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Benjamin Mui Pumphrey

Benjamin Mui Pumphrey is a psychiatrist and Zen teacher in Augusta County, Virginia.

Annabelle Zinser received dharma teacher transmission from both Ruth Denison and Thich Nhat Hanh. Thich Nhat Hanh bequeathed to Zinser his urban practice center in Berlin. She has a PhD in history and politics.

Linda Galijan

Formerly a clinical psychologist, Linda Galijan is currently president of San Francisco Zen Center..

Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao

Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao is head teacher at the Zen Center of Los Angeles.

Phil Stanley

Phil Stanley is the chair of the Department of Wisdom Traditions at Naropa University and Dean of Academic Affairs of Nitartha Institute. A scholar of Tibetan, he is the cofounder of the Union Catalog of Buddhist Texts, which is currently working to place multiple editions of the Theravada Pali canon online. He is also an instructor, alongside fellow Naropa professors Amelia Hall and Judith Simmer-Brown, of The Three Turnings of the Wheel, an in-depth online course presented by Lion’s Roar.

Sayadaw U Tejaniya

Sayadaw U Tejaniya began his Buddhist training as a teenager with the famous Burmese monk Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw, eventually ordaining at age thirty-six. Today, he teaches at Shwe Oo Min Dhamma Sukha Forest Meditation Center in Yangon, Myanmar. He is known for his distinctive approach to meditation, which deemphasizes form and places heavy emphasis on paying close attention to greed, aversion, and delusion. His most recent book, Relax & Be Aware, was published by Shambhala in December.

Avikrita Vajra Sakya

Avikrita Vajra Sakya is a lama in the Sakya school and author of Wake Up to What Matters: A Guide to Tibetan Buddhism for the Next Generation.

Bhante Sujato

Bhante Sujato is an Australian Theravada Buddhist monk and cofounder of the website SuttaCentral, which provides free translations of early Buddhist teachings alongside the texts in their original languages. He lives in Sydney at Lokanta Vihara, the Monastery at the End of the World, which he established in 2019 with his student

Kwan Haeng Sunim

Kwan Haeng Sunim is a monk in the Kwan Um School and head dharma teacher of Providence Zen Center in Cumberland, Rhode Island.

Jyoshin Clay

Jyoshin Clay is a Soto Zen priest serving Dharma Rain Zen Center and Wy’East Zen Center, both in Oregon.