by Arya Maitreya, written down by Arya Asanga, commentary by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, explanations by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, translated by Rosemarie Fuchs.
Lama Shenpen Hookham is the Spiritual Director and principal teacher of the Awakened Heart Sangha.
In the 1970s, on the advice of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, she went to India where she lived among the Tibetans as a nun for six years. There she studied and meditated in retreat under the guidance of Tibetan teachers such as Karma Thinley Rinpoche, Bokar Rinpoche and Kalu Rinpoche. In 1978 His Holiness, the 16th Karmapa, head of the Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, instructed her to return to the West to teach Mahamudra.
AWAKENED HEART SANGHA
The Awakened Heart Sangha (AHS) is a mandala of students, teachers and supporters continually evolving around the core principle of Openness Clarity and Sensitivity and the path of Awakening for all beings.