Between 1980 and 1992, Sarah served as a resident Dharma teacher and translator in Los Angeles and later in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has done extensive oral translation internationally for such renowned teachers as Kalu Rinpoche, Chagdud Tulku, Tenga Rinpoche, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, and Gangteng Rinpoche. Sarah is a founding member of the International Buddhist Translation Committee and a member of the Nalanda Translation Committee. Her prolific career as a translator includes more than thirty-five translations of traditional Buddhist texts, as well as the Tibetan Language Correspondence Course, co-authored with Jeremy Morrelli. From 1992 she was a faculty member in Buddhist Studies at Naropa University and is recently retired. Sarah continues to make her home in Boulder, where she is currently working on her next book. She has been a Tsadra Fellow since 2000. (Adapted from Source: Creation and Completion, Wisdom Publications, 2002.)
Online Publications:
- Pha Dampa Sangye and the Alphabet Goddess: A Preliminary Study of the Sources of the Zhije Tradition. Presented by Sarah Harding at the 2016 meeting of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (IATS) in Bergen, Norway
- “As for the Blessing of Vajravārāhī, Marpa Lhodrakpa does not have it.” WTF?
- Did Machik Lapdrön Really Teach Chöd? A Survey of the Early Sources
Selected Publications:
- Severance: The Early Practice of Chö. By Jamyang Gönpo. New York: Wisdom Publications, 2025.
- Shangpa Kagyu: The Tradition of Khyungpo Naljor, Part 1 and Part 2. Volumes 11 and 12 of The Treasury of Precious Instructions: Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibet (gdams ngag rin po che'i mdzod), compiled by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye ('jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas). Tsadra Foundation Series. Snow Lion, Shambhala Publications, 2022-2023.
- Chöd: The Sacred Teachings on Severance. Vol. 14 of The Treasury of Precious Instructions: Essential Teachings of the Eight Practice Lineages of Tibet (gdams ngag rin po che'i mdzod), compiled by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye ('jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha' yas). Tsadra Foundation Series. Boulder, CO: Snow Lion, 2016.
- Machik's Complete Explanation: Clarifying the Meaning of Chöd, a Complete Explanation of Casting out the Body as Food. By Ma gcig lab sgron. Boston: Snow Lion Publications, 2013.
- Creation and Completion: Essential Points of Tantric Meditation. By Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye ('jam mgon kong sprul blo gros mtha’ yas). With commentary by Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2002. First published 1996 by Wisdom (Boston).
Affiliations & relations
- Tsadra Foundation · workplace affiliation
- Naropa University · secondary affiliation
- Kagyu · religious affiliation
- Tibetan Buddhism · religious affiliation
- Shangpa Kagyu · religious affiliation
- Kalu Rinpoche · religious affiliation
- Chagdud Tulku · teacher
- Kalu Rinpoche · teacher
- Tenga Rinpoche · teacher
- Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso · teacher
- Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche · teacher
- Gangteng Rinpoche · teacher
- Kalu Rinpoche · teacher
- Tenga Rinpoche · teacher
- Thrangu Rinpoche · teacher
- Chagdud Tulku · teacher
- Gyamtso, Khenpo Tsultrim · teacher
- https://www.tsadra.org/translators/sarah-harding/ · websites
