Holly Gayley is a scholar and translator of contemporary Buddhist literature in Tibet and associate professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research explores writings by and about Tibetan Buddhist women, ethical reform in contemporary Tibet, and theorizing translation, both literary and cultural, in the transmission of Buddhist teachings to North America. She is author of Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet; translator of Inseparable Across Lifetimes; and editor of Voices from Larung Gar: Shaping Tibetan Buddhism for the Twenty-First Century. Her most recent anthology of translations is Longing to Awaken: Buddhist Devotion in Tibetan Poetry and Song, co-edited with Dominique Townsend.
At the University of Colorado Boulder, Holly is Co-Director of the Tibet Himalaya Initiative; founding member of the Contemplative Resource Center, now CALM: Contemplative Arts, Learning, and Meditation; and Director of a new interdisciplinary Contemplative Studies Certificate. For twenty-five years, she has regularly led meditation workshops and retreats. Together with her partner, Holly has started a retreat center in Buena Vista, Colorado.
