A passionate Dharma practitioner for years, Jonathan Wildman is an ordinary householder. He grew up in the heart of Amish country in northeast Indiana and attended the United States Military Academy, West Point, where he majored in Foreign Area Studies: East Asia. After serving as an Army Military Intelligence officer, Jonathan has enjoyed a career as a salesperson where he enthusiastically connects with perfectly good strangers, on a daily basis. Jonathan has four loving-kind and compassionate children and a partner, Prema, who is the brilliant-moon-wisdom-holder of the family. Jonathan and Prema live a heart-filled life in Portland, Oregon.