Sarah Harding (lama)

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Sarah Elizabeth Harding (born November 24, 1951) is a qualified lama and teacher in the Shangpa Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. [1] Since 1972, she has been a student and translator of Kalu Rinpoche [1] (1905-1989). She is the daughter of award-winning American screenwriter and playwright Isobel Lennart.

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Harding completed the first traditional Kagyu three-year three-month three-day retreat for Westerners under the guidance of Kalu Rinpoche in 1980. [2] Others who participated in that retreat include Richard Barron, Ken McLeod, Ngawang Zangpo (Hugh Leslie Thompson), Ingrid Loken McLeod, and Lama Surya Das (Jeffery Miller).

Harding works as a teacher, interpreter and translator. [3] She retired from Naropa University in 2018 and lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her two children. [4] She is currently working on translations of Tibetan Buddhist texts as a fellow of the Tsadra Foundation. [5] Harding has published a book about the 11th-century female teacher Niguma whose teachings are at the core of the Shangpa Kagyu Vajrayana Buddhist lineage. [6]

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  1. 1 2 Naropa Faculty
  2. ↑ "Buddhist Geeks | Sarah Harding". www.buddhistgeeks.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-24. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
  3. ↑ Do Buddhists Pray?
  4. ↑ "Sarah Harding – Tsadra Foundation" . Retrieved 2025-05-28.
  5. ↑ "Visiting Teachers". Bodhimarga | The Study & Practice of Buddhadharma. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
  6. ↑ "Seeking Niguma, Lady of Illusion". wordpress.tsadra.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
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