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The full history is complex. The browse experience does not need to be. Start with a recognizable living tradition and discover its deeper context naturally.
Zen
Direct meditative practice, zazen and everyday awareness in traditions rooted in Chinese Chan and its later forms.
Tibetan Buddhism
A diverse family of Vajrayana traditions combining philosophical study, meditation, ritual and lineage transmission.
Theravada & Insight
Early Buddhist monastic traditions alongside the modern Insight movement — related, but kept distinct in the underlying data.
Context without clutter.
A teacher can be linked to the deepest known school or lineage. Cards surface only the context that is genuinely useful.
Ajahn Amaro
Theravada monk in the Thai Forest tradition; co-founder of Amaravati Buddhist Monastery in England.
Ajahn Brahm
British-Australian Theravada monk in the Thai Forest tradition; abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Western Australia.
Anam Thubten
Nyingma-trained teacher and founder of the Dharmata Foundation, offering Dzogchen-inspired meditation to Western audiences outside a monastic structure.
Andrew Holecek
Teacher and author specialising in Tibetan Buddhist dream and sleep yoga, associated with the Shambhala-rooted Drala Mountain Center.
angel Kyodo williams
Ordained Zen teacher holding the title Rōshi, known for connecting Zen practice with social justice and structural change.
Bhikkhu Analayo
German-born scholar-monk and researcher of early Buddhist texts, teaching through pre-recorded lectures rather than public appearances.
Brother Phap Huu
Zen monk and abbot of Upper Hamlet at Plum Village, France, continuing the teaching lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh.
Christina Feldman
Co-founder of Gaia House and guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society, teaching within the Bodhi College programme.
Christopher Titmuss
British Insight Meditation teacher and co-founder of Gaia House, teaching mainly online in his eighties after decades of international retreat work.
Dalai Lama
Head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the world's most recognised Buddhist teachers, now teaching mainly from Dharamsala.
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
Nyingma lineage holder and founder of Mangala Shri Bhuti, teaching classical Tibetan philosophy alongside contemporary Western application.
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
Kagyu and Nyingma-trained lineage holder and founder of Nalandabodhi, teaching Dzogchen and Mahāmudrā to an international audience.
Frank Ostaseski
Co-founder of the Zen Hospice Project and author of The Five Invitations, teaching compassionate presence at the end of life.
Gabor Maté
Hungarian-Canadian physician and author writing on trauma, addiction and the mind-body connection, drawing on Buddhist psychology.
Garchen Rinpoche
Meditation master in the Drikung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, known for teachings on compassion and Mahāmudrā.
Gil Fronsdal
Ordained Sōtō Zen priest and guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Center, bridging Zen training with the Insight Meditation movement.
Haemin Sunim
Korean Zen monk and bestselling author, leading the Dharma Illumination Zen Center in Seoul and teaching Zen koan practice internationally.
Henry Shukman
British-born Zen teacher and former poet, founder of the Way meditation app, teaching a contemporary approach to kensho and awakening.
Jack Kornfield
Clinical psychologist and teacher who trained as a monk in the Thai Forest tradition before co-founding the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock.
Joan Halifax
Zen teacher, anthropologist and abbot of Upaya Zen Center, known for her work on compassionate care at the end of life.
Joseph Goldstein
Meditation teacher and co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, teaching Vipassana practice rooted in the Theravada tradition.
Lama Lena
American-born Dzogchen and Mahāmudrā teacher, trained through seven years of solitary retreat under Wangdor Rinpoche, now teaching between New Orleans and Tso Pema, India.
Lama Rod Owens
Kagyu-trained lama and author writing on trauma, masculinity and social justice from within Tibetan Buddhist practice.
Lama Tsultrim Allione
American-born lama in the Kagyu lineage and founder of Tara Mandala, known for the Feeding Your Demons method rooted in Chöd practice.
Martine Batchelor
Former Korean Zen (Seon) nun, now teaching internationally on meditation, doubt and the seven factors of awakening.
Mingyur Rinpoche
Meditation teacher in the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, known for connecting contemplative practice with neuroscience.
Norman Fischer
Zen priest and former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center, now teaching through the Everyday Zen Foundation.
Pema Chödrön
American-born Buddhist nun in the Shambhala/Kagyu lineage of Chögyam Trungpa, known for accessible teaching on groundlessness and compassion.
Sharon Salzberg
Meditation teacher and co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, known for her teaching on loving-kindness (metta) practice.
Shohaku Okumura
Japanese Sōtō Zen priest and scholar-translator, known for his lectures on Dōgen's Shōbōgenzō; largely retired from daily temple leadership.
Stephen Batchelor
Former Tibetan and Zen-trained monk turned advocate for a Secular Dharma, teaching Buddhism as practice without metaphysical claims.
Tara Brach
Psychologist and meditation teacher known for combining Buddhist practice with Western psychology; co-founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington.
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Meditation teacher in the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, known for teachings on Dzogchen and subtle-body awareness.
Yung Pueblo
Pen name of Diego Perez, an author writing on healing and self-love with a background in Goenka-tradition Vipassana meditation.
Gatherings across buddhism.
Events attached to unpublished lineages still roll up to the nearest public tradition, so this hub remains complete.
Path of Liberation Levels 1 & 2
Portland, United States · Multi-day retreat
Dzogchen Transmission — Opening Webinar
Online · Online webinar
Joy of Enlightenment Retreat at Omega Institute
Rhinebeck, NY, United States · Multi-day retreat
Weekend Retreat — Boston
Boston, MA, United States · Weekend retreat
The Primordial Secret — Opening Retreat
Online · Online retreat
Path of Liberation Levels 1 & 2 — Australia
Melbourne, Australia · Multi-day retreat
Amitabha Drubchö
Online · Online practice retreat
Retreat with Dohasa
Oslo, Norway · Retreat
Committed Practitioners Programme Retreat — Netherlands
Netherlands, Netherlands · Residential retreat
Feeding Your Demons — Level II
Online · Online course
Path of Liberation Levels 3 & 4 (Online)
Online · Online retreat
Online Teaching — Upaya 2026 Series
Online · Online talk
Treasury of Pith Instructions
Chino Valley, United States · Teaching series (in-person & online)
Public Teaching — Dharamsala
Dharamsala, India · Public teaching (livestreamed)
Dharma Talk — London
London, United Kingdom · Evening talk
Residential Retreat — Insight Retreat Center
Scotts Valley, CA, United States · Residential retreat
Vajrakilaya Drubchen
Chino Valley, United States · Practice retreat (in-person & online)
Ajahn Brahm UK Teaching Tour
United Kingdom, United Kingdom · Teaching tour
Six Bardos Teachings
Kathmandu, Nepal · Teaching retreat (streamed)
The Primordial Secret — Trekchö Retreat
Kathmandu, Nepal · Meditation retreat (streamed)
Retreat — Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Retreat