Helen Tworkov is founding editor of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review,[1] the first and only independent Buddhist magazine, and author of Zen in America: Profiles of Five Teachers (North Point Press, 1989; Kodansha, 1994). She first encountered Buddhism in Asia in the 1960s and has studied in both the Zen and Tibetan traditions. Since 2006 she has been a student of the Kagyu and Nyingma Tibetan master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, and has most recently assisted him in the writing of In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying, ISBN 9780525512547.
Helen Tworkov | |
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| Title | Author former editor of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review |
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| Born | 1943 (age 80–81) |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Education | Hunter College City University of New York |
Biography
editHelen Tworkov, who became Buddhist, is the editor of Tricycle.[2]
Bibliography
edit- Tworkov, Helen (2024). Lotus Girl: My Life at the Crossroads of Buddhism and America. St. Martin's. ISBN 9781250321558.
- Tworkov, Helen (1989). Zen in America: Profiles of Five Teachers. North Point Press. ISBN 0-86547-354-4. (Expanded edition published by Kodansha in 1994.)
With Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche:
- In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying. Penguin Random House, 2019. ISBN 9780525512547
- Turning Confusion into Clarity: A Guide to the Foundation Practices of Tibetan Buddhism. Snow Lion, 2014. ISBN 9781611801217
References
edit- ^ Dinkel, Sallie (1994) "In With the Om Crowd", New York Magazine, June 6, 1994, pp. 30-33. Retrieved August 10, 2014
- ^ Mary T. Rourke, Zen, USA, FEB. 18, 1997
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