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.”

Howard Axelrod

Howard Axelrod has written for The New York Times Magazine, Harvard Magazine, and The Boston Globe. He is also the author of a memoir, <i>The Point of Vanishing</i>, about the two years he lived in solitude in northern Vermont.

Dr. Chatsumarn Kabilsingh

Dr. Chatsumarn Kabil-Singh, chief Thai scholar for the Buddhist Perception of Nature Project, teaches religion and philosophy at Thammasat University, Bangkok. She is also the author of Study of Buddhist Nuns: Monastic Rules.