Nate DeMontigny

Nate DeMontigny is the editor and main author of the Buddhist blog Precious Metal, and has contributed to TheWorstHorse.com.

Lib Jebson

Lin Jensen is Senior Buddhist Chaplain to High Desert State Prison in Susanville, California, and founder and teacher of the Chico Zen Sangha in Chico, California. His book, <em>Together Under One Roof: Making a Home of the Buddha’s Household</em> was released by Wisdom Publications in August 2008.

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Larry Ward

Larry Ward is a senior teacher in Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village tradition. He holds a PhD in religious studies (with an emphasis on Buddhism and the neuroscience of meditation), is director of the Lotus Institute, and serves as an advisor to the Executive Mind Leadership Institute at the Drucker School of Management. He is the author of <em>America’s Racial Karma</em> and coauthor, with his wife, Peggy, of <em>Love’s Garden: A Guide to Mindful Relationships</em>.

Peggy Rowe Ward

Peggy Rowe Ward

Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward is an ordained dharma teacher who, with Larry Ward, directs the Lotus Institute and co-authored <em>Love’s Garden: A Guide to Mindful Relationships</em>.

Lama Shenpen Hookham

Lama Shenpen Hookham

Lama Shenpen Hookham has nearly 50 years of training in the Mahamudra and Dzogchen traditions of Tibetan Buddhism​ and​ has translated for, studied with, and received transmissions from ​the 16th Karmapa, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Kalu Rinpoche and Bokar Rinpoche. She is a student of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. She spends most of her time in semi-retreat at her home, The Hermitage of the Awakened Heart, in Wales, UK.

Gabriel Cohen

Gabriel Cohen is author of five novels and the nonfiction book “Storms Can’t Hurt the Sky: A Buddhist Path Through Divorce.”