Senpai is the founder and the Senior Dharma
Teacher of the Buddhist Faith Fellowship since 2001. Known as an innovative and accomplished teacher, he is part of the
new generation of American born Buddhist teachers transmitting the dharma in the western world. He earned a B.S. and a M.A.
from Central Connecticut State
University and received an extensive international education studying
in such institutions like the Universidad de Salamanca and the Université Laval. His formal Buddhist studies and practice
were under the Venerable Thich Tri Hoang and North America’s foremost Shin teacher,
Rev. Taitetsu Unno. He studied Theravada and Mahayana traditions focusing on Zen and Shin Buddhism. Since then, he studied
under many other masters and teachers from various Buddhist traditions. He received transmission in 2000 from Venerable Hoang.
Juliane Dean is an Associate BFF Dharma
Teacher and has been the Music Director/Cantor for the BFF for many years. As a talented and expressive teacher, she has facilitated
discussions at Buddhist retreats and focuses her teachings on voice meditation and relationships issues. She is a graduate
of Moravian College
with a Bachelors of Music and also attended Westminster Choir College of Music.
Robert Orsi is recognized as a dynamic
and insightful Buddhist teacher. As an Associate BFF Dharma Teacher, he has facilitated in dharma gatherings
and retreats. He earned a B.A in English from Central
Connecticut State University
with minors in Music and History. He held a Connecticut
teaching certification in History and English for grades 7 – 12. For many years, he has been working as musician, both
professionally and semi-professionally; and on his spare time, he studies and practices Japanese martial arts and meditation.
He has been a long time spiritual seeker.
Dug Corpolongo has been studying Buddhism and various forms of meditation since 1979. He is an Associate BFF/NASBA Dharma
teacher and is the founder of and principle inspiration at the Albuquerque Buddhist Fellowship in New Mexico. He is certified as a Master Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong Instructor by the United
States Martial Arts Association, as well as the Health Preservation Association. His professional background includes positions
on the faculty of the International Institute of Chinese Medicine where he served as the Director of the Tai Chi and Qigong
program for their Albuquerque campus, Southwest Acupuncture College where he currently serves as an Associate Professor, New
Mexico Tech, New Mexico School of Natural Therapeutics and the University of New Mexico as a Tai Chi Chuan Instructor.
Dug
is an instructor in our Distance Learning Program. Students may e-mail him at nmshinshu@gmail.com
