Guest Teacher Resources
This page provides links to publications or audio recordings offered by guest teachers at KSC.
devon and nico hase
Devon and Nico Hase completed the three-year Shangpa retreat cycle last year, under the guidance of Lama Drubgyu Tenzin and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. They have spent years in retreat in the Insight, Zen, and Vajrayana traditions. They teach online and in-person, mentor meditation teachers, lead retreats at Insight Meditation Society, Spirit Rock and other centers, and work one-on-one with long-term students. Find out more at www.devonandnicohase.com
In December, 2025, Devon and Nico taught the following class at KSC. Please enjoy the recordings.
Real Refuge: Finding True Ground in Vajrayana Practice
Tim Olmsted
Tim Olmsted has been a student of meditation for the past 50 years. For twelve of those years, Tim lived in Nepal and worked as a psychotherapist. There he studied with many of the greatest Buddhist teachers of our time, including Mingyur Rinpoche’s father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.
After returning from Nepal, Tim founded the Yongey Foundation to support Mingyur Rinpoche’s activities in Asia. Tim served as director of Gampo Abbey, a monastery in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He is the founder and president of the Pema Chödrön Foundation.
Lama Karma Yeshe and lama zopa
Karma Yeshe Chödrön and Karma Zöpa Jigme are students of Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche, and have been full-time practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism for over twenty years. Since 2005, they have been teaching and translating Dharma texts and oral teachings from Tibetan to English for the Rigpe Dorje Institute for International Students at Pullahari Monastery in Nepal. In 2016, they successfully completed the traditional Kagyu lineage three-year cloistered retreat at Vajra Vidya Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado, under the auspices of Kyabje Thrangu Rinpoche. They are passionate about sharing traditional methods for transmitting experiential understanding of Buddhadharma with Western students through their international Dharma community, Prajna Fire.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche TALK
To our sangha,
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche visited the Rogue Valley in late April, 2022. During that time, he gave a public talk at the Craterian Theater, which many of you were able to attend. In addition, he visited KSC for the first time, and met with about 30 students, most of whom were members of KSC practice groups that utilize Mingyur Rinpoche’s writings as a basis for study.
We regret that the parameters of the visit meant that relatively few sangha members could be present with Rinpoche. We are happy that this recording was made, including excellent questions from the KSC audience, and is now available to all.
Lama Yeshe and Lama Pema
Paul Condon, PhD
Paul Condon, PhD. Paul Condon is an assistant professor of psychology at Southern Oregon University, and a Fellow of the Mind & Life Institute. Paul’s research examines the contributions of psychological science to modern meditation programs in dialogue with contemplative traditions. Paul has collaborated closely with John Makransky to develop Sustainable Compassion Training, a system of compassion and mindfulness practices adapted from Tibetan Buddhism. His research also examines the impact of meditation on compassion, prosocial behavior, and emotion. At SOU, Paul teaches Health Psychology, Sustainable Compassion, Stress Management, History of Psychology, Statistics, Writing & Research, and General Psychology.
KSC is happy to have Paul as an occasional guest teacher.