Archives: Authors

Marguerite Manteau-Rao

Marguerite Manteau–Rao is the author of Caring For a Loved One With Dementia.

Clair Brown

Clair Brown, Ph.D., an economics professor at UC Berkeley, is the author of Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science (Bloombury Press, 2017).

Leslie J. Davis is a writer who practices meditation and mindfulness in the Plum Village Tradition of Thích Nhất Hạnh. As a member of the Plum Village Order of Interbeing, her dharma name is True Auspicious Dwelling. She has published essays in The Washington Post, LionsRoar.com, The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism, Mothering Magazine, The Mindfulness Bell, and Medium. She lives in Ojai, California, with her family. <a href="https://www.lesliejdavis.com/" rel="noopener">www.lesliejdavis.com</a>

Shodo Harada Roshi

Shodo Harada Roshi is the abbot of Sogenji Zen Monastery in Okayama, Japan, and the founder of Tahoma Zen Monastery on Whidbey Island in Washington State, which he visits yearly to lead retreats. He is a dharma heir of Yamada Mumon Roshi (1900–1988), a Zen master in the Rinzai tradition.

Charles Spearin

Charles Spearin is a musician and a founder of Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think. He lives in Toronto.

Richard Rosen

Richard Rosen is a contributing editor at Yoga Journal magazine and the author of The Yoga of Breath

Rev. David Matsumoto

Rev. David Matsumoto is a professor of contemporary Shin Buddhist studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley. He also serves as resident minister of the Berkeley Buddhist Temple.

Ayya Tathaaloka

Ayya Tathaaloka is a fully ordained bhikkhuni and the second Western woman to be designated as a Theravada bhikkhuni preceptor. She is the founder of Dhammadharini Vihara and cofounder of Aranya Bodhi Hermitage, both in California.

Doshin Nathan Woods

Doshin Nathan Woods is a novice Zen priest at Sweetwater Zen Center. He holds a PhD in cultural anthropology and teaches at the University of the West in Rosemead, California.

Lorena Hillman

Lorena Hillman is a family practice physician in the San Francisco Bay Area.