Losar Prayer Festival for the Swift Return of Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche

Venerable Sarah Thresher

Venerable Sarah Thresher (Tenzin Yiwong) was born in London. Shortly after completing her degree in 1982, she encountered the Buddha's teachings at Kopan Monastery in Nepal, where she met Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and she was ordained as a nun by the Dalai Lama in 1986. After nine years as an editor at Wisdom Publications, she began teaching in 1992. She has served as resident teacher at Land of Medicine Buddha in California and teaches internationally.