Visiting Teachers
Mushim Patricia Ikeda
Mushim Patricia Ikeda is a writer, Buddhist and mindfulness teacher, and justice activist based in Oakland, California. She is one of several core teachers at the East Bay Meditation Center, an urban Buddhist-and-justice-based community center founded to serve historically excluded communities. She has taught meditation retreats nationally for Black, Indigenous and People of Color and multiracial (BIPOC) groups; […]
Chakung Jigme Wangdrak Rinpoche
Chakung Jigme Wangdrak Rinpoche (ལྕགས་ཁུང་འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་དྲག) was born in the Golok region of Eastern Tibet as the fourth descendant of the great Tibetan master Dudjom Lingpa – one of the foremost spiritual masters of 19th Century Tibet. At the age of 15 he was recognized as the reincarnation of Rigzin Longsal Nyingpo by Choktrul Tamdrin Wangyal. […]
Dudjom Lingpa Nang Jang - Empowerment and Teachings (Retreat in Colorado),
Dr. Tenzin Yangdon
Dr. Tenzin Yangdon graduated in 1992 from Men-Tsee-Khang Tibetan Medical College in Dharamsala, India, where she studied traditional herbal medicine, acupuncture, and holistic healing. She practiced for many years under the guidance of the esteemed Dr. Kunga Gyurmey Nyerongsha, personal physician of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama; and in 2001, established the White Tara […]
Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward
Dr. Peggy Rowe Ward is the co-founder and director of education at The Lotus Institute. She is a senior Dharma teacher in the Plum Village tradition of Engaged Buddhism, and the author of Love's Garden: A Guide To Mindful Relationships. She has her doctorate in adult education and an MA in counseling psychology. Through meditation, movement, and […]
Dr. Larry Ward
Dr. Larry Ward is the co-founder and executive director of The Lotus Institute. He is a senior Dharma teacher in the Plum Village tradition of Engaged Buddhism, and the author of America's Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal. Dr. Ward holds a PhD in Religious Studies with an emphasis on Buddhism and the neuroscience of meditation. As […]
Cady Allione
Through her roles as a mother, dharma practitioner, and leader, Cady has cultivated a strong sense of compassion, patience, humor and wisdom. She has been involved with the Tara Mandala community for almost 20 years participating in retreats, guiding the organization, and supporting the sangha. In addition to her work with Tara Mandala, Cady finds […]
Christina Monson
Christina Monson (Sangye Gyalmo) was a renowned Tibetan language translator and interpreter with over thirty years of study, translation, and practice experience in Buddhism. Her interest in Asian philosophy led her to immerse herself in the study of religion as an undergraduate student at Brown University. Later, she focused her studies on Tibetan Buddhism while […]
Amelia Hall, PhD
Dr. Amelia Hall is an Associate Professor of Buddhism and Department Chair in the Wisdom Traditions Department at Naropa University. She gained her PhD. in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies from the University of Oxford in 2012. She has taught and developed courses on Buddhism at Central Michigan University and Antioch University Buddhist Studies Abroad Program. […]
Magical Realism and Tibetan Translation - Christina Monson Memorial Lecture Series (online),
Mark Coleman
Mark is an inner and outer explorer, who has devotedly studied mindfulness meditation practices for three decades. He is passionate about sharing the power of meditation and has taught Insight meditation retreats in five continents for the past twenty years. Mark is a senior meditation teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and has taught there […]
Barbara Bash
Barbara Bash is a lover of the alphabet and practitioner of contemplative art practices. A longtime Buddhist she explores the mixing of Asian sensibility with Western art forms and has collaborated with musicians, storytellers and dancers in fresh forms of visual learning. Barbara has written and illustrated a number of children’s book on the natural […]