Hugh Joswick

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Hugh Joswick, Instructor

Hugh Joswick, Ph.D., has been studying and practicing at Nyingma Institute under Tarthang Tulku’s senior students since the mid-1990’s. He has also co-edited several books under the close direction of Tarthang Tulku, including Caring and the Lotus Trilogy books. He holds a Ph.D. from Yale University, and a B.A. and M.A. from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He has taught philosophy at the university level and is currently the Managing Editor of Mangalam Press, the publishing arm of Mangalam Research Center for Buddhist Languages, which focuses primarily on scholarly works in the fields of Buddhist and Religious Studies. Hugh brings a gentle approach and skillful style of inquiry to his teaching.

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Abbe Blum

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Abbe Blum, Instructor

Abbe Blum is a long time student of Tarthang Tulku, beginning her study at Nyingma Institute in 1987 and completing the six month Human Development retreat in 1994. Teaching in the Nyingma Mandala since 1998, she currently presents Kum Nye, Joy of Being, Lotus Trilogy, Caring, and Nyingma Psychology courses at Nyingma Institute and Dharma College. She worked as one of the editors on several of Rinpoche’s latest books and together with Caroline van Tuyll designed the hands-on Joy of Being Workbook. She holds a B.A. from UC Berkeley, an M.A. from Cambridge University, England, where she was a Marshall scholar, and a Ph.D. in English literature from Yale University. As an Associate Professor at Swarthmore College, she taught Shakespeare and intensive writing seminars. has done the six month Human Development program. She also currently teaches in the School of Psychology and Interdisciplinary Inquiry at Saybook University and is doing an online course, Body Consciousness, Body Wisdom at JFK University.

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