The Buddhist Path of Awakening Course

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Fall, 2022 (Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Chapters)

• Tuesday, Oct. 11: “Introduction” and “Spiritual Materialism," https://youtu.be/bGMUizSABGY

• Tuesday, Oct. 18: “The Bodhisattva Path” https://youtu.be/HGmwHSVnDeA

• Tuesday, Nov. 1: “Shunyata” https://youtu.be/r8nJvsSQXHM

• Tuesday, Nov. 8: “Prajna and Compassion” https://youtu.be/HzMQfiOqpX4 (Part 1) and https://youtu.be/O_UPzWQwXuk (Part 2)

• Tuesday, Nov. 15: "Tantra” Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e06EPInkb9M

• Tuesday, Nov 22: “Tantra” Part 2 + the Q&A of this chapter: https://youtu.be/PGjC144Dck8 Because the reading for the last class was so rich, profound, challenging, and long, we are going to discuss it again. We will pay special attention to the Q&A for this chapter (we did not cover it this past Tuesday), examining the “Three Roots” (guru, yidam, dharmapala) and the difficult and advanced subject of transmutation of the emotions into the path of bodhi (enlightenment). We will also revisit the five buddha families, considering their place in the “vajra world” of tantric Buddhism.

• Tuesday, November 29, 2022: We are returning to The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Volume 3, “The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness,” Chapter 3, “Entering the Diamond Path on a Solid Foundation." Learn more here.