Chade-Meng Tan (Meng) is an award-winning engineer, international bestselling author, and philanthropist. At Google, where he held the title of Jolly Good Fellow, he led the creation of the groundbreaking mindfulness course called Search Inside Yourself. He is co-chair of One Billion Acts of Peace, which has been nominated eight times for the Nobel Peace Prize. Meng has delivered a TED talk on compassion at the United Nations, spoke about the development of kindness at the White House, and led mindfulness practice at the Vatican. The Dalai Lama gives him hugs.
Soryu Forall is a Zen Buddhist monk, an economist, and founder of the Monastic Academy for the Preservation of Life on Earth (MAPLE). He was ordained at Sogen-ji temple in Japan, and became head monk at Sariputta Ambedkar Monastery in India. He has taught mindfulness to more than ten thousand students in schools and thousands of meditators one-on-one in intensive practice. He has trained professional mindfulness teachers worldwide. He guides global leaders to conquer their minds.