Adam Lobel

Acharya Adam Lobel, Mdiv. Harvard Divinity School, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard University, is an acharya or authorized lineage teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition. A close student and representative of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, he travels globally leading meditation workshops, lecturing, and teaching on the social vision of Shambhala. He is responsible for curriculum development and teacher training for the international Shambhala community. Acharya Lobel is active in ecological and social justice movements, and recently represented Shambhala at the United Nations, the White House, and in the Standing Rock protection of water and protests of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. As a scholar of philosophy and religion, Adam's research focuses on meditation practice and pedagogy in the Great Perfection (Dzogchen) tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and modern phenomenology. Adam lives in Pittsburgh, PA with his wife and two sons. http://www.adamlobel.org