Stephen Gethin

PersonType	Category:Authors of English Works Category:Authors of French Works Category:Translators
FirstName / namefirst	Stephen
LastName / namelast	Gethin
MainNamePhon	Stephen Gethin
SortName	Gethin, Stephen
bio	Stephen Gethin studied veterinary medicine at Cambridge University, where he was also awarded a choral exhibition. After a number of years in professional practice, he spent much of the 1980s undertaking two three-year retreats in France, where he now lives and, as a founding member of the Padmakara Translation Group, continues to translate. He was a Tsadra Foundation Translation Fellow from 2005 to 2024. His published translations include: Nagarjuna’s Letter to a Friend, Shambhala 2005. Zurchungpa’s Testament, by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. Shambhala, 2006. A Garland of Views: A Guide to View, Meditation, and Result in the Nine Vehicles. Jamgön Mipham’s commentary on Padmasambhava’s Garland of Views, Shambhala, 2015. Dudjom Rinpoche’s A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom: Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices. Shambhala, 2016. A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle (The Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra with commentary by Mipham), Shambhala, 2018. A Chariot to Freedom: Guidance From the Great Masters on the Vajrayāna Preliminary Practices. A detailed preliminary practice commentary by Shechen Gyaltsap. Shambhala, 2021. Mahasiddha Practice: From Mitrayogin and Other Masters. Volume 15 of Jamgön Kongtrul’s Treasury of Precious Instructions. Shambhala, 2021. Awakening Wisdom: Heart Advice on the Fundamental Practices of Vajrayana Buddhism by Pema Wangyal. Shambhala, 2023. The Natural Openness and Freedom of the Mind. Khangsar Tenpai'i Wangchuk's Collected Works. Shambhala, 2024. The Cloudless Sky. Khangsar Tenpai'i Wangchuk's Collected Works. The Aspiration to the Excellent Way. Khangsar Tenpai'i Wangchuk's Collected Works. He also collaborated on a number of translations, including A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night by the Dalai Lama. Shambhala, 1993. Wisdom: Two Buddhist Commentaries by Khenchen Kunzang Pelden and Minyak Kunzang Sönam. Editions Padmakara, 1993. The Words of My Perfect Teacher by Patrul Rinpoche. HarperCollins, 1994. A Guide to The Words of My Perfect Teacher by Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang. Shambhala, 2004. He is currently working on finishing several translations in the series of Khangsar Tenpai'i Wangchuk's Collected Works, which is forthcoming from Shambhala Publications. (Source: Tsadra Foundation)
associatedwebsite	http://www.tsadra.org/stephen-gethin.html
languageprimary	English
languagetranslation	Tibetan
languagetarget	English
affiliation	Padmakara Translation Group; Tsadra Foundation
affiliationsecondary	Songtsen; Padmakara
religiousaffiliation	Nyingma; Tibetan Buddhism; Kagyu; Chanteloube, France
currentworks	Current Projects as a Tsadra Foundation Fellow • Mahayana-Sutralankara, Maitreya-Asanga, commentary by Jamgön Mipham • Commentary on the Khandro Nyingthig Preliminaries, Dudjom Rinpoche • Garland of Views, Guru Rinpoche, commentary by Jamgön Mipham
education	MA Veterinary Medicine, Cambridge University, England
IsInGyatsa	No
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Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle, refers to the system of Buddhist thought and practice which developed around the beginning of Common Era, focusing on the pursuit of the state of full enlightenment of the Buddha through the realization of the wisdom of emptiness and the cultivation of compassion.

The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.

The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa.