Archives: Authors

Vicki Mackenzie

Vicki Mackenzie is the author of The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi: British Feminist, Indian Nationalist, Buddhist Nun.

<a href="http://www.kateinglis.com/">Kate Inglis</a> is the award-winning author of <a href="http://www.kateinglis.com/notes-for-the-everlost/">Notes for the Everlost: A Field Guide to Grief</a> (Shambhala, September 2018) as well as several children's <a href="http://www.kateinglis.com/books">novels and picture books</a>. She lives on the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Tara U.

Tara U. is a member of the Berkeley Buddhist Temple and the Jodo Shinshu Buddhist community, where she helps with youth programming and community outreach activities. She just started her career in social work.

Richard Salomon

Richard Salomon is the director of the University of Washington Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project and general editor of the Gandharan Buddhist Texts series published by University of Washington Press. Since 1981 he has taught Sanskrit and Buddhist Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature at University of Washington, where he is now professor emeritus. His latest book is The Buddhist Literature of Ancient Gandhara.

Jue Liang

Jue Liang is a doctoral candidate in the department of religious studies at University of Virginia, where she is completing her dissertation, “Conceiving the Mother of Tibet: The Life, Lives, and After- life of the Buddhist Saint Yeshe Tsogyel.” In her research, she reflects on gender dis- courses of Tibetan Buddhist communities, past and present. She is also interested in the theory and practice of translating Tibetan poetry, especially songs of realization and devotion.

Vinny Ferraro

Vinny Ferraro is on the senior faculty of Mindful Schools and has been leading a weekly group in San Francisco for the last fourteen years.

Bri Barnett

Bri Barnett is a twenty-nine-year-old nonbinary trans woman and a mindfulness facilitator who trained through East Bay Meditation Center’s “Practice in Transformative Action” program. They are also the director of development and communications at Trans Lifeline, the largest direct service provider to trans people in North America.

Johnny Edward Dean Jr.

Johnny Edward Dean Jr. is a writer and podcast host of "This is Buddhism my Homie", and a practitioner of Nichiren Shu Buddhism who currently resides in Tucson, AZ.

Aaron Stryker

Aaron Stryker is a twenty-three-year-old recent graduate of Wesleyan University, where he studied philosophy. He is a resident at the Ann Arbor Zen Temple and a founder of Dharma Gates, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making intensive meditation practice accessible to young people.

Ravi Mishra

Ravi Mishra is a Zen student and founder of the Awaken Meditation app. He enjoys spinning fire poi, biking around New York, and being indecisive.