Stephen Hodge

Stephen Hodge is a writer, translator and teacher specializing in Tibetan Buddhism. He has studied Japanese, Tibetan and Buddhism and lived in Japan for ten years where he was ordained as a monk in the Shinagon Tantric lineage and was the first Westerner to receive the full initiation to practice and teach the Japanese form of Tantric Buddhism. Since his return to the UK Stephen Hodge has taught Tibetan and Buddhist studies at the University of London and at several Buddhist centres. He is the...See more

Stephen Hodge is a writer, translator and teacher specializing in Tibetan Buddhism. He has studied Japanese, Tibetan and Buddhism and lived in Japan for ten years where he was ordained as a monk in the Shinagon Tantric lineage and was the first Westerner to receive the full initiation to practice and teach the Japanese form of Tantric Buddhism. Since his return to the UK Stephen Hodge has taught Tibetan and Buddhist studies at the University of London and at several Buddhist centres. He is the author of many books and articles. See less