Archives: Authors
Carlo Carranza
Carlo Carranza has studied and practiced Buddhism for over 24 years, beginning in 2001 with teachings from his main teacher, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, at the University of British Columbia. A monk for 10 years with vows from the 14th Dalai Lama, he is a Siddhartha’s Intent instructor. He has taught internationally, embraced a non-sectarian approach, translated works, and is involved with the Khyentse Foundation’s Milinda Program for Western Instructors.
Anjali Sawhney
Life coach Anjali Sawhney is on East Bay Meditation Center’s program committee and leadership sangha (board).
David Whitehorn
David Whitehorn has been a student of Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche for many years. His professional credentials include a PhD in Neurophysiology and a Masters degree in Nursing. He is a founding Director of the Atlantic Contemplative Centre, a charitable not-for-profit organization in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Ken McLeod
Ken McLeod is a senior Western translator, author, and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism. He received traditional training mainly in the Shangpa Kagyu lineage through a long association with his principal teacher, Kalu Rinpoche, whom he met in 1970.
Cortland Dahl
Cortland Dahl, PhD, serves as a Contemplative Scientist at UW–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds. He’s also executive director of Tergar International, a global meditation community rooted in the teachings of and guided by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche.
NELSON FOSTER
NELSON FOSTER began Zen practice under Diamond Sangha founder Robert Aitken in 1972, later becoming his Dharma heir and succeeding him at its Honolulu temple. Today he teaches in this lay lineage mainly at Ring of Bone Zendo in the Sierra Nevada foothills, while also serving East Rock Sangha in New England and making periodic visits to sanghas in Hawai’i. His Buddhist publications include Storehouse of Treasures and The Roaring Stream.
sujatha baliga
As director of the Restorative Justice Project, sujatha baliga helped communities across the nation implement restorative justice alternatives to juvenile detention and zero-tolerance school discipline policies. She was a 2019 MacArthur Fellow.
Renato Almanzor
Renato Almanzor, PhD, endeavors to be a transformation catalyst. He has over twenty-five years of experience developing leaders committed to equitable communities, multicultural organizations, and social justice.
Br. Phap Huu
Brother Phap Huu began training with Thich Nhat Hanh at the age of thirteen, when he first entered the monastery to become a monk. Today he’s cohost of the Plum Village podcast <em>The Way Out Is In</em> and the abbot of Plum Village’s Upper Hamlet. </p>
D.E. Osto
D. E. Osto is senior lecturer in philosophy at Massey University. They are the author of Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America (Columbia, 2016) and An Indian Tantric Tradition and Its Modern Global Revival: Contemporary Nondual Śaivism (2020), among other books.
Andrew Lam
Andrew Lam’s next collection of short stories, Stories from the Edge of the Sea, is due out in March 2025.
June Ryushin Tanoue
Zen teacher June Ryushin Tanoue is cofounder of Zen Life & Meditation Center and the founder of Halau i Ka Pono, the Hula School of Chicago.
Sandi Rankaduwa
Sandi Rankaduwa is assistant editor of Lion’s Roar. She’s also a culture critic, filmmaker, and sometimes performer.
Edwin Kelley
Edwin Kelley first encountered Vajrayana Buddhism in Dharamsala, India, in 1993 and became a student of Mingyur Rinpoche in 1998. In 2009, Kelley helped establish the global Tergar Meditation Community, where he then served variably as Executive Director, Co-Executive Director, and CFO. He retired from his administrative role in 2022 and continues to lead programs and support students of Mingyur Rinpoche in his role as an instructor. Edwin Kelley is a guide in Tergar International's <a href="https://vajrayana.tergar.org/buddhist-psychology" target="_blank" rel="noopener">year-long Abhidharma transmission</a> led by Mingyur Rinpoche. For more information on the program and how to join, visit <a href="https://tergar.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tergar.org</a>
Ellen Hamada Crane sensei
Ellen Hamada Crane sensei was a criminal defense attorney, former schoolteacher, and avid outdoor enthusiast. Recently, she earned a master’s degree in Buddhist Studies. She currently serves as a volunteer minister at the Orange County Buddhist Church in Anaheim, CA, and is part of EverydayBuddhist.org the online Buddhist education platform.
Rev. José M. Tirado
Rev. José M. Tirado, Ed.D. is a Puertorican poet, Shin Buddhist priest, and political writer living in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland, a town known for its elves, “hidden people,” and lava fields. He has practiced Buddhism for almost fifty years across Zen, Vajrayana, and Jodo Shinshu. He teaches at the University of Iceland’s School of Education, where he also leads the Buddhist Meditation Study Group. His work has appeared in Lion’s Roar, Buddhistdoor Global, CounterPunch, The Galway Review, Dissident Voice, and others.
Elaine Yuen
Elaine Yuen is a teacher in the Shambhala community. She used to be a professor at Naropa University where she taught courses on pastoral caregiving, contemplative education, and Buddhist studies.
Kristina Wong
Performance artist Kristina Wong is a Doris Duke Artist Award winner, which comes with an unrestricted prize of over half a million dollars. She’s also Guggenheim Fellow and her play, <em>Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord</em>, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. She starred in her own pilot presentation with Lionsgate for truTV, and her commentaries have appeared on American Public Media’s<a href="http://www.marketplace.org/people/kristina-wong"> Marketplace</a>, PBS, VICE, Jezebel, Playgirl magazine, Huffington Post, and CNN.
Emma Markham
Emma Markham is a Buddhist and interfaith chaplain, meditation instructor, and Tibetan Buddhist practitioner in the Geluk lineage. She currently lives in Western Massachusetts and works as a hospice spiritual care coordinator.