Archives: Authors
Stephen Batchelor
Stephen Batchelor began his Buddhist studies in 1972 in India, received full ordination as a bhikkhu in 1979, and disrobed in 1985, following three years of training in Korean Seon. The author of <em>Buddhism Without Beliefs</em>, he has become the face of the movement to find a secular, modern approach to the dharma; Bodhi College, which he cofounded in 2015, continues that project. He is married to dharma teacher and author Martine Batchelor, whom he met in Korea, where she trained as a Seon nun for ten years.
Pilar Jennings
Pilar Jennings is a psychoanalyst and a teacher of Tibetan Buddhism in the Sakya lineage. She is a visiting lecturer at Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University, as well as a faculty member of the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science. She teaches widely on integrating Buddhist modalities with a psychoanalytic approach, examining the impact of racism on children, of narcissism on environmental issues, and more. Her book <em>To Heal a Wounded Heart</em> is a psychoanalytic memoir about her entry into work as a Buddhist clinician.
Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo is a Buddhist nun and professor of Buddhist studies at the University of San Diego. She is a founder of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women and director of Jamyang Foundation, which supports educational programs for Buddhist women and girls.
Christiane Wolf
Christiane Wolf is a physician turned mindfulness and dharma teacher and a senior teacher at InsightLA. She’s the co-author of <em>A Clinician’s Guide to Teaching Mindfulness.</em>
Greater Good
“Greater Good” is a collaboration between Lion’s Roar and the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley. You will find more than fifty science-based practices for a meaningful life at <a href="https://ggia.berkeley.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer">ggia.berkeley.edu</a>
Jane McLaughlin-Dobisz
Jane McLaughlin-Dobisz is the guiding teacher of the Cambridge Zen Center and the author of <em>One Hundred Days of Solitude: Losing Myself and Finding Grace on a Zen Retreat</em>.
Kaira Jewel Lingo
Kaira Jewel Lingo teaches Buddhist meditation, secular mindfulness, and compassion internationally. She spent fifteen years as a nun in Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastic community and is now a lay dharma teacher in both the Zen and Vipassana traditions, with a focus on racial, climate, and social justice. Her book, <em>We Were Made for These Times: Skillfully Moving through Change, Loss, and Disruption</em> (Parallax), is scheduled for release in October. Stay in touch with her at <a href="http://www.kairajewel.com">kairajewel.com</a>
Andy Hoover
Andy Hoover is the director of communications at the ACLU of Pennsylvania and an ordained Buddhist priest at the Blue Mountain Lotus Society in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The views expressed in this piece are his own.
Beverly Sanford
Beverly Sanford is a teacher with the Princeton Buddhist Meditation Group. She has been ordained to teach in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism by Anam Thubten Rinpoche.