Archives: Authors
Christina Feldman
Christina Feldman is the author of Compassion: Listening to the Cries of the World. She is cofounder and a guiding teacher at Gaia House, a Buddhist meditation center in Devon, England, and a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts.
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche was born in Bhutan in 1961 and was recognized as the second reincarnation of the nineteenth-century master Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo. He has studied with and been empowered by some of the greatest Tibetan masters of this century, notably the late Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and the late Dudjom Rinpoche. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche supervises his traditional seat of Dzongsar Monastery in Eastern Tibet, as well as newly established colleges in India and Bhutan. He has also established meditation centers in Australia, North America and the Far East.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (1940-1987) is recognized for playing a pivotal role in the transmission of genuine Buddhadharma to the West. One of the first Tibetan Buddhist teachers to come to America, he established Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado and an organization of some 200 meditation centers worldwide known as Shambhala International. In addition to his best selling books on the Buddhist teachings, including <em>Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism</em> and <em>The Myth of Freedom</em>, he is the author of two books on the Shambhala warrior tradition: <em>Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior</em>, and <em>Great Eastern Sun: The Wisdom of Shambhala</em>.
Norman Fischer
Zoketsu Norman Fischer is a poet, essayist, and Soto Zen Buddhist priest who has published more than thirty volumes of poetry and prose, including most recently <em>When You Greet Me I Bow</em>. He is the founder of Everyday Zen, a community based in the San Francisco Bay area, as well as former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center. He and his wife, Kathie Fischer, also a Soto Zen priest, have two children and three grandchildren and live in Muir Beach, California.
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Sakyong Mipham is the leader of Shambhala, a global community of meditation practitioners committed to realizing the inherent goodness in humanity. He is author of several books, including <i>The Shambhala Principle.</i> His website is <a href="http://www.sakyong.com/">sakyong.com</a>.
Lion’s Roar Staff
Lion's Roar is the website of <a href="https://lionsroar-dev.client-review.ca/magazine/">Lion's Roar</a> magazine (formerly the Shambhala Sun) and <a href="https://lionsroar-dev.client-review.ca/buddhadharma/">Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly</a>, with exclusive Buddhist news, teachings, art, and commentary. Sign up for the <a href="https://lionsroar.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=59fbde8a5794d670ab3a8a1a0&id=1988ee44b2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lion's Roar weekly newsletter</a> and follow Lion's Roar on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lionsroarbuddhism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/lionsroar" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://instagram.com/lionsroarbuddhism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>, and <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/lions_roar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pinterest</a>.
Sam Littlefair
Sam Littlefair is the former editor of LionsRoar.com. He has also written for <a href="https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/ArticleArchives?author=3147450" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Coast</em></a>, <a href="https://www.mindful.org/what-tiny-houses-can-teach-us-about-living-large-with-less/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Mindful</em></a>, and <a href="https://atlanticbooks.ca/stories/justice-denied/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Atlantic Books Today</em></a>. Find him on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/samlfair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@samlfair</a>, and Facebook, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/samlfair" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@samlfair</a>.
Koun Franz
Koun Franz is a Soto Zen priest. He leads practice at Thousand Harbours Zen in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Ricardo Salcedo
Ricardo Salcedo is a husband and father of two, a carpenter, and a fan of sports that put him in nature's path. He's the Audience Development Manager for LionsRoar.com.