The Buddhist Path of Awakening Course

Zoom Class Recordings

Zoom class recordings can also be viewed class by class on our YouTube Channel.

• Class 1 (Sept. 13, 2022);: "Editor's Introduction”

• Class 2 (Sept. 20, 2022); "Introduction," pages 3-18

• Class 3 (Sept. 27, 2022); Chapter 1, “The Dawning of the Great Eastern Sun"

• Class 4 (Oct. 4, 2022); Chapter 2, "The Transition to Vajrayana"

• For the month of October through November, 2022 we studied relevant chapters from Trungpa Rinpoche’s Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, specifically, the chapters treating spiritual materialism, shunyata, the bodhisattva path, and tantra. Learn more

• Class 5: (Nov. 29, 2022); Chapter 3, “Entering the Diamond Path on a Solid Foundation"

• Class 6: (Dec. 6, 2022); Chapter 4, “Uncovering Indestructible Goodness and Wakefulness"

• Class 7: (Dec 13, 2022); Chapter 5, “The Multifaceted Diamond Path"

• Class 8: (Dec. 20, 2022); Chapter 6, "The Seven Aspects of Vajrayana: The Space before First Thought"

• Class 9: (Dec. 27, 2022); Chapter 7, "The Role of the Guru or Vajra Master" 

• Class 10: (Jan. 3, 2023);  Chapter 8, "The Root Guru as the Epitome of Freedom"

• Class 11: (Jan. 10, 2023); Chapter 9, “A Total Surrendering of Samsaric Logic"

• Class 12: (Jan 17, 2023); Chapter 10, “The Power of Devotion"

• Class 13: (Jan. 24, 2023); “The Tülku Principle”

• Class 14: (Jan 31, 2023); Chapter 12, “The Early Trungpas”  (Note - the recording is slightly damaged in that it freezes between minutes 1:54 and 2:22.)

• Class 15: (Feb. 7, 2023); Chapter 13, “The Later Trungpas"

• Class 16: (Feb. 14, 2023); Chapter 14, “Unconditional Ground"

• Class 17: (Feb. 28, 2023); Chapter 15: “Transcending Mental Concepts”

• Class 18: (March 7, 2023); Chapter 16, “Fundamental Magic" 

• Class 19: (March 14, 2023); The Way of Maha Ati by Chögyam Trungpa and Rigdzin Shikpo (Michael Hookham). Download PDF

• Class 20: (March 21, 2023); Readings:

  • 1. "The Dharma in a Single Drawing" by John Baker about a teaching by Chögyam Trungpa at the University of Colorado in 1970, available at - 
    https://tricycle.org/magazine/dharma-single-drawing/
    

  • 2. 1974 Vajrayana Seminary Transcript, by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Talk 22 “Space “ - please write to pathofawakeningbuddhistcenter@gmail.org for the pdf

  Chapter 17 titled "The Play of Space and Form" as well as discussing the 1974 Vajrayana Transcript, Talk 22 "Space," both by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, are available at https://youtu.be/SrqB6aam34U

• Class 21 (March 28, 2023): Chapter 18 titled "The Eight States of Consciousness and the Trikaya Principle" is available at  https://youtu.be/W1cBI30nsak

• Class 22: (April 4, 2023): Chapter 19 titled "Samaya: Making a Commitment" is available at https://youtu.be/wDbXIEIjtTo

For the current ongoing course, see this page. Past recordings from this course series (beginning in Fall of 2019) can be found here.