Archives: Authors
Taitetsu Unno
Taitetsu Unno (1929-2014) was a scholar and teacher in the Shin Buddhist tradition, as well as the Jill Ker Conway Professor Emeritus of Religion at Smith College. One of the leading authorities in the United States on Shin Buddhism, his work as a translator has made many important Buddhist texts available to the English-speaking world.
Alan Watts
Alan Watts was a British-American philosopher who interpreted and popularised Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. He authored more than 25 books in his lifetime, including <em>The Way of Zen</em> and <em>Become What You Are</em>.
Laura Johnson
Laura Johnson, PhD, is a cultural geography lecturer at Humboldt State University, a yoga teacher, and a freelance writer. She and her husband live in Eureka, CA, where they are building a permaculture homestead, operating a cottage food business, and working toward personal and collective healing.
Eihei Dogen
Eihei Dogen (1200–1253) was the founder of the Soto Zen school in Japan. His masterwork, the 95-chapter <em>Treasury of the True Dharma Eye</em> (Shobogenzo), is considered one of the seminal works in Buddhist literature.
Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil is an award-winning reporter based in Southern California and a graduate of Harvard Divinity School.
Doyeon Park
Rev. Doyeon Park is a Kyomunim, literally meaning one who devotes oneself to teach Buddha dharma in the Won Buddhist tradition. She has served as a minister of the Manhattan Won Buddhist temple and a representative of Won Buddhism at the United Nations since 2008. She is the Buddhist Religious Life Adviser at Columbia University and the Buddhist chaplain at New York University.
Ayya Suddhama
Ven. Ayya Suddhama is the first American woman ordained in Sri Lanka and abbess of Charlotte Buddhist Vihara in North Carolina.
Jessica Pimentel
Jessica Pimentel is an actor and musician best known for her role as Maria Ruiz in <em>Orange Is the New Black</em>.
Maia Duerr
Maia Duerr is an anthropologist, writer, editor, lay Zen chaplain, and former director of the Upaya Zen Center Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program.