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{{Person
|affiliation=Awakened Heart Sangha
|religiousaffiliation=Kagyu
|phduniversity=Oxford University
|studentof=Bokar Rinpoche; Gyamtso, Khenpo Tsultrim; Khyentse, Dilgo; Kalu Rinpoche; Thinley, Karma; Karmapa, 16th
|MainNamePhon=Shenpen Hookham
|SortName=Hookham, Shenpen
|namefirst=Shenpen
|namelast=Hookham
|PersonType=Authors of English Works; Translators; Western Buddhist Teachers
|bio=Lama Shenpen Hookham is the founding Lama of the [https://buddhawithin.org.uk/about/ Awakened Heart Sangha] and principle teacher of the [https://ahs.org.uk/training Living the Awakened Heart training].

Lama Shenpen has trained for over 50 years in the Mahamudra & Dzogchen traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. 

She has spent over 12 years in retreat and has been a student of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, one of the foremost living masters of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, since the late 70s.

Lama Shenpen is fluent in Tibetan and has translated a number of Tibetan texts into English for her students. On Khenpo Rinpoche’s instructions she produced a seminal study of the profound Buddha Nature doctrines of Mahayana Buddhism, published as ''The Buddha Within'', and gained a doctorate in this from Oxford University. She is also the author of ''[https://www.windhorsepublications.com/product/theres-more-to-dying-than-death/ There’s More to Dying than Death]'', ''[https://buddhawithin.org.uk/autobiography/ Keeping the Dalai Lama Waiting and Other Stories]'', and ''[https://www.shambhala.com/the-guru-principle.html The Guru Principle]''.([https://ahs.org.uk/lama-shenpen Source Accessed July 21, 2020])
|images=File:Hookham Shenphen Official 2.jpg
|yearbirth=1946
|bornin=Essex, England
|associatedwebsite=www.buddhawithin.org.uk
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|HasLibPage=Yes
|HasBnwPage=Yes
|pagename=Hookham, S.
|publications=*[[Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness (2016)]] (Shrimala Trust, 2016)
*[[Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness (2001)]] (Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal Publications, 2001)
*[[Comparison of Views and Four Songs of Milarepa]] (Marpa Institute, 1994)
*[[The Buddha Within: Tathagatagarbha Doctrine According to the Shentong Interpretation of the Ratnagotravibhaga]] (State University of New York Press, 1991)
*[[Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness (1988)]] (Longchen Foundation, 1988)
|languagetranslation=Tibetan
|languagetarget=English
|IsInGyatsa=No
}}