Archives: Authors
Dzung X. Vo
Dr. Dzung X. Vo is a pediatrician at British Columbia Children’s Hospital and the author of <em>The Mindful Teen: Powerful Skills to Help You Handle Stress One Moment at a Time</em>.
Dan Zigmond
Dan Zigmond is a writer, technologist, and Zen teacher. His most recent book <i><a href="http://amzn.to/2VYawga" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Buddha's Office: The Ancient Art of Waking Up While Working Well</a></i> was published in 2019. You can find more of his teachings at <a href="https://www.shmonk.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">www.shmonk.com</a>.
Livia Kohn
Livia Kohnis professor emeritus in the Department of Religion at Boston University and a specialist in Daoism. Her latest book, <em>Full Potential: Daoist Wisdom Meets Western Psychology </em> (Three Pines Press), was published last year.
Choying Khandro
Chöying Khandro received the transmissions of both the Ganden and Machik Dakini Ear-Whispered Chöd lineages from her root teacher, the Ninth Khalkha Jetsün Dampa. Based in Springfield, Oregon, she is the founder and spiritual leader of Dakini’s Whisper, an international, online community whose mission is to integrate ancient wisdom into the individual and shared journey of dedicated, contemporary practitioners around the world. She has an MA in oriental philosophy from Waseda University in Japan and an MA in Buddhist studies from the University of Michigan and is also trained in body-oriented disciplines
Valerie Brown
Valerie Brown is a dharma teacher in the Plum Village tradition founded by Thich Nhat Hanh. She’s completing her forthcoming book: <em>Braver Things: Fearless Living for Broken-Open, Pulled Apart, and Turned Upside Down Times</em>.
Satya Robyn
Satya Robyn is a Pure Land priest at Amida Mandala Buddhist temple in the UK and a psychotherapist in private practice.
Jody Hojin Kimmel
Jody Hojin Kimmel, Sensei, is the Abbot of the Zen Center of NYC-Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn and the training director for the Mountains and Rivers Order at Zen Mountain Monastery, where she has been in full-time residential training for over thirty years. She ordained as a priest with John Daido Loori and received dharma transmission in 2017 from Geoffrey Shugen Arnold. She is also an artist and teaches Art Practices as a means to study the self and open oneself up to the creative process.
Vaishali Mamgain
Dr. Vaishali Mamgain received her PhD in Economics at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She is currently an Associate Professor of Economics and the Director of the Bertha Crosley Ball Center for Compassion at the University of Southern Maine. A pioneer in the field of contemplative education she facilitates Compassion Training workshops in the US and abroad. When COVID-19 forced an online transition, she was teaching Economics and Happiness – a contemplative class she had developed during a fellowship with the American Council of Learned Societies. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors of The Center for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education and the Courage of Care Coalition. She practices in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition under the tutelage of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and from 2014-2017 she did a 3-year meditation retreat at Samten Ling Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado.