Archives: Authors
Mark Nepo
Beloved as a poet, teacher, and storyteller, Mark Nepo is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller <em>The Book of Awakening</em>. His new book is <em>The One Life We’re Given: Finding the Wisdom that Waits in Your Heart</em> (Atria, July 2016). In fall of 2016, Mark will have a new book of poetry, <em>The Way Under the Way</em>. For more, visit: <a href="http://www.MarkNepo.com/">MarkNepo.com</a>
Spring Washam
Spring Washam is one of the founders of the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California, and a member of the teachers council of Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She is the author of the forthcoming <em>A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Wisdom, and Courage in Any Moment</em> (Parallax Press).
David Weinstein
David Weinstein is the supervising teacher of the Pacific Zen Institute in Santa Rosa, California, and directing teacher of the Rockridge Meditation Community in Oakland.
Venerable Pannavati
Venerable Pannavati is cofounder of Embracing Simplicity Hermitage in Hendersonville, North Carolina. A Theravada nun, she has also received dharma transmission from Roshi Bernie Glassman of Zen Peacemakers.
Ejo McMullen
Ejo McMullen moved to Japan in his late teens and stayed into his twenties, teaching secondary school and eventually receiving ordination and training at Daijoji Monastery in Kanazawa. He is the abbot of Buddha Eye Temple in Eugene, Oregon, where he has served since its founding in 2004, and is also secretary of the Soto Zen Buddhism North America Office in Los Angeles.
Myles McDonough
Myles McDonough is a writer currently based in Knoxville, TN. He graduated from Harvard University in 2015, and is a candidate for an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Tennessee. His work has appeared on LionsRoar.com and in <i>The Saturday Evening Post.</i>
Shinzen Young
Shinzen Young leads meditation retreats throughout North America and has helped establish many mindfulness centers and programs. He consults on meditation-related research at Harvard Medical School, Carnegie Mellon University, and other institutions. He lives in Vermont. His website is shinzen.org.
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso is a well-known scholar and yogi in the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan buddhism who has taught extensively in the west for many years.
Andy Ferguson
Andy Ferguson is the author of Zen’s Chinese Heritage: The Masters and Their Teachings and the reator of the “map of the zen ancestors,” a full color reference chart of 170 ancient zen teachers. He regularly leads zen sightseeing and practice tours to zen monasteries in china.
Stephen Mooney
Stephen Mooney is a poet who lives in London. He is part of the Contemporary Poetics Research Centre at the University of London and a member of the performative poetry group “London Under Construction.”
Taigen Dan Leighton
Taigen Dan Leighton is the Guiding Dharma Teacher at Ancient Dragon Zen Gate, Chicago and the author of <em>Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression</em>.
Gary Gach
Gary Gach has hosted Zen Mindfulness Fellowship for a dozen years at Aquatic Park, San Francisco. Author of <em>The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Buddhism, </em>and editor of <em>What Book!? Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop, </em>his current title is <em>Pause … Breathe … Smile</em>. His <a href="http://LinkTr.ee/GaryGach">links</a> and <a href="http://GaryGach.com">author page</a> are online.
Bodhin Kjolhede
Bodhin Kjolhede is abbot of the Rochester Zen Center and dharma successor to the late Roshi Philip Kapleau.
Gelek Rimpoche
Gelek Rimpoche (1939-2017) was the founder of Jewel Heart, a Tibetan Buddhist Center located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the author the bestselling <i>Good Life, Good Death. </i>
Gelek Rinpoche
Gelek Rinpoche is a lama in the Gelukpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He is the spiritual director of Jewel Heart, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which has chapters in the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, and The Netherlands. He is the author of Good Life, Good Death: Tibetan Wisdom on Reincarnation.
Martin Baumann
Martin Baumann is co-editor of Westward Dharma: Buddhism beyond Asia (University of California Press) and professor of religions at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland.