Meditation: The Way of the Buddha

February 6th (2022)

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    Meditation: The Way of the Buddha - A Six-Week Online Course


    Date: Sunday, December 26, 2021
    Price per person: $295
    Patron Price: $395

    Subsidized Scholarship Tuition: $195 (limited availability)
    If the subsidized tuition is not possible for you, please email [email protected] and indicate what amount you can pay. **No one will be turned away for lack of funds**

    Discover the power of meditation.
    Find more meaning in your life. 
    Be kinder to yourself and of more benefit to others.

    Meditation: The Way of the Buddha - A Six-Week Online Course
    Learn or refresh your connection to the practice of meditation as taught by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, based on archival talks in the summer of 1974 to an audience of new students. Although decades old, these presentations retain the same freshness and dynamism as when they were first brought from Tibet to the West, and are a reminder of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s incomparable mastery at communicating Buddhist teachings to a Western audience. These short talks - from mindfulness practice, to awareness practice, to the realization of emptiness - will be supported by further commentary and facilitated discussions by some of today’s leading teachers of Buddhism in the West, many of whom were actually present during these talks in 1974, including: 

    Pema Chödron, Dale Asrael, Dorje Loppon Lodro Dorje, Gaylon Ferguson, Arawana Hayashi, Marty Janowitz, Larry Mermelstein, and Judith Simmer-Brown.

    This course also includes the possibility of connecting in-person (or online) with a local study group in cities and regions where there are multiple registrants. 

    Two-Hour Online Sessions Sundays at 1pm Eastern Standard Time
    Live sessions on Jan 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, & Feb 6, 2022
    Access to course materials opens on December 26, 2021

    Course Outline

    January 2 Live Session – Meditation Instruction
    The presentation of meditation practice as it was presented and recommended by the Buddha himself.

    January 9 Live Session – Shamatha or Abiding In Peace
    An in-depth look at shamatha meditation practice.

    January 16 Live Session – State of Mind
    Chögyam Trunpa Rinpoche discusses aspects of intelligence, as well as the development of ego through the five skandhas. 

    January 23 Live Session – Vipashyana or Insight Meditation
    How the practice of shamatha meditation naturally leads to the experience of vipashyana, or insight meditation. 

    January 30 Live Session – The Dawn of Enlightenment
    Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche gives the audience a taste of the desolation and power of shunyata, or emptiness.

    February 6 Live Session  – Course Wrap Up and Celebration!
    A final gathering with a comprehensive Q&A session and a course wrap up – as well as a celebration!

    PLEASE NOTE: Prices are in US Dollars . Request a discount before you register to allow for exchange rates or other discounts.

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