Program
Enlightened Society Assembly
Monday, February 9 to Tuesday, February 24, 2015, with John Rockwell
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- When
- 16 days February 9 to 24, 2015
- Program fee
- $1,475.00
- Who can come
- All ages Under 18 with a parent or guardian registered for the same dates
- Places
- Already happened
About this program
Pre-Auth code: ESA2015 2 Teacher rooms. 2 coordinator rooms. Lots of MI spaces. Check with staffing co-coordinators Camren Davis & Gary Vu. The program begins with registration at 4pm on February 9th followed by dinner and the first event of the program. The program ends in the evening of February 23rd with the 24th being a departure day.
Prerequisites
In order to attend Enlightened Society Assembly, you must apply to and be accepted to the program. ** Please note the Prerequisites have changed** Students applying to the Enlightened should have completed the following before the program (please note that these are new requirements) : Preparation Shambhala Levels I through V Everyday Life Series: Meditation, Contentment, Joy, Fearlessness and Wisdom Basic Goodness Series (if possible) Rigden Weekend One Weekthun Membership in your local Shambhala meditation centre/group or membership in Shambhala for those not affiliated with a local centre.
Your teachers
John Rockwell
John Rockwell has been on the path of dharma for 50 years. He met Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1975 and studied and practiced the Buddhist and Shambhala teachings with him for 12 years. During that time, he also worked with him on translating Tibetan texts into English. For ten years, he studied and taught at Naropa University in the Buddhist Studies department. For many years, he has served as a senior teacher in ...
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Margaret Drescher lives and works, with her husband Jim, at Windhorse Farm in Nova Scotia, Canada. They are the founders and directors of this 250 acre heritage farm and forest using Shambhala Principles. These are lived as a living experiment, “The Windhorse Way”, in hosting the community, land stewardship and leadership programming on this place of sustainability and magic. Margaret is trained as a Landscape Hor...
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