"In 1973, the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche introduced the three-month seminary program as a systematic process of training in the hinayana, mahayana, and vajrayana. He called the program a 'seminary' because his explicit intent was that many of his Western students would teach each other. During his lifetime, the Vidyadhara presided at thirteen of these seminaries. He often commented that he was proud of the seminary format, in that traditional training situations in Tibet had often been study programs alone or practice programs alone . . ."—from the Shambhala Office of Practice and Education

This is a transcript of talks given by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche at the first Vajradhatu Seminary, part of a twelve-week training period of intensive meditation and study held at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in 1973. With an emphasis on meditation practice, these teachings include a detailed discussion of

• The eight states of consciousness
• The four foundations of mindfulness
• The relationship of shamatha & vipashyana
• The stages of the hinayana-mahayana path, based on the five paths and the eleven bhumis

Vajradhatu Publications
Softcover, 8 1/2" x 11"
235 pp.