Shugen Roshi

Shugen Roshi

Shugen Roshi ADVISOR Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi, Abbot of the Zen Mountain Monastery, kindly agreed to join the Middle Way advisory committee in April, 2018. His deep commitment to the dharma and his great love of education will help inform our path as we develop a...
His Holiness Sakya Trizin

His Holiness Sakya Trizin

His Holiness Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche (Sakya Trichen) served as the 41st head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism until March 2017, when the throne holder duties were handed over to His Holiness Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, the 42nd Sakya Trizin. His Holiness Sakya...
Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche

Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche

Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche ADVISOR Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche is the abbot of more than 150 monks at Chökyi Gyatso Institute (CGI), a unique and progressive monastery in eastern Bhutan. Born in Nepal in 1991, he was recognized by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche as the incarnation...
Yeshe Lhadron

Yeshe Lhadron

Yeshe Lhadron ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM From the age of 8, I was educated at a nonpublic Tibetan Buddhist school in Upstate New York, where we were taught to read and write Tibetan as well as memorize and recite dharma texts and study basic Buddhist philosophy. In the later...
Ralph Legnini

Ralph Legnini

Ralph Legnini SPECIALITY TEACHER Ralph Legnini is MWS’s aikido instructor. He is long time member of Woodstock Aikido and a 5th Degree USAF Black Belt. He is a former Board of Education President for one of New York State’s largest school districts, and...