Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is a widely known Buddhist teacher and the author of Emotional Rescue, Rebel Buddha, and other books. A lover of classic rock music, art, and urban culture, he is a poet, photographer, accomplished calligrapher, and visual artist. Ponlop Rinpoche is our founder, president, and spiritual director.

Rinpoche is one of the foremost scholars and meditation masters of his generation in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He is known for his sharp intellect, humor, and easygoing teaching style, for launching the kindness initiative #GoKind, and for his outreach to communities internationally.