The Buddhadharma is taught to overcome ego and conflicting emotions.

The Shambhala teachings are taught to show how to manifest enlightened potential.

Attributed to His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Unisciti al dott. Julia Sagebien esplora gli insegnamenti di Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche sulla politica del Vajra. She will also look at the commentaries developed by Karl Springer, Lila Rich, and Robin Kornman, as well as relevant dharma and spiritual teachings by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Thrangu Rinpoche, Mencius and others.

Questions to be Explored Include

• What are the limits of all political systems?
• What is Vajra Politics? 
• Who is a student of politics?
• What is the Ground, Sentiero, and Fruition of Vajra Politics? 
• What did Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche mean by “political consciousness” and how can it be developed?  
• How is mandala principle related to politics? 
• How does the ancient Chinese model of rulership and the Western tradition of humanism exemplify Vajra Politics principles?
• How did the Ancestral Sovereigns rule using Vajra Politics principles?
• What was the College of the Ashe Prince?
• What would a ngeton, O “original mind,” school of worldly dharmas be like?
• What can Bodhisattvas do in a time of great chaos and confusion?

“Mandala,” “society,” “group,” “association” implies that

everything is centered around something.

In tantric mandala, everything is centered around centerless space

in which there is no watcher or perceiver.

Because there is no watcher or perceiver, the fringe is extremely vivid.

-Il mito della libertà, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Testo

Vajra Politics Sourcebook by Julia Sagebien and Derek Kolleeny

Prerequisiti

This course requires a lead on one of the following: Pointing Out Instruction, Nature of Mind Transmission, Sacred World Assembly, Vajradhatu Seminary, or being a Tantrika, and Warrior Assembly or Lungta Practice.

A proposito del Maestro

Dott. Julia Sagebien became a student of the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1973. Successivamente studiò con il Venerabile Thrangu Rinpoche, così come altri insegnanti rispettati come Dzongsar Khyetnse Rinpoche e Tsoknyi Rinpoche. La sua formazione buddista ha incluso sia una componente accademica (Università MA Naropa) e un'ampia componente religiosa/contemplativa. Julia è stata direttrice della formazione Shambhala sin dall'inizio del programma e ha insegnato in diversi seminari Vajradhatu. in linea, she has been an active contributor to the Chronicles of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche project and has more recently hosted several large online programs via Shambhala Online. Julia ha anche lavorato a stretto contatto con i centri del Dharma di lingua spagnola in tutto il mondo e ha aiutato la pioniera del Queer Dharma. Come governatore fondatore del Consiglio dei Guerrieri, ha contribuito alla preservazione degli insegnamenti temporali/secolari del Regno di Shambhala.

Dott. Sagebien è nato a Cuba e ora risiede ad Halifax, Chicago, e San Giovanni. È una professoressa universitaria in pensione e una studiosa internazionale ampiamente pubblicata. È stata Senior Fellow per la Canadian Foundation of the Americas e i suoi progetti/conferenze di sviluppo sono stati generosamente finanziati dalla Ford Foundation e da altre fondazioni internazionali. She completed her doctoral work at the London School of Economics.