Teachers

Lama Sarah Harding

Sarah Harding has been studying and practicing Buddhism since 1974, and has been teaching and translating since completing a three-year retreat in 1980 under the guidance of Kyabjé Kalu Rinpoché. She was associate professor at Naropa University for twenty-five years in Boulder, Colorado, where she currently resides, and has been a fellow of the Tsadra Foundation since 2000. She specializes in literature with a focus on tantric practice. Her publications include Ornament of Dakpo Kagyu Thought; Creation and Completion; The Treasury of Knowledge: Esoteric Instructions; Niguma, Lady of Illusion; and two volumes on Chö and Shijé from The Treasury of Precious Instructions. She has contributed chapters to various anthologies, written published and unpublished articles, and translated many practice manuals for private use.

Events with Lama Sarah Harding

The Seven Day Severance Retreat Experiential Guide: An Introduction (online)
March 30, 2024

Tara Mandala invites you to a special dharma discussion with Lama Sarah Harding,  where she’ll introduce her new translation of The Seven Day Retreat Experiential Guide, the second in Jamyang Gönpo’s trilogy on Chöd, which follows his Big General Guide to Severance, the earliest known commentary on Chöd.  This newly…

Seven Day Severance Retreat (Retreat in Colorado)
September 6 - 14, 2024

Delve into the heart of Severance (Chöd) practice, made accessible for Western practitioners through the masterful translation by Lama Sarah Harding. This retreat offers an intimate exploration of “The Seven Day Severance Retreat Experiential Guide,” a concise and powerful instruction manual for implementing the core principles of Severance into a concentrated…