— Therefore being in prison is a great, extremely positive, great advantage and joy. You can see that you have an incredible opportunity: to have happiness now, a happy death, happy future lives, happy liberation from samsara and happy great liberation, full enlightenment. —
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Our Teachers
Elaine
Jackson
Elaine is the director of FPMT Center Vajrapani Institute for Wisdom Culture in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California.
“Whenever I receive a letter," Elaine says, "I am poignantly aware how
important this work is - just how much of a blessing it is for me, personally,
to be able to give what little Dharma wisdom I have to those trapped in
a system with precious little else for transformation. I am inspired by
their dedication to their practice and to their hunger for more. May it
always remind me of the preciousness of this very life!”
AUSTRALIA
- Ven. Aileen Barry
- Leslie Baxter
- Judie Bilkey
- Shyla Bauer
- Kate Buckley
- Anna Carmody
- Mark Chesterfield
- Ven. Chokyi
- Danielle Clarke
- Nin Daniel
- Melanie Dixon
- Ven. Thubten Drolma
- Lou Ellwood
- Kara Everson
- Margaret Gallagher
- Jorji Gardener
- Shanti Hasslacher
- Sam Howard
- Jason Isma
- Rosetta Isma
- Ven. Jangchub
- Henrike Korner
- Liling Lee
- Narelle Lee
- Scott Magrath
- Les Montanjees
- Libby Mowlam
- Ven. Namdag
- Majola Oosthuizen
- Ven. Tenzin Palyon
- Liz Rosenberg
- Kate Rowe
- Ven. Tenpa Sangmo
- Vikki Sarac
- Ven. Sonam
- John Waite
- Lindy Warrel
- Cate Waldron
- Heather Wiseman
- Charlie Yarrow
NEW ZEALAND
- Andrew Jeffery
USA
- Janise Baldo-Pulaski
- Karl Bergh
- Sharon Cardamone
- Angie Chen
- Robin Coleman
- Ruth Cook
- Ven. Robina Courtin
- Herb Cunningham
- Ven. Lhundub Damcho
- Richard De Vecchis
- Marty Demian
- Jindati Doelter
- Lodru Dawa
- Mark Evans
- Westley Foong
- Vicente Forte
- Ryan Gatlin
- Kolby Graham
- James Guertin
- Don Handrick
- Jules Helsen
- Tony Hoeber
- Emily Hsu
- Judith Hunt
- Su Ianiello
- Elaine Jackson
- Oscar Jaitt
- Bleu Johnson
- David Johnson
- Michael Jolliffe
- Justin Kelley
- Tom Kelly
- Cyd Lantz
- Caterina Larson
- Darren Littlejohn
- Sherrie Lyons
- Ron Malanga
- Sandi Manson
- Will Manson
- Susan Marfield
- Ven. Losang Monlam
- Tracy Morgan
- Todd Norcross
- Diana Pelmo Olander
- Sara Parker
- Sandra Peterson
- Abigail Pierce
- Fabienne Pradelle
- Paul Pulaski
- Victoria Rainone-Goswitz
- Bill Roepke
- John Scorsine
- Donna Seese
- Jane Seidlitz
- Jill Shallenberger
- Beth Simon
- André Smith
- Dennis Smith
- Heidi Sommer
- Paul Stevenson
- John Sutton
- Laurel Sylvan
- Michelle Tapia
- Ven. Losang Tenkyong
- Debra Travis
- Barbara Vautier
- Cheri Watts
- Debbie Webb
- Joe Weston
- Ben White
- Ven. Thubten Wongmo
- Heather Woollard
- Shanti Wyckoff
- Kris Young
- Chrystal Zachary
EUROPE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
- Maurizio Cacciatore
- Ven. Lobsang Dorje
- Ven. Tenzin Drolkar
- Holly Forrer
- Ray Freeman
- Sari Galapo
- Chris Gilchrist
- Claire Gittoes
- Severine Gondouin
- Ven. Lobsang Jinpa
- Ven. Sangye Khadro
- Mary Nordkvelle
- Ven. Losang Tendar
- Sandra Tideman
- Tenzin Wangmo
- Ven. Tenzin Yonten
MEXICO
- Oscar Acosta
- Susie Anstey
-
Fer Barroso
- Marisol Benejam
- Martha Cabral
- Cristhian Cambresy
- Lourdes Castro
- Ana Paula Cerda
- Rebeca Cuan
- Lilia Serrano Dorantes
- Sebastián Benitez Escobar
- Esther Garibay
- Nestor Manuel Grimaldo
- Sergio Isidro Grimaldo
- Margarita Aguilera Ibarra
- Ángeles López
- Fernando López
- Mónica López
- Victor Medina López
- Paula Guerrero Mackense
- Gandhi Maga
- Nayeli Maillefert
- Moya Mendez
- Rosa Lydia Mendoza
- Francisco Navarro
- Jose Olvera
- Soledad de Olvera
- Katia Ornelas
- Juan Pablo Pacheco
- Paty Peña
- Lourdes Vela Picones
- Mariano E. Ramirez
- Lorena Rojas
- Leslie Serna
- Silvia Sevilla
- Ruth Da Silvera
- Ven. Lobsang Tonden
- Abel Vera
- Victor Villaseñor
ASIA
- Tim Burress
- Karen Chin
- Danny Chu
- Chee Chiong Kok
- Kieren Lim
- Paul Lim
- Lee Oi Loon
- Tara Melwani
- Ven. Tenzin Namtrul
- Valerie Tripp
- Tim Van Der Haegen
CANADA
-
Jamyang Khedrup
- Tricia Pearson
- Lynn Shwadchuck