Sarah Harding (lama)
Sarah Elizabeth Harding | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1951 (age 74–75) |
| Occupation | Religious educator |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Kagyu |
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 American screenwriter and playwright Isobel Lennart.
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]
Publications
[edit source]- Labdron, Machik; Harding, Sarah (2016), Chöd: The Sacred Teachings on Severance: Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibet, Volume 14 (The Treasury of Precious Instructions), Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, ISBN 978-1611803723
- Labdron, Machik; Harding, Sarah (2013), Machik's Complete Explanation: Clarifying the Meaning of Chöd (Expanded Edition), Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, ISBN 978-1559394147
- Harding, Sarah (2012), Niguma, Lady of Illusion, Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, ISBN 978-1559393614
- Kongtrul, Jamgon; Harding, Sarah (2007), Treasury of Knowledge: Esoteric Instructions, A Detailed Presentation of the Process of Meditation in Vajrayana (Treasury of Knowledge Bk. 8, Pt. 4), Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, ISBN 978-1-55939-284-6
- Harding, Sarah (2003), The Life and Revelations of Pema Lingpa, Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, ISBN 1-55939-194-4
- Labdron, Machik; Harding, Sarah (2003), Machik's Complete Explanation: Clarifying the Meaning of Chöd, Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, ISBN 1-55939-182-0
- Kongtrul, Jamgon; Harding, Sarah (2002), Creation and Completion, Wisdom Publications, ISBN 0-86171-312-5
References
[edit source]- 1 2 Naropa Faculty
- ↑ "Buddhist Geeks | Sarah Harding". www.buddhistgeeks.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-24. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ↑ Do Buddhists Pray?
- ↑ "Sarah Harding – Tsadra Foundation". Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ↑ "Visiting Teachers". Bodhimarga | The Study & Practice of Buddhadharma. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
- ↑ "Seeking Niguma, Lady of Illusion". wordpress.tsadra.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
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