Archives: Authors
Lama Glenn Mullin
Lama Glenn Mullin trained for twelve years in the Himalayas in a program designed for Westerners by the Dalai Lama. He has published some three dozen books on Tibetan Buddhist spirituality, art, and culture, a dozen of which focus on the lives and teachings of the early Dalai Lamas. He has traveled and taught Vajrayana meditation for six months a year for the past thirty years.
David Gonsalez
David Gonsalez was the translator of numerous sadhanas and texts and served for many years as the personal translator and attendant for Gen Lobsang Chophel. He was the president of Dechen Ling, a nonprofit organization that works with the Tibetan community in exile to establish their monasteries and traditions.
Lama Karma Wall
Lama Karma Wall is a teacher in the Karma Kagyu and Shangpa Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism and the director of the <a href="https://www.mocd.org/">Milarepa Retreat Center</a> in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. He is also the lead designer and facilitator for <a href="https://anuma.com/">aNUma</a> , a company bringing sacred group experiences in virtual reality to persons with terminal illness.
Thomas J. Mazanec
Thomas J. Mazanec is an Associate Professor of Premodern Chinese and Comparative Literature at UC Santa Barbara.
Edward Henning
Edward Henning (1949–2016) was a leading Western authority on Kālachakra, having studied for decades with Tibetan masters of the Jonang tradition in particular. A mathematician by profession with an interest in computer programming and journalism, Henning applied his expertise to Tibetan calendrical systems with Kālacakra and the Tibetan Calendar (AIBS, 2007). Some of his essays on Kālachakra and related topics remain available at his website, www.kalacakra.org.
Jeffrey W. Cupchik
Jeffrey W. Cupchik is an ethnomusicologist specializing in Buddhist studies, ritual music, and anthropology of religion. He has spent over twenty years studying Tibetan language, music, culture, and religion in Tibetan communities in India, Nepal, Tibet, Canada, and the United States.
Francis Sanzaro
Francis Sanzaro PhD is a climber, academic, speaker, and the author of books on philosophy, climbing, athletic theory and comparative religion. His essays, poetry and fiction have appeared in <em>The New York Times, Outside, Huffington Post, Climbing, Adventure Journal, The Baltimore Post Examiner, Continental Philosophy Review, </em>and<em> Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Rock and Ice, </em>among a dozen others. His books include the bestseller <em>Zen of Climbing</em>, <em>The Boulder: A Philosophy for Bouldering</em>; and <em>Society Elsewhere: Why the Gravest Threat to Humanity Will Come From Within</em>. He appeared at TEDx Ascend in Colorado speaking on approaches to risk and our relationship with the natural world. He is currently writing <em>Zen of the Wild: A Philosophy for Nature</em>.
Dolma Gunther
Dolma Gunther is the founder and executive director of Khyentse Vision Project, and is responsible for developing and delivering the project’s strategic vision. Dolma is a lawyer, editor, translator, and film director. She studied Tibetan language in Darjeeling and University of Washington, and has over twenty-years experience translating and editing Tibetan Buddhist texts. Dolma completed three-year retreat in Chanteloube, France, and currently lives in Australia.
Venerable Hui Cheng
Venerable Hui Cheng is a Buddhist monk of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order who's currently serving at Hsi Lai Temple in Hacienda Heights, California.
Darren Kleinberg
Darren Kleinberg serves as a chaplain resident at Stanford Health Care. He's the author of <em>Hybrid Judaism</em>.
James Lynch
James Lynch is a reverend as authorized by Rissho Kosei Kai, a Japanese lay Buddhist organization. He's the minister in charge of the New York Dharma Center.
Scott Edelstein
Scott Edelstein is the author of the books <em>Sex and the Spiritual Teacher </em>and <em>The User’s Guide to Spiritual Teachers</em>, both from Wisdom Publications, as well as many other books on a variety of subjects.
Brother Phap Luu
Ordained in 2003, Brother Phap Luu received Transmission of the Lamp from Thich Nhat Hanh to teach in 2011. He helped start Wake Up, the Plum Village movement for young people, as well as the Happy Farm, Plum Village’s organic farming community, and has been working with Wake Up Schools since its inception in 2012 to bring mindfulness to schools. He has served as a monastic editor for a number of Thich Nhat Hanh’s books, including "Happy Teachers Change the World," "Stepping Into Freedom," "The Admonitions and Encouraging Words of Master Guishan," and "How to Focus." Brother Phap Luu leads mindful backpacking retreats in nature around Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, California, USA; Joshua Tree National Park; the Sierra Nevada; and on the Appalachian Trail.
Samuel M. Grimes
Samuel M. Grimes is the Shinjo Ito Postdoctoral Fellow in Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He specializes in the Buddhism of Nepal, both through engagement with the contemporary Newar Buddhist community in Kathmandu as well as through the engagement of texts written in Sanskrit or Newar. His Newar teacher is Yagyamanpati Bajracharya, a member of the Jamal, Shikamu, and Lakyu viharas.
Cheryl Fraser
Cheryl Fraser PhD is a psychologist, sex therapist, and dharma teacher. She is the author of <em>Buddha’s Bedroom–The Mindful Loving Path to Sexual Passion and Lifelong Intimacy</em> and the host of the <a href="https://drcherylfraser.com/dr-cheryl-podcast/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sex Love & Elephants</a> podcast. She created the Become Passion online couples immersion program. She is the resident teacher for Island Dharma on Vancouver Island and is trained in the Kargyu Vajrayana and Theravada traditions. <a href="https://drcherylfraser.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.drcherylfraser.com </a></p>
Ronit Jinich
Ronit Jinich has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Studies from York University. She practices as a trained psychoanalyst and is the founder of Dharma Praxis, a community hub that provides opportunities for counseling and meditation in Toronto.
Brother Phap Linh
Brother Phap Linh is a monastic in the Plum Village tradition. Before ordaining, he studied mathematics at Cambridge University and worked professionally as a composer.