Archives: Authors
Judith Toy
Judith Toy was ordained as a member of the Order of Interbeing by Thich Nhat Hanh in 1997, and along with her husband, Philip Toy, has founded several sanghas in that tradition, including one in a men’s prison. She leads mindfulness retreats and is the editor of Cloud Cottage Editions.
Ari Goldfield
Ari Goldfield is a Buddhist teacher and translator who studied under Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche for many years. He translated Khenpo Tsültrim’s books <em>Stars of Wisdom and The Sun of Wisdom</em>, and is a contributing author to <em>Freeing the Body, Freeing the Mind</em>.
James Coleman
James William Coleman is a professor of sociology at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, and is the author of The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition.
Edward Sangetsu Sullivan
Edward Sangetsu Sullivan is a dharma holder in the White Plum lineage of Zen. He trains with the Zen Community of Baltimore/Clare Sangha and is a member of the Red Rose Sangha in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Kevin Weinfurt
Kevin Weinfurt, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center and holds a shodan (first degree black) belt in To Shin Do.
Craig Kaufman
Craig Kaufman is on the Khyentse Foundation Education Programs committee and has managed statewide political campaigns. He founded an educational non-profit in New York and has been active in writing and editorial work, notably regarding innovative social action methods.
Gregory Gibbs
Gregory Gibbs of Oregon Buddhist Temple in Portland has been a former Catholic and loner Zennist for 15 years and is an avid fan of Honda Minako, Ian Hunter, and His Eminence, Go Monshu Koshin Ohtani.
Rick Heller
Rick Heller is the editor of the online magazine <em>The New Humanism</em>, a publication of the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University. He is also a facilitator of the Humanist Contemplative Group in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and has participated in practice groups at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center.
Tamam Kahn
Tamam Kahn is author of <em>Untold: A History of the Wives of Prophet Muhammad</em> (Monkfish Books), a journal editor, practitioner of Sufism and a long-time student of the Buddhist teacher Tai Situ Rinpoche.
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn Sucitto is a Theravada monk, born in Britain and ordained in Thailand in 1976. He served as abbot of Cittaviveka (Chithurst Buddhist Monastery) in England from 1992 to 2014, and remains based there as a teacher. He co-edits dhamma moon, a website featuring “practice-notes on the joys, struggles, humour and pain of the journey towards truth and freedom.” His latest book, <em>Buddha-Nature, Human Nature </em>is about our environment and the ways in which Buddhism can affect it.
Stan Goldberg
Stan Goldberg is a professor emeritus of communicative disorders at San Francisco State University and the author of six books. His latest is <em>Lessons for the Living: Stories of Forgiveness, Gratitude, and Courage at the End of Life</em>.
David B. Gray
David B. Gray is an associate professor of religious studies at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. He specializes in the study of Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
Misha Becker
Misha Becker is a linguistics professor, poet, hospice volunteer, and mom of two. These days her meditation practice involves cultivating patience with both her two-year-old and herself.
Paul Ekman
Paul Ekman is a renowned expert in emotional skills and nonverbal communication, pioneering techniques to unmask deception and other mental states through facial recognition. He collaborated with the Dalai Lama on the 2008 book, <em>Emotional Awareness</em>. In 2009, TIME magazine named him one of its top 100 influential people.
Mark Coleman
Mark Coleman is a mindfulness meditation teacher and nature guide. His newest book is <em>From Suffering to Peace: The True Promise of Mindfulness</em>.
James Baraz
James Baraz is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center and leads retreats, workshops, and classes around the U.S. and abroad. With Shoshana Alexander, he is the author of <em>Awakening Joy: 10 Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness</em> (Bantam). Since 2003, he has also led an online course at www.awakeningjoy.info
Peter Levott
Poet, translator, and Zen teacher Peter Levott is the author of Within Within and twelve other books of poetry and prose, and is a recipient of the Lannan Foundation Award in Poetry. He leads the Salt Spring Zen Circle in British Columbia, where he resides.