Anne C. Klein is Professor and former Chair of Religious Studies at Rice University. She is also the a Founding Director of Dawn Mountain Tibetan Buddhist Temple and Dawn Mountain Community Center & Research Institute in Houston, Texas. She has studied Buddhist philosophy and practice with Asian scholars and meditation masters since 1971, including three years of fieldwork in India, Nepal, and Tibet.She travels, lectures, and leads retreats widely.She has also participated as Visiting Faculty at several Mind and Life events, including the October, 2009 Educating Citizens for the Twenty-First Century,discussions led by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. She is currently working to translate the The Crystal Jewel, a learned and experientially oriented treatise on Dzogchen by Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche of Sunderjal, Nepal. She is also translating several shorter pieces by Rigzin Jigme Lingpa and developing The Knowing Body project through art and writing. For more information about Dawn Mountain Tibetan Temple in Houston, visit http://www.dawnmountain.org.For a color illustrated excerpt from her most recent book, see http://www.snowlionpub.com/pages/N90_2.htmlShe will be giving a talk and teaching a Green Tara retreat this weekend, April 23-25, 2010 at Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, New York.