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 became a Tsadra Foundation Translation Fellow in 2005. His published translations include Nagarjuna鈥檚 Letter to a Friend, Zurchungpa鈥檚 Testament, Dudjom Rinpoche鈥檚 A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom, and Jamg枚n Mipham鈥檚 commentaries on Padmasambhava鈥檚 Garland of Views and the Mah膩y膩na-s奴tr膩la峁僰膩ra. He is currently working on a detailed preliminary practice commentary by Shechen Gyaltsap and on a volume of Jamg枚n Kongtrul鈥檚 Treasury of Precious Instructions.