The Buddhist Path of Awakening Course
Join our ongoing Buddhist course on Zoom and connect with a community of meditators from anywhere in the world!
This ongoing online course is for anyone interested in Buddhism and open to anyone. We start with 30 minutes of meditation followed by a class and discussion. You may prepare by reading the suggested chapter for each week from the book Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism (recommended readings is posted in our weekly newsletter and on our facebook page) or just join us online via Zoom to meditate, listen to the lecture, and participate in the discussion.
October, 2022 Update: For the month of October through November we will be studying chapters from the book Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism written by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Learn more.
Zoom Meeting Schedule
Tuesdays (7 PM - 9 PM ET)
6:45 - 7:00 PM ET: Social Conversation (Optional)
7:00 - 7:30 PM ET: Meditation (Optional; You may join the meditation at any time or just come for class)
7:35 - 9:00 PM ET: Class & Discussion
About the Course
You may purchase this volume at Amazon or Shambhala Publications or from other vendors.
Teachers: John Baker, Laura Read, Michael Kern and Barry Cunningham.
All classes are recorded and will be available on YouTube for review a few days after the class.
Click here to learn how to join us on Zoom (Zoom room opens on Tuesdays at 6:45 PM ET)
Please sign up to our weekly newsletter to get each week’s recommended readings.
Questions about the course? Contact us here
For those who plan to attend regularly, advance registration is greatly appreciated.
If attending regularly, a monthly subscription is also available. Learn More
“So insightful and helpful on my path. Such great learning.”
– M. Regular Class Participant
Recordings
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Vajrayana
June 2022: We have decided that it will be helpful to take a detour and study Trungpa Rinpoche’s Shambhala the Sacred Path of the Warrior and then return to The Profound Treasury. The Shambhala teachings were very important to Trungpa Rinpoche, are tantric and precious, and will illuminate our understanding of the Vajrayana when we return to The Profound Treasury.
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Mahayana
From Summer 2021 - May, 2022, we read the chapters from the Volume 2 of The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma; The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion. All previous class recordings of this course can be found on our YouTube channel
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Hinayana
From Fall 2020 - Summer 2021 we read chapters from The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume One, The Path of Individual Liberation.
Listen to the recordings from the course here
Class 24: The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom, and Compassion: ‘Generosity’
The Buddhist Path of Awakening Course Class recording from December 14, 2021 can be watched on YouTube here.
READING ASSIGNMENT: Chögyam Trungpa's The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume 2, The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion, Part 6, Bodhisattva Activity:
Chapter 26, "Applying Emptiness to Everyday Life," pp. 203-205, and
Chapter 27, "Generosity," pp. 206-213.
Class 23: The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom, and Compassion: ‘Paramitas: Techniques of Non-grasping’
The Buddhist Path of Awakening Course meets via Zoom very Tuesday 6:45 - 9 PM ET
(Class begins after evening meditation; 7:35 PM ET)
Class recording is from December 7, 2021
READING ASSIGNMENT: Chögyam Trungpa's The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume 2, The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion, Part 6, Bodhisattva Activity:
Chapter 25, "Paramitas: Techniques of Non-grasping," pp. 193-202.
Drop-ins welcomed!
Class 22: The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom, and Compassion: ‘Contemplating Emptines’
Class #22:
The recording of the November 30th, 2021 class on "Awakening Unfabricated Perception" is available via YouTube here.
CLASS READING ASSIGNMENT: Chögyam Trungpa's The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume 2, The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom, and Compassion:
Chapter 23, "Contemplating Emptiness," pp. 171-179, and
Chapter 24, "Awakening Unfabricated Perception," pp. 180-189.
Class 21: “Shunyata” from the book Cutting ‘Through Spiritual Materialism’ & ‘The Heart Sutra’
Watch the recording on YouTube and download the reading from Class #21.
The reading assignment for the class was:
The Heart Sutra (Prajñaparamitahridaya Sutra) and an excerpt from the book Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
This online class was recorded via Zoom on Tuesday, November 23, 2021