Archives: Authors
Sarah Harding
Sarah Harding is a Tibetan translator and lama in the Kagyü school of Vajrayana Buddhism. She translated Jamgon Kongtrul's Creation and Completion (Wisdom Publications).
Shohaku Okumura
Shohaku Okumura was ordained as a Soto Zen priest in 1970 by the late Kosho Uchiyama Roshi. He now resides in Bloomington, Indiana, where he founded the Sanshin Zen Community.
Larry Smith
Larry Smith is Professor of English and Humanities at Firelands College of Bowling Green State University.
Darlene Cohen
Darlene Cohen was a Zen teacher and the author of several books including Turning Suffering Inside Out. She passed away in 2011.
Sienna Craig
Sienna Craig is a freelance writer in Berkeley who is writing a book about Mustang, Nepal.
Steve Glazer
Steve Glazer has been an elementary educator, arts administrator, and school director. He is the author of The Heart of Learning: Spirituality in Education (Tarcher/Putnam, 1999).
Robert Inchausti
Robert Inchausti is the author of Spitwad Sutras: Classroom Teaching as Sublime Vocation (Bergin & Garvey 1993), The Ignorant Perfection of Ordinary People (SUNY, 1991) and Thomas Merton’s American Prophecy (SUNY, 1998). He is a Professor of English at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, California.
Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and has taught political science for twenty years.
Todd Stein
Todd Stein is a freelance writer and former Sacramento Bee reporter who lives at the San Francisco Zen Center.
Roberto Mander
Roberto Mander is president of La Rete di Indra (Indra’s Net), a network of socially engaged Buddhist organizations in Italy associated with the Peacemaker Community.
Wade Davis
Wade Davis, an anthropologist and ethnobotanist, is author of The Serpent and the Rainbow and One River.
Sensei Sandra Jishu Holmes
Sensei Sandra Jishu Holmes, was a Zen priest, teacher, and dedicated social activist. Ordained by Roshi Bernie Glassman in 1983, she received Dharma Transmission in 1995. With a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Columbia University, she applied her compassionate leadership to social service. She co-founded the Greyston Mandala in Yonkers, NY, establishing programs like the Greyston Family Inn to provide housing and support for homeless families. As a founding member of the Zen Peacemakers, she worked to integrate Zen practice with social action, fostering engaged Buddhism and compassionate service. Holmes's legacy continues to inspire both the Buddhist and social service communities.