Foundation For The Preservation of The Mahayana Tradition - Notable Followers

Notable Followers

  • Chiu-Nan Lai, Taiwanese-American cancer researcher, alternative health guru, and qigong teacher.
  • Nita Ing, Taiwanese CEO of Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR).
  • Lillian Too, Malaysian-Chinese author of 80 books on feng shui. She recounts the story of her contact with Lama Zopa and the FPMT in The Buddha Book (Element, 2003) .
  • Daja Wangchuk Meston, American Tibet activist and author of a memoir, Comes the Peace: My Journey to Forgiveness (Free Press, March 6, 2007). Meston grew up as a (white) boy monk at Kopan monastery--his mother having left him to become a Buddhist nun under Lama Yeshe. He took his own life in 2010.
  • Jan Willis, Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University and author of several Buddhist books including her memoir, Dreaming Me: An African American Woman's Spiritual Journey (Riverhead, 2001). Willis was one of the earliest students of Lama Yeshe, who reportedly encouraged her in her academic career.
  • Gareth Sparham, British-born Tibetologist and translator of several Abhisamayalankara commentaries.

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