Archives: Authors
Robert Hirshfield
Robert Hirschfield is a social worker in New York and a freelance writer whose work has appeared in a number of spiritually-oriented magazines.
Daigaku Rummé
Daigaku Rummé was ordained a Soto monk in 1978 by Harada Sekkei Roshi. He currently works at the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center in San Francisco.
Steven Heine
Steven Heine is director of the Asian Studies Program at Florida International University. He has published numerous books on the life and thought of Dogen, including the forthcoming <a href="https://www.shambhala.com/dogen.html"><em>Dogen: Japan’s Original Zen Teacher</em></a> (Shambhala).
Ajahn Munindo
Ajahn Munindo is the abbot of Aruna Ratanigiri Buddhist monastery in Harnham, England. He was ordained by Ajahn Chah in 1975.
Hoko Jan Karnegis
Hoko Jan Karnegis was ordained by Shohaku Okumura in 2005. She is the director of his sangha, the Sanshin Zen community.
Diane Eshin Rizzetto
Diane Eshin Rizzetto is the abbess of the bay Zen center in Oakland, California. and is the author of <i>Waking Up to What You Do: a Zen Practice for Meeting Every Situation with Intelligence and Compassion </i>(Shambhala Publications).
Denma Translation Group
The Denma Translation Group is led by James Gimian and Kidder Smith, director of the Asian Studies Program at Bowdoin College. The members all received training in a contemplative discipline created by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche called the Dorje Kasung, which draws on the practices of Tibetan Buddhism, the Shambhala vision of enlightened society, and some Western military forms.