Anne Carolyn Klein

Anne Carolyn Klein (Rigzin Drolma) is cofounder of Dawn Mountain Tibetan Temple, Community Center, and Research Institute in Houston, Texas. She is also a professor of religious studies at Houston’s Rice University and the author of Heart Essence of the Great Expanse: A Story of Transmission. Her forthcoming book, Strand of Jewels, is a distillation of Dzogchen teachings by Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche.

Recent Articles

A Meeting of Minds

Anne C. Klein on the importance of listening, relating, and actively engaging with our teachers as the foundation for a genuine, transformative connection with them.

Read “Seventh Mind Training,” from Being Human and a Buddha Too: Longchenpa’s Sevenfold Mind Training for a Sunlit Sky

An excerpt from Anne Carolyn Klein's new book, "Being Human and a Buddha Too" — reviewed in the Summer 2023 issue of Buddhadharma.

It’s All Good

Everything is either wisdom or a distortion of wisdom, says Anne Carolyn Klein. Once we see this, we can relax and follow the path.