Archives: Authors
Thupten Jinpa
Thupten Jinpa is a former Tibetan monk who holds a B.A. in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies, both from Cambridge University. Since 1985, he has been the principal English translator to H.H. the Dalai Lama and has translated and edited numerous books by the Dalai Lama, including the New York Times Bestsellers<em> Ethics for the New Millennium</em> and <em>The Art of Happiness</em>. Jinpa’s own publications include works in Tibetan, English translations as well as books, including<em> A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives</em> and <em>Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows</em>. Jinpa is the general editor of The Library of Tibetan Classics series, the main author of CCT (Compassion Cultivation Training), an eight-week formal program developed at Stanford University, and the founder and president of the Compassion Institute. He is the Chair of Mind and Life Institute, founder of the Institute of Tibetan Classics, and an adjunct professor at the School of Religious Studies at McGill University. Jinpa lives in Montreal and is married with two daughters.
David Chadwick
David Chadwick is the author of Crooked Cucumber, a biography of Shunryu Suzuki, and Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki. His website, cuke.com, is an archive of the world of Suzuki Roshi and those who knew him.
Colleen Morton Busch
Colleen Morton Busch holds an MFA in poetry, but she also writes nonfiction and fiction. Her work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including literary magazines, HuffPost, the Washington Post, Yoga Journal, Wild Hope and Orion. She’s the author of Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire, an acclaimed narrative account of the 2008 fire that threatened to destroy Tassajara monastery. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Karen Connelly
Karen Connelly is an award-winning Canadian author. For the full story of her brother’s accident, visit gofundme.com/BringDaveyHome.
Stephen Holoviak
Stephen Holoviak is a professor of management at Penn State University, Mont Alto, and the father of four children, one of whom has autism. He lives in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
Rachel Neumann
Rachel Neumann is a literary agent and the director of strategy at Idea Architects. She’s the author of <em>Not Quite Nirvana: A Skeptic’s Journey to Mindfulness</em>.
Kyo Maclear
Kyo Maclear is a visual arts writer and author of two novels, <em>Stray Love</em> and <em>The Letter Opener</em>. She lives in Toronto.
Tara Bennett-Goleman
Tara Bennett-Goleman is a psychotherapist and the author of the New York Times bestseller Emotional Alchemy who teaches workshops internationally with her husband, Daniel Goleman. She draws on her studies with Buddhist masters, including Sayadaw U Pandita, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, and Adeu Rinpoche, in her new book, Mind Whispering: A New Map to Freedom from Self-Defeating Emotional Habits, excerpted in this issue. The book weaves together Eastern and Western approaches to the mind, the science of habit change, methods from cognitive therapy, and the wisdom teachings that horses whisper to us.
Daniel Goleman
Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., is the author of <i>Emotional Intelligence</i> and <i>Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships</i>. Working as a science journalist, Goleman reports on the brain and behavioral sciences for <i>The New York Times</i>.
Susan Murphy
Susan Murphy Roshi is the founding teacher of Zen Open Circle in Sydney, Australia. She is the author of Upside Down Zen and Minding the Earth, Mending the World.
Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi
Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat is the Abbot of the Zen Studies Society.
Sekkei Harada Roshi
Sekkei Harada Roshi is abbot of Hosshinji, a Soto Zen monastery in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
John Daido Loori
John Daido Loori, Roshi (1939-2009) was the founder and director of the Mountains and Rivers Order and abbot of Zen Mountain Monastery in Mt. Tremper, New York.
Arthur Braverman
Arthur Braverman studied at Antaiji temple in Japan under Uchiyama Roshi from 1970 to 1975. He is an author and translator, whose works include Mud and Water: The Collected Teachings of Zen Master Bassui, and a recently completed novel, Dharma Brothers Kodo and Tokujoo. He lives in Ojai, California.
Bernie Glassman
Roshi Bernie Glassman is an American Zenteacher and co-founder of the Zen Peacemakers, which was established in 1996 with his late wife Sandra Jishu Holmes.
Elaine Mansfield
Elaine Mansfield has focused on bereavement and hospice work since the death of her husband Vic Mansfield, author of <em>Tibetan Buddhism and Modern Science: Toward a Union of Love and Knowledge</em>. Her book <em>Leaning into Love</em> won the 2015 Gold Medal IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Awards) in the category Aging/Death & Dying. Elaine’s TEDx talk is called <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBzEwf1k59Y">Good Grief! What I Learned from Loss</a>. For more information, see <a href="http://elainemansfield.com/">her website</a> or contact her on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/authorelainemansfield?ref=hl">Facebook</a> and on <a href="https://twitter.com/ElaineMansfiel7">Twitter</a>.
Holly Gayley
Holly Gayley is Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her first book, <a href="http://cup.columbia.edu/book/love-letters-from-golok/9780231180528"><em>Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet</em></a>, comes out November, 2016, from Columbia University Press.