Ngawang Sungrab Phagyab Rinpoche is a ranking Tibetan Buddhist lama in the Gelugpa order. Born in Kham, Tibet in 1966 and ordained at the age of thirteen, Rinpoche began his monastic training at Lithang Monastery in Eastern Tibet before transferring to Sera Mey Monastery in South India where he trained under the tutelage of Ven. Khenpo Lobsang Jamyang and Ven. Khensur Geshe Tinle Topgye. In 1993, he was recognized as the eighth reincarnation of the Phagyab lama, a renowned Buddhist teacher from Eastern Tibet...(read more)

Barbara A. Graham is a licensed psychotherapist with over twenty-five years of experience as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Barbara has trained with renowned leaders in the fields of Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology, Family Therapy, and the study of Addictions and Co-dependency and is particularly inspired by the work of Joseph Campbell and his model of “The Hero’s Journey.” Under the mentorship of her aunt, Helen Graham Park who was a lifelong ...(read more)

Marina Illich is a scholar of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. She completed her doctorate in Religious Studies at Columbia University in 2005 under the guidance of Prof. Robert Thurman and has traveled and researched extensively in Tibetan communities in Tibet, India and Nepal. Marina is currently.... (read more)