Pema Düddul

Author and Buddhist Chaplain

Lama Dudjom Pema Düddul (Phd) is the author of Luminous Awareness: A Guidebook to Natural Awakening in Life and in Death, Here We Settle: Dawntime Poems form the Heart, and Natural Presence: Concise Advice On Buddhist Practice, all published by Timeless Awareness Publications. Pema is also co-author, along with Jamyang Tenphel, of Resting in Stillness, a book about meditation, compassion and the nature of the mind. A review of Resting in Stillness can be found HERE.

Lama Pema has a doctorate (PhD) in creative writing and is an Associate Professor of writing, editing and publishing at an Australian university. Pema is also a Buddhist chaplain, a certified practitioner of Thought Field Therapy (TFT) and the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or tapping), as well as a Transpersonal Counsellor. Pema is currently completing a second PhD in Buddhist Studies. His author website is pemaduddul.org.    

Jamyang Tenphel

Author and LONG-TERM retreatant

Jamyang Tenphel is an Australian-born Buddhist practitioner and founding co-director at Jalü Buddhist Meditation Centre. He stumbled on the Dharma in 1995 at the age of 19 and then studied and practised in Australia and India for the next decade, primarily in the Tibetan tradition. His Guru is the late Kyabje Togden Amtrin, a highly revered yogi of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage from Khampagar Monastery in Eastern Tibet. Jamyang went into retreat at the beginning of 2019, and has no fixed end date. He also has a degree in Social Welfare. Jamyang is co-author, along with Pema Düddul, of Resting in Stillness, a book about meditation, compassion and the nature of the mind. A review of Resting in Stillness can be found HERE. His first book with Timeless Awareness Publications, The Awakening Heart: 108 Pith Instructions for Buddhist Practice, was published in 2023 and The Awakening Heart Volume Two was published in January 2025.

jampa wurst

Author, rapper and scholar

Jampa (they/them) is the author of Identity in Exile: Tibetan Buddhist Nuns and the Network Sakyadhītā, to be published by Timeless Awareness in February 2025. They have a diploma from Humboldt University and a Ph.D. from the Free University (Berlin). Their thesis was published as Identität im Exil (Reimer pub., Berlin 2001). At the Tibetan Centre (Hamburg) Jampa earned a certificate and a small Tibetan yellow hat (Acharya), completing the “Seven Years Systematic Studies of Buddhism” with Geshe Thubten Ngawang. They have their own Coaching and Counselling practice in which Jampa coaches with playful means, e.g. with rap. Jampa is also a solo rap artist, and was deemed the “inventor of Dharma Rap” after performing their unique rap style at a Sakyadhita International Conference (for Buddhist Women). In 2021 they founded the International Queer Buddhist Conference, IQBC, and have organized the IQBC as an annual event since then. Jampa’s main teachers are Geshe Thubten Ngawang, Ven. Kunsang Wangmo (Tilokpur) and Ven. Dhammanda (Prof. Chatsumarn Kabilsingh). On two occasions Jampa took temporary monastic vows (given by Ven. Dhammanda).

PEMA TSAL

Author, ANIMAL LOVER

Pema Tsal is a writer and devoted animal advocate who lives with her family and feline companions in rural New South Wales. Pema balances writing life with daily walks in nature.

As a children’s author, Pema weaves together stories that nurture kindness, courage, and curiosity, often drawing on the wisdom of the Buddha Dharma and a deep love of animals. These tales sparkle with wonder while gently offering life lessons rooted in compassion and connection. When not writing you’ll find Pema gardening, hiking forest trails, or curled up with a cat and a good book of poetry.

Pema's first picture books, The Yucky Yeti and The Silly Prince, will be published by our children's imprint Temiya Tales late in 2025.

ash manning

Author, NAUGHTY BUDDHIST, CAT FAN

Ash Manning writes paranormal romance, fantasy, and more to-do lists than could ever reasonably be completed in one mortal lifetime. Fueled by cookies (any kind, no discrimination) and the lingering synthesizer magic of eighties music, Ash spends most days surrounded by cats who refuse to respect personal space and sloths who don’t actually live with Ash, but spiritually get Ash on a deep, SPIRITUAL level.

When not inventing swoon-worthy supernatural heartthrobs or magical realms full of danger and destiny, Ash can be found dancing awkwardly in the kitchen to Culture Club, Joy Division, Human League, Eurythmics, The Cure, Bronski Beat, and even Tears for Fears; all the while pretending that making a list totally counts as getting something done. Despite the chaotic energy of half-finished notebooks and suspicious cookie crumbs in the keyboard, Ash somehow manages to deliver stories packed with romance, humor, and just enough fantasy to make you question whether that weird noise in the attic might actually be a vampire.

Ash is published by our young adult imprint Stein & Wilde and lives in a perfectly haunted little nook of the world, where the cats run the show, the cookies vanish mysteriously, and every full moon is a writing deadline. Probably. Ash is online HERE