Vesna A. Wallace is a Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California in Santa Barbara. She is a renowned Scholar of the Kalachakra Tantra (Wheel of Time) and her main fields of research are Indian and Mongolian Buddhism. She has written several books and a series of articles on the Kalachakra Tantra and on Buddhism in Mongolia. She has been traveling to Mongolia yearly, conducting her research and engaging in humanitarian work. She is also a founding member of several non-profit organizations in the USA and India, dedicated to the preservation of Buddhist traditions.
To view her writing visit: http://www.religion.ucsb.edu/?page_id=692
To view her writing visit: http://www.religion.ucsb.edu/?page_id=692
Dr B Alan Wallace has studied and practised Tibetan Buddhism for over 40 years. He is a direct student of His Holiness the Dalai Lama; his principal Dzogchen (Great Perfection) teacher is the Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche. He has studied with many other great Yogis and Lamas. He is fluent in Tibetan and has translated many texts. His PhD is in religious studies, and he has a profound knowledge of the Christian mystical tradition also. Alan is today a world-renowned meditation teacher, he specialises in Shamatha, Vipashyana and the Dzogchen teachings. Alan is also the Founder of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies, (www.sbinstitute.com), which is dedicated to furthering interdisciplinary and cross-cultural investigation of the nature and potentials of consciousness and extending its benefits to the general public. Recently he also founded the Thanyapura Mind Centre (www.thanyapura.com/mind-centre) in Phuket, Thailand, where he regularly teaches eight-week Shamatha retreats, which grew out of the Shamatha Project (www.shamatha.org). The Cultivating Emotional Balance Teacher Training course (www.cultivatingemotionalbalance.org/)is also taught at the Mind Centre .
For more details on Dr Wallace visit: http://www.alanwallace.org/
For more details on Dr Wallace visit: http://www.alanwallace.org/