Anne C. Klein: podcast appearances and interviews

Anne Carolyn Klein, known as Lama Rigzin Drolma, is an American Tibetologist and a professor of Religious Studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas. She is also a co-founding director and resident teacher at Dawn Mountain, which functions as a Tibetan temple, community center, and research institute. Her academic and teaching work primarily focuses on Buddhist thought and practice, Tibetan philosophical texts, Tibetan language, Contemplative Studies, and Women's Studies, with an emphasis on traditions associated with the Heart Essence Vast Expanse. Klein's writings explore the nature of perception, consciousness, and mystic experience through the lens of various Indian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions. Her contributions include books that translate and interpret key texts, such as her 2015 publication, Strand of Jewels: My Teachers' Essential Guidance on Dzogchen, which offers a translation of a Dzogchen text by Khetsun Sangpo Rinpoche.