Teacher: Judith Simmer-Brown
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Judith Simmer-Brown
Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Contemplative and Religious Studies Emeritx at Naropa University, where she has taught since 1978.
As Buddhist practitioner since the early 1970’s, she became a student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1974, and served as an acharya (senior teacher) from 2000-2022. Her teaching
Her book, Dakini’s Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism (Shambhala 2001), explores the feminine principle as it reveals itself in meditation practice and everyday life for women and men. She has also edited Meditation and the Classroom: Contemplative Pedagogy for Religious Studies (SUNY 2011).
She and her husband, Richard, have two adult children and four grandchildren.
Judith's Courses
Buddhism
White Tara, a Powerful Practice of Compassion
The White Tara sadhana is one of the most powerful compassion practices in Tibetan Buddhism.
No Prerequisites
Open Sitting
Shambhala Path
Public Talk: Soothing the World in Difficult Times: The Feminine Principle.
In times like these filled with anxiety, estrangement, and conflict, teachings related with the Tibetan “feminine principle” have much to offer!
No Prerequisites
Other Program
Shambhala Path
The Sacred Path The Golden Key
By exploring the depths of perception, one can engage the elemental and magical strength inherent in the world all around us, of which we are part.
Prerequisites apply
Golden Key
Buddhism
Understanding Vajrayana: An Exploration of the Vajrayana Path and Culture
This course is ideal for those who are longing to learn more about, inquire into, or refresh their connection to, the Vajrayana path.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Understanding Vajrayana: An Exploration of the Vajrayana Path and Culture
This course is ideal for those who are longing to learn more about, inquire into, or refresh their connection to, the Vajrayana path.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Understanding Vajrayana: An Exploration of the Vajrayana Path and Culture
This course is ideal for those who are longing to learn more about, inquire into, or refresh their connection to, the Vajrayana path.
No Prerequisites
Buddhism
Being a Bodhisattva: Exploring the Bodhisattva Vow (Online)
This three-session course explores the moment in a person’s life when they decide to go one step further than “being Buddhist”—and make a profound commitment to put all others before themselves.
No Prerequisites
Other Program
Buddhism
Sowing Seeds of Peace: The Transformation of Anger
Drawing from the timeless teachings of warriorship from the Indian master Shantideva and from the ever-current terma of Shambhala, this one-day program investigates and identifies ways of transforming anger into seeds of peace.
No Prerequisites
Other Program
Refuge and Bodhisattva Vows
The refuge vow is the ancient, traditional ceremony of becoming a Buddhist. The Bodhisattva Vow is further commitment, after taking the Refuge Vow, to put others before oneself and to work wholeheartedly for the benefit of all.
No Prerequisites
Refuge Vow
Being a Bodhisattva: Exploring the Bodhisattva Vow via Zoom
Planting such a seed as the bodhisattva vow undermines ego and leads to a tremendous expansion of perspective. Such heroism, or bigness of mind, fills all of space completely, utterly, absolutely. Within such a vast perspective, nothing is claustrophobic
No Prerequisites
Open Buddhist Program
Being a Bodhisattva: Exploring the Bodhisattva Vow
This three-session course explores the moment of making a profound commitment to put others before yourself. It is open to all who are interested in the vow, or those looking to reconnect with the vow.
No Prerequisites
Mahayana and the Bodhisattva Vow
Buddhism
A Year of Deepening in Compassion - Part III: Fearless Garuda - Emptiness and Absolute Bodhicitta
A Year of Deepening in Compassion: Part three of a four-part series exploring the Shambhala Mahayana teachings.
No Prerequisites
SSBS & other Buddhist Courses others
Buddhism
Meditation: The Way of the Buddha
Learn or refresh your connection to the practice of meditation as taught by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, based on archival talks in the summer of 1974 to an audience of new students.
No Prerequisites
Intro to Meditation
Buddhism
Finding Freedom: The Core Teachings of the Buddha, Course III - The Second Noble Truth: The Origin of Suffering, Part II - The Wheel of Life, Karma, and the Twelve Nidanas
The foundational teachings of the Buddha indicate that the suffering we experience in our lives can come to cessation if we recognize, deeply and profoundly, how that suffering has arisen. This requires gentle bravery and deep contemplation.
No Prerequisites
Intro to Meditation
Buddhism
White Tara: A Soothing Practice for Difficult Times
This five-week course introduces the short daily practice of White Tara, one of the most famous bodhisattvas of compassion in Tibetan Buddhism. The reading transmission (lung) is included in the course
No Prerequisites
Other Events & Classes Others
Buddhism
Yeshe Tsogyal and the Feminine Principle (OE)
This course explores Yeshe Tsogyal as a female exemplar, enlightened teacher, and fierce protector for all dharma practitioners.
No Prerequisites
Open Buddhist Program
A Year of Deepening in Compassion Series
Full series exploring the Shambhala Mahayana teachings.
No Prerequisites
SSBS & other Buddhist Courses others
Buddhism
Finding Freedom: The Core Teachings of the Buddha
This is a five-course-series that provides a thorough exploration of the Hinayana path drawing on teachings from prominent teachers and classic sources.
No Prerequisites
Intro to Meditation
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