Rev. José M. Tirado

Rev. José M. Tirado is a Shin Buddhist priest, poet, psychologist, and political writer. He was a union president at Warner Bros. Pictures, co-founder of the Latino Writers Group for screenwriters, and hospital chaplain. He is now a doctoral candidate at the University of Iceland, where he teaches in the International Studies in Education program and is also a teacher of meditation and counselor. He contributed a chapter to Praeger’s “Peace Movements Worldwide,” an article on Buddhist emptiness and psychology in the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, and has written for CounterPunch, The Galway Review, Sacred Hoop, Dissident Voice, Levekunst: Art of Life, and others. He has practiced Buddhism extensively for almost 50 years: in Zen, Pure Land, and Vajrayana, integrating them with patience and creativity.