Archives: Authors
Steven D. Goodman
Steven D. Goodman studied under the noted Buddhist scholar Herbert Guenther, receiving a PhD in Far Eastern Studies in 1984. He went on to be awarded a Rockefeller Fellowship at Rice University to study Tibetan mystical poetry. Today, he is the program director of Asian philosophies and cultures at California Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco. His new book is <em>The Buddhist Psychology of Awakening</em>. He passed away on August 3, 2020.
Daitsu Tom Wright
Wright was ordained by Uchiyama Roshi in 1974 and is a professor of English at Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan.
John Baker
John Baker is a student of the late Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and was a co-founder and the first CEO of Naropa University. He co-edited Trungpa Rinpoche’s books Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism and The Myth of Freedom. Retired after twenty-three years in business, he teaches Buddhism and leads psychotherapy groups in New York City.
Karin Muller
Karin Muller is a filmmaker, photographer, and adventurer. She writes for National Geographic and Traveler magazines.
Eva Wong
Eva Wong is a lineage holder of the Hsüan-k'ung (Mysterious Subtleties) school of traditional Chinese feng shui, as well as a practitioner of the San-yüan (Three Periods) and San-ho (Three Combinations) schools. She is a translator and the author of a number of books on feng shui and Taoism, including Nourishing the Essence of Life: The Outer, Inner, and Secret Teachings of Taoism and A Master Course in Feng shui.
James Gimian
James Gimian has been studying and teaching the Sun Tzu text for over twenty-five years. He served as general editor for The Art of War: Denma Translation, published in 2001.
Gil Fronsdal
Gil Fronsdal is the founder and primary teacher of the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California, and is part of the Vipassana teachers’ collective at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
Ian Prattis
Ian Prattis is a dharmacharya in the Engaged Buddhist tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, and gives talks and leads retreats in Europe, India, and North and South America. He is the author of The Essential Spiral: Ecology and Consciousness After 9/11 and The Buddha at the Gate.