Az Sakyong, Jamgön Mipham Rinpocse, is head of the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and the global network of Shambhala Meditation Centers. Sakyong means earth protector. The Sakyong guides thousands of students around the world in the path of meditation.

The Sakyong’s teachings show us how to use everyday life as a means to ripen spiritual potential. We practice turning the mind toward others as a discipline that creates confidence and compassion – the ability to attain success that occurs from acting virtuously.

He is author of the bestselling Turning the Mind into an Ally, the award-winning Ruling Your World, and Running with the Mind of Meditation. Through the Sakyong Foundation, he engages in supporting organizations and projects whose activities exemplify the vision of Shambhala. He teaches all over the world, using his unique blend of Eastern and Western perspectives to the benefit of his students in North and South America, Európa, and Asia.

With her powerful talks, bestselling books, and retreats attended by thousands, Pema Chödrön has taught many people how to deal with life’s difficult moments and the value of embracing fear and suffering. She teaches how difficulty and uncertainty can be opportunities for awakening. Among the best-selling books Pema has written are: Amikor a dolgok szétesnek, A helyek, amelyek megijesztenek, No Time to Lose és Béke gyakorlása háború idején. She has been a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show and on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday show. She was also interviewed by Bill Moyer.

As one of the first Western women to be fully ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun, ban ben 1981, she believes we all have the capacity to awaken to fuller, more conscious lives. Pema studied under the meditation master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and currently studies with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Pema Chodron is the principal teacher at Gampo Abbey, a monastery in Nova Scotia, Canada.