Acknowledgements

To the following without whom this book would not have been possible: Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche for his wisdom and encouragement, Maris Abelson, Michael Kovalenko, Cathy Allen, Candee Kane, Kathy Sanchez, Gae Sanchez, Lodro Kyle Parker, Isaac Dondrup Spencer, Kev Fairbanks, Majenta Zangmo Loera, and the community at Padma Samye Ling, for their help and support, and for listening tirelessly to my ideas. Thank you to my class in Ethical Well Being Fall 2020 at William Paterson University for their helpful comments. I am very grateful.

I thank William Paterson University for their Academic Release Time Grant, which gave me the leisure to begin this project, and Padmasambhava Buddhist Center, which gave me office space and internet services so I could work safely in the mountains during the COVID virus. I am especially grateful to Lama Lorraine, Lama Dragpa, and Lama Laia for their help in making this possible.