Beth Kanji Goldring began Zen practice in 1995 and was ordained that same year. She studies vipassana with Gil Fronsdal, tonglen with Alan Wallace, and has trained in Reiki. A former university humanities teacher and human rights worker, Goldring founded Brahmavihara Cambodia in 2000, an organization providing chaplaincy, social work, and material support to approximately 500 patients with AIDS, tuberculosis, and cancer in hospitals, hospices, prisons, and homes throughout Cambodia. Brahmavihara Cambodia received the IMC Karuna award in 2009.