Craig Preston is an internationally known teacher of Classical Tibetan and author of three books. Educated at the University of Virginia under the renowned scholar Jeffery Hopkins, Preston has taught Classical Tibetan for fifteen years. He is adjunct faculty member at the Dalai Lama’s Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca NY, where he frequently teaches a wide range of Buddhist topics. He currently teaches Classical Tibetan and Buddhist philosophy in the Asian Studies Department at the University at Buffalo.