a friend on the path

Chris Kang Ph.D. began meditating from the age of five. From the mid-1980s, he studied with eminent Buddhist masters such as Acharya Godwin Samararatne (1932-2000) in the Early Buddhist Tradition; Gyumed Khensur Geshe Tashi Tsering in the Indo-Tibetan Mahayana tradition of Sutra, Tantra, and Mahamudra; and Lama Alan Wallace in the Vajrayana Dzogchen lineage of Dudjom Lingpa (1835-1904). He practiced Chan/Zen in the Plum Village and Dharma Drum Mountain traditions. Since 1997, he has taught the Buddhadharma and led retreats in Singapore and Australia. Chris was baptized as a Christian in 2014 following his unplanned faith encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ. In 2020, he founded Awarezen after retiring as a university professor following two decades of professional experience as an occupational therapist and internationally certified meta-coach.