India, where he taught both Western philosophy to Tibetan monks at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics and Buddhist philosophy to American college students on a Tibetan studies program.

Ephrat Livni

Ephrat Livni is a writer and lawyer. She is a senior reporter at Quartz, where she covers everything from art, books, and consciousness to science, the self, and Zen. She has worked around the world and now scribbles by the sea in Sarasota, Florida.

Melvin Escobar

Melvin Escobar is an El Salvadoran bilingual-bicultural Dharma teacher, licensed psychotherapist, and certified yoga instructor. He serves as a Core Teacher at East Bay Meditation Center, has a Master's degree in Social Work, and is a registered yoga instructor.

Sharon Suh

Sharon Suh is a professor of theology and religious studies at Seattle University and the author of Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film.

Peter Harvey

Peter Harvey is professor emeritus of Buddhist Studies at the University of Sunderland in England and a teacher with Samatha Trust. He is the author of An Introduction to Buddhist Studies and An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics.

Adyashanti

Adyashanit is an American-born spiritual teacher devoted to serving the awakening of all beings. His books include Falling into Grace (Sounds True, 2013), Resurrecting Jesus (Sounds True, 2016), and his new book, The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life (Sounds True, January 2019). He lives in Northern California. Visit adyashanti.org.

Bob Isaacson

Bob Isaacson is the president and cofounder of <a href="https://www.dharmavoicesforanimals.org/" rel="noopener">Dharma Voices for Animals</a>, an international Buddhist animal advocacy and rights organization.

Phakchok Rinpoche

Phakchok Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist teacher from the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages. He is co-author of Radically Happy: A User’s Guide to the Mind.

Erric Solomon

Erric Solomon is a former Silicon Valley technologist, Buddhist yogi and teacher. He is co-author of Radically Happy: A User’s Guide to the Mind. You can find him at <a href="https://radicallyhappy.org/">RadicallyHappy.org</a> and on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/erric.solomon">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/radically_erric/">Instagram</a>.

Lobsang Rapgay

Lobsang Rapgay, PhD, is a research psychologist, and Director of the Clinical Training program for Mental Health Professionals at the Mindfulness Awareness Research Center, UCLA.

Lama Rigzin Drolma

Anne Carolyn Klein is Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas and co-founding director and resident teacher at Dawn Mountain.

Rev. Dr. Serene Jones

Rev. Dr. Serene Jones is president of Union Theological Seminary in New York and Professor for Religion and Democracy. Her forthcoming book is Call It Grace: Finding Meaning in a Fractured World.

Derek Pyle

Derek Pyle is a writer based in Southern Oregon. In 2017, Derek cofounded the Buddhist Humanitarian Project with Hozan Alan Senauke, responding to the genocide against the Rohingya. He can be contacted regarding Buddhist solidarity with Myanmar at [email protected]

Heidi Köppl

Heidi Köppl is a translator of Tibetan Buddhist scriptures, practices, and lectures, as well as the author of Establishing Appearances as Divine: Rongzom Chözang on Reasoning, Madhyamaka, and Purity