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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. | 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 There’s More to Dying than Death. ([https://ahs.org.uk/lama-shenpen Source Accessed July 21, 2020]) | 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 ''There’s More to Dying than Death''. ([https://ahs.org.uk/lama-shenpen Source Accessed July 21, 2020]) | ||
|publications=*[[Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness (2016)]] (Shrimala Trust, 2016) | |publications=*[[Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness (2016)]] (Shrimala Trust, 2016) | ||
*[[Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness (2001)]] (Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal Publications, 2001) | *[[Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness (2001)]] (Zhyisil Chokyi Ghatsal Publications, 2001) | ||
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| PersonType | Category:Authors of English Works Category:Western Buddhist Teachers Category:Translators |
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| MainNamePhon | Shenpen Hookham |
| SortName | Hookham, Shenpen |
| bio | Lama Shenpen Hookham is the founding Lama of the Awakened Heart Sangha and principle teacher of the 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 There’s More to Dying than Death. (Source Accessed July 21, 2020) |
| YearBirth | 1946 |
| BornIn | Essex, England |
| associatedwebsite | www.buddhawithin.org.uk |
| languagetranslation | Tibetan |
| languagetarget | English |
| affiliation | Hermitage of the Awakened Heart |
| religiousaffiliation | Kagyu |
| StudentOf | Gyamtso, Khenpo Tsultrim · Khyentse, Dilgo · Kalu Rinpoche · Bokar Rinpoche · Thinley, Karma · Karmapa, 16th |
| phduniversity | Oxford University |
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| IsInGyatsa | No |
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