Program
Shambhala Vajrayana Seminary
Sunday, June 26 to Monday, July 18, 2011, with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
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- When
- 23 days June 26 to July 18, 2011
- Program fee
- $2,234.00
- Who can come
- All ages Under 18 with a parent or guardian registered for the same dates
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About this program
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)
Prerequisites
Students applying to Vajrayana Seminary will need to have completed the following in advance of the program: Shambhala Sutrayana Seminary (or the hinayana and mahayana sections of the former Vajradhatu Seminary) and its pre-requisites. Refuge and bodhisattva vows, which are required before receiving vajrayana transmission. Warrior Assembly A 3-5 day solitary shamatha-vipashyana retreat Membership in your local Shambhala Meditation center/group or a Shambhala International membership 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 ace17@cox.net
Your teachers
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 Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Shambhala Mountain Center’s founder. Sakyong Mipham is the spiritual director of Shambhala, a global network of meditation and retreat centers, and the author of the national bestseller Turning the Mind into an Ally , as well as Ruling Your World , Running wit...
More about Sakyong Mipham RinpocheChristie 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 entered the Shambhala Buddhist path with Trungpa Rinpoche in Boulder, Colorado. For the first two years in Boulder, Christie lived in a little downstairs room in Trunga Rinpoche’s house. He encouraged her to put away the guitar, practice meditation three hours a...
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Gaylon Ferguson
Gaylon Ferguson, PhD, has practiced and taught Buddhism for over four decades. He received a doctorate in cultural anthropology in 1996 and taught at several universities, including fifteen years as core faculty at Naropa. He is a senior dharma teacher in the Shambhala International Buddhist community and has led meditation programs in numerous cities in the U.S. and internationally since 1976. He has been publish...
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