Online Programs
The Cycle of the Black Ashe Lectures by Robin Kornman Online
December 6, 2020 - March 7, 2021
Come join us in an exploration of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s terma texts and their relationship to Buddhist teachings such as buddha nature, saddhana practice, terma cycles, Ri-me movement, as well as to Tibetan culture, Bön, Confucianism and Taoism. The course combines Robin Kornman’s seminal lectures given at DDL in 2004 with live commentary and discussion led by well-practiced and studied teachers drawn from the various practice and study communities of our extended Shambhala world.
(Online) Milarepa Day
With Kristine McCutcheon
February 27, 2021
Online
This is one of the annual celebrations of our community held on the full moon following Shambhala Day (or close to it). This opportunity to come together and join our voices in union with the words of others who, like Milarepa, have struggled with disillusionment, worked with renunciation and searched for a path and a teacher. By reading the dohas and stories in The Rain of Wisdom we are connecting to the practice of devotion, courage and insight through our Kagyu lineage holder songs.
(Online) The Four Dignities of Shambhala
With Christine Heming and Shastri Veit Weber
March 7 - April 11, 2021
Training in the four dignities—Meek, Perky, Outrageous and Inscrutable—one matures as a warrior, widening one’s sphere of benevolent engagement in the world with humility, nobility, vision, upliftedness and delight.
(Online) The Heart of Recovery
With Scott Perkins
April 3 - 24, 2021
Online
Grounded in meditation, the Buddhist teachings provide a practical means to support our recovery from addictions and compulsive behaviours, as well as help us release the clinging to thoughts and impulses that lead us to suffering, discontent, and harmful actions.
(Online) Ecology of the Heart: Exploring Inner and Social Sustainability in a Time of Eco-Anxiety
With Nick Kranz
May 1 - 8, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
A weethun incorporating Social Meditation with the exploration of inner and outer ecology. Along with many other wisdom traditions, Buddhist teachings have pointed for millennia to our deep connection and interdependence with everything in the biosphere. […]
(Online) Chariot of Mahamudra Weekend Retreat 2021
With Acharya Richard John
June 4 - 6, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
Mahamudra, the "great symbol," is among the most profound traditions of vajrayana Buddhism, but it is also extremely simple and direct. […]
(Online) Krodhikali Weekend
With Mark Nowakowski
June 25 - 27, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling and Online
The prophecy of this terma precisely describes these current dark times of rampant disease, societal injustice and upheaval, and environmental destruction. Its compassionate practice is essential and helpful to all beings. Open to Vajrayogini practitioners who already have the lung, and for those who receive the lung in-person at the weekend.
(Online) Ways of Seeing and The Way of Nature: Contemplative Photography, Haiku and Deep Ecology
With John McQuade
July 23 - 28, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
This program engages the contemplative arts of Nalanda Miksang photography and haiku. Haiku is a short contemplative poetic form that contains references to Nature. Nalanda Miksang photography is based on the Dharma Art teachings of Chogyam Trungpa.[…]
(Online) Three Yanas of the Great Eastern Sun
With John Rockwell
July 31 - August 14, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
The view of this two week retreat is to join all three yanas of our journey together, on the spot. We will practise formless mahamudra shamatha-vipashyana as our main practice, enriched by compassion practices such as tonglen, and a session of the Sadhana of Mahamudra daily. (Qualifies as a half-dathun in the Way of Shambhala curriculum.)
(Online) Five Wisdom Energies: Understanding the Feminine and Masculine of Who We Are
With Irini Rockwell
August 21 - 28, 2021
Dorje Denma Ling
The Five Wisdoms, also referred to as the Five Buddha Families, are traditional Tibetan Buddhist teachings relevant to these challenging times. The energies are a vehicle for self-discovery and a tool for working with others in everyday life, both personally and professionally. […]
