FOUNDERS

Matt DiRodio​

Founder, Lerwa Council

Has been a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, since 73′, attended the 1978 Vajradhatu Seminary, has been a MI since 1980. Studied with Ajari Jomyo Tanaka of the Shingon Tradition, a Japanese Vajrayana school. Lived at Karmê Chöling from 79-81, where he designed and installed the Japanese style Ro...

Michael Carroll

Founder, Lerwa Council

Michael Carroll is an authorized teacher in the Kagyu-Nyingma lineage of Vajrayana Buddhism and is the author of Awake at Work (2004), The Mindful Leader (2007), Fearless at Work (2012) & Mindful Leadership Training (2016). Michael began practicing meditation in 1976 after receiving instruction from...

Alison Driscoll​

Lerwa Council

Alison Driscoll has been practicing & studying in the Kagyu-Nyingma Buddhist lineage since the early 1980s and her principal teacher/vajra guru is Her Eminence Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche in the Mindrolling lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Alison is a graduate of the UPenn Program for Mindfulness & has comp...

Richard Driscoll​

Lerwa Council

Richard Driscoll became curious about the Dharma at age ten when his grandmother showed him a rupa of Amitabha Buddha from Kamakura, Japan. After being inspired by the works of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Richard became a student of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and has been studying with him for over 20 ...