Course Overview

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About the Buddhist Path of Awakening Course and Book Series
Weedkly Meeting Schedule on Zoom: Tuesdays (Mahamudra/Vajrayana) and Thursdays (Hinayana) from 7 - 9PM ET (Class begins 7:35 PM ET)
Class recordings and resource Links
To join our ongoing Zoom meditation courses click here (drop-ins welcomed!)

About the Path of Awakening Courses

The focus of our courses is studying Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume One through Three. It is led by meditation teachers John Baker, Michael Kern, Barry Cunningham, and Laura Read. Our live-streamed courses are held via Zoom every week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) and are suitable for both experienced practitioners and those new to Buddhism.

2023 Course Updates:

Tuesdays (The Buddhist Path of Awakening Course)

Every Tuesday evening (7 - 9 PM ET; class starts 7:35 PM ET)

Study chapters from the book The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva (classes began August 22, 2023, recordings available)
Previous course (Spring-Summer 2023): Mind at Ease: Self-Liberation through Mahamudra Meditation by Traleg Kyabgon. Review recordings.
Thursdays (Foundational course SERIES)
Every Thursday evening (7 - 9 PM ET; class starts 7:35 PM ET)
Study the Kagyü-Nyingma Tibetan Buddhist teachings from the beginning! It will treat the doctrines of the Hinayana (the “foundational” vehicle) stage of the path. Reading Assignment: The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume One, The Path of Individual Liberation. This course began on April 27, 2023 and is ongoing. Drop-ins are welcomed. Recordings are available here.

About the Book Series

Starting in 1973 Trungpa Rinpoche began taking his students away each fall for a three-month retreat, presenting the teachings of these three divisions. He continued to do this for thirteen years, and the teachings he gave have been transcribed and digested into the three volumes of The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma. The teachings are based in part on the writings of the great 19th-20th century Tibetan teacher, Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thaye, writings which Trungpa Rinpoche had studied in Tibet and which he used as inspiration for his talks here in the U.S.

These volumes are one of the very finest ways to immerse oneself in the teachings of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, presented by one of the most accomplished expositors of Buddhism ever to arrive in the West. Trungpa Rinpoche loved Western language and culture, and he presented the teachings in American idiom, translating the often culturally unfamiliar images beautifully into English language and culture. Please join us for a feast of dharma (teachings).

COURSE Recordings

All recordings can be viewed class by class:

Volume 1, (Fall 2020 - Summer 2021): get access to the recordings from this page
Volume 2, (Summer 2021 - June 2022): See below or click here.
Before starting with Volume 3, we are studying the book Shambhala, The Sacred Path of the Warrior. Learn more.
Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism. Learn more
Volume 3, (from Fall 2022 and ongoing). Learn more