If you haven't met Zohar and Nathan already, let's hear how they came to value Buddhist teachings so highly.

A wish to share happiness and well-being

I fell in love with meditation early in my life, and decided to follow that path and devote myself to practice and to service. Eventually I was invited to begin teaching. I love sharing the dharma with others, giving them a taste of the possibilities that these practices open up for us. Happiness and wellbeing are aspects of the Buddhist life that I feel very passionate about.

Personal growth supports social action

I didn't really imagine that people paying attention to their breath or losing themselves in retreat centers was going to be a significant support for change in the world. But I'd been trying to live without greed, hatred, and delusion—which turns out to be the center of these teachings—for a while by myself, and I had to admit that I wasn't getting that far. I wasn't able to change my life in a radical way. Gradually, I came to view meditation as actually a way of supporting myself to contribute to the world by showing up in a different way. And it has changed the way I live.