Program
Shambhala Vajrayana Seminary
Summer 2011
LAUREN SANFORD & DAN GLENN, Prep scholarship deadline is May 26 acceptance code is KCLVJ201 payment schedule: Mar 28 $940 full program fee $745 discount program fee Apr 27 $940 full program fee $745 discount program fee May 27 $940 full program fee $745 discount program fee Material fee: $307 June 26th: Welcome/orientation July 18th: Departure day (no scheduled events)
Dates
- Starts
- June 25, 2011
- Ends
- July 17, 2011
Pricing
- Program Fee
- $2,234.00
- Full Price
- $2,822.00
- Daily Rate
- Free
- Deposit
- $200.00
Enrollment
- Enrolled
- 81
- Capacity
- 100
- Waitlisted
- 0
Prerequisites
<p>Students applying to Vajrayana Seminary will need to have completed the following in advance of the program:</p> <ul> <li>Shambhala Sutrayana Seminary (or the hinayana and mahayana sections of the former Vajradhatu Seminary) and its pre-requisites.</li> <li>Refuge and bodhisattva vows, which are required before receiving vajrayana transmission.</li> <li>Warrior Assembly</li> <li>A 3-5 day solitary shamatha-vipashyana retreat</li> <li><a href="http://www.shambhala.org/community/membership.php">Membership in your local Shambhala Meditation center/group or a Shambhala International membership</a> if you live in a remote area where center membership is not possible. Students who don't live near a center can become a member of Shambhala by contacting Adrienne Gauthier at <a href="mailto:ace17@cox.net">ace17@cox.net</a></li> </ul>
Faculty
- Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche is the head of the Shambhala lineage. An incarnation of Mipham the Great, he is the dharma heir and son of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, ...
- Christie Cashman
Acharya Christie Cashman first studied the dharma with Suzuki Roshi at age 18, while attending the University of California at Berkeley. Then, in 1971 she en...
- Gaylon Ferguson
Gaylon Ferguson has practiced Shambhala Buddhist meditation since 1973 under the guidance of Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinp...