Annie Bien

Annie Bien has published two poetry collections, won a LISP flash fiction competition and a pamphlet competition by A3 Press, Messages from Under a Pillow, which includes her own drawings and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is an English translator of Tibetan Buddhist scriptures published by 84000, and began translating Buddhist texts for Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, of the Tibet Center, then revised translations with Khenpo Pema Wangdak of Vikramaśila Foundation. Annie began teaching meditation and beginning Buddhism classes at Shantideva Center (FPMT) in Brooklyn, NY, also leading a meditation workshop at the Sakyadhita International Conference in Seoul, Korea. She is a certified Qigong instructor with Shifu Yan Lei. Currently she teaches meditation and Qigong at the Tibet House. Annie is co-author of an upcoming historical novel on the Sixth Dalai Lama with Robert Thurman. www.anniebien.com