Archives: Authors
Dungse Jampal Norbu
Dungse Jampal Norbu is a teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and dharma heir to Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche.
Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler
Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler is a Soto Zen Buddhist priest and teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, with Dharma Transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman. He lives and teaches at <a href="http://www.sfzc.org/">Green Gulch Farm Zen Center </a>and is mentor and preceptor to the <a href="http://montanadesilencio.org/">Montaña de Silencio</a> Sangha in Medellín, Colombia. For many years he served as the head teacher of the <a href="http://www.sqzen.org/">Buddhadharma Sangha of San Quentin State Prison</a>. He currently serves as Abiding Abbot of Green Gulch Farm and co-Abbot of San Francisco Zen Center. Jiryu holds a Master’s Degree in Asian Studies from UC Berkeley (2014), where he worked under the mentorship of the <a href="http://buddhiststudies.berkeley.edu/">Group in Buddhist Studies</a> on Buddhist texts in classical Chinese and modern Japanese. He is the author of the book <em><a href="https://nozeninthewest.com/two-shores-of-zen-the-book/">Two Shores of Zen</a></em> about his experiences in 2002-2004 as an American-trained monk practicing in Japanese Zen monasteries.
Olivier Adam
Olivier Adam is a freelance photographer and a teacher of photography in Paris. He has been documenting the rich and luminous world of Buddhist nuns since 2008. His photographs focus on the spiritual path and the strength of Tibetan nuns. His pictures are regularly published in English and French magazines, and he also regularly works for the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and His Holiness Karmapa, taking pictures during the Dalai Lama’s European travels. Olivier and Dominique help many charity projects that support Himalayan nuns. You can see some of Olivier's work here: <a href="http://www.olivieradam.net/">www.olivieradam.net</a> and support Himalayan nuns in buying Fine Art prints here: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DaughtersofBuddha">www.daughtersofbuddha.etsy.com</a>
Alexander Gardner
Alexander Gardner is executive director of The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation and director and chief editor of Treasury of Lives, an online bibliographic encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia, and the Himalaya.
Lina Blanchet
Lina Blanchet is a secondary school teacher and a student of Buddhism. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in Mindfulness for Educators at Antioch University, New England and is a member of the Buddhist Sangha of Bucks County in Pennsylvania.
Bhante Suddhaso
Bhante Suddhaso is a Buddhist monk in the Thai Forest Tradition. He lives in New York City.
Bonnie Nadzam
Bonnie Nadzam’s most recent novel is <em>Lions</em>. She’s a student in the White Plum Asanga and the mother of twin boys.
Heather Lyn Mann
Spiritual Ecologist Heather Lyn Mann is the author of <em>Ocean of Insight: A Sailor's Voyage from Despair to Hope</em>.