Archives: Authors
D.E. Osto
D. E. Osto is senior lecturer in philosophy at Massey University. They are the author of Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America (Columbia, 2016) and An Indian Tantric Tradition and Its Modern Global Revival: Contemporary Nondual Śaivism (2020), among other books.
Andrew Lam
Andrew Lam’s next collection of short stories, Stories from the Edge of the Sea, is due out in March 2025.
June Ryushin Tanoue
Zen teacher June Ryushin Tanoue is cofounder of Zen Life & Meditation Center and the founder of Halau i Ka Pono, the Hula School of Chicago.
Sandi Rankaduwa
Sandi Rankaduwa is assistant editor of Lion’s Roar. She’s also a culture critic, filmmaker, and sometimes performer.
Edwin Kelley
Edwin Kelley first encountered Vajrayana Buddhism in Dharamsala, India, in 1993 and became a student of Mingyur Rinpoche in 1998. In 2009, Kelley helped establish the global Tergar Meditation Community, where he then served variably as Executive Director, Co-Executive Director, and CFO. He retired from his administrative role in 2022 and continues to lead programs and support students of Mingyur Rinpoche in his role as an instructor. Edwin Kelley is a guide in Tergar International's <a href="https://vajrayana.tergar.org/buddhist-psychology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">year-long Abhidharma transmission</a> led by Mingyur Rinpoche. For more information on the program and how to join, visit <a href="https://tergar.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tergar.org</a>
Ellen Hamada Crane sensei
Ellen Hamada Crane sensei was a criminal defense attorney, former schoolteacher, and avid outdoor enthusiast. Recently, she earned a master’s degree in Buddhist Studies. She currently serves as a volunteer minister at the Orange County Buddhist Church in Anaheim, CA, and is part of EverydayBuddhist.org the online Buddhist education platform.
Rev. José M. Tirado
Rev. José M. Tirado is a Shin Buddhist priest, poet, psychologist, and political writer. He is a doctoral candidate at the University of Iceland, where he teaches in the International Studies in Education program. He has practiced Buddhism extensively for almost 50 years: in Zen, Pure Land, and Vajrayana, integrating them with patience and creativity.
Elaine Yuen
Elaine Yuen is a teacher in the Shambhala community. She used to be a professor at Naropa University where she taught courses on pastoral caregiving, contemplative education, and Buddhist studies.
Kristina Wong
Performance artist Kristina Wong is a Doris Duke Artist Award winner, which comes with an unrestricted prize of over half a million dollars. She’s also Guggenheim Fellow and her play, <em>Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord</em>, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. She starred in her own pilot presentation with Lionsgate for truTV, and her commentaries have appeared on American Public Media’s<a href="http://www.marketplace.org/people/kristina-wong"> Marketplace</a>, PBS, VICE, Jezebel, Playgirl magazine, Huffington Post, and CNN.
Emma Markham
Emma Markham is a Buddhist and interfaith chaplain, meditation instructor, and Tibetan Buddhist practitioner in the Geluk lineage. She currently lives in Western Massachusetts and works as a hospice spiritual care coordinator.
Gullu Singh
Gullu Singh is an authorized teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. A corporate attorney for thirty years, he offers mindfulness training in law firms and other businesses and mindfulness mentoring to individual practitioners.
Lauren Rosenfeld
Lauren Rosenfeld is coauthor of <em>Breathing Room: Open Your Heart by Decluttering Your Home.</em>
Rosalie Dores
Rosalie Dores is an Insight Dialogue retreat teacher. She also teaches courses and workshops dedicated to raising awareness about climate and social justice.
Gregory Kramer
Gregory Kramer is the founding teacher of the Insight Dialogue community and the author of <i>Insight Dialogue: The Interpersonal Path to Freedom.</i>
Ronna Bloom
<a href="https://ronnabloom.com/">Ronna Bloom</a> is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently A Possible Trust: The Poetry of Ronna Bloom selected with an introduction by Phil Hall. A new book of poems, In a Riptide will be out with Brick Books in 2025. She is now working on a collection of essays.
Dawn Haney
Dawn Haney (they/she) braids together wisdom from Buddhism and social justice traditions, understanding identity, power, and change through their own experiences as a white, fat, queer, nonbinary femme. A former co-director with the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, she teaches with the East Bay Meditation Center and the global Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program. You can find Dawn online at <a href="http://dawnhaney.net/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">dawnhaney.net</a>
Tsunma Sherab Khandro
Tsunma Sherab Khandro is a nun in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, though her profound root lamas are both Kagyu and Nyingma. A long time practitioner, the sudden deaths of her husband, mother, father, and two dogs – all within a few months –propelled her to take monastic ordination to make the best use of her precious human birth for the benefit of beings. Formerly a lobbyist for international human rights, a slam poet, and glass artist, Sherab Khandro now offers counsel to those experiencing grief and loss. She leads practices for both Nyingma and Kagyu Dharma centers, works for the welfare of non-Himalayan Nuns as a volunteer with the ANHN, and is currently writing a book on the luminosity of grief.
John H. Negru (Karma Yönten Gyatso)
John H. Negru (Karma Yönten Gyatso) is founder and CEO at Sumeru Books, Canada’s leading indie Buddhist book publisher since 2009. He has been involved in many Buddhist community development projects in his more than 50 years of Dharma practice.
