Chronology
- 1944: Born; grew up in the Catskill mountains of New York
- 1965: Graduated from Columbia University as a philosophy major
- 1965: Entered the Peace Corps in Thailand, where he first became interested in Buddhism. After the Peace Corps, he spent most of the next seven years in India studying and practicing Buddhist meditation
- 1974: He began teaching at Chogyam Trungpa's Naropa Institute in Boulder, CO. He has been leading vipassana and metta retreats worldwide since 1974
- 1975: Co-founded the IMS in Barre, MA with Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg.
- 1989: Helped establish the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
- 1998: Co-founded the IMS Forest Refuge for long-term personal retreats.
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