His Holiness Grandmater Professor Thomas Lin Yun

Shelly Sparks was taught by Professor Lin Yun Rinpoche. She is a senior decipher of Lin Yun and studied under him for fifteen years. The Black Sect Tantric Buddhist school of feng shui was founded by Lin Yun Rinpoche. He was one of the first to introduce Feng Shui to the west by lecturing at universities and institutions all over the world (Chu). Lin Yun also set up temples in Berekley, California and Long Island, New York. He his recognized by " Parapsychology Society of the United Nations, the Library of Congress, the American Institute of Architects, and leading academic institutions such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Cornell, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Hawaii, University of Minnesota, California Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Wellesley College, Brandeis University, New York Institute of Technology, Oxford University in England, University of Duisburg and University of Munich in Germany, Beijing University, Qinhua University, and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in China" (Chu).