"In 1973, Vidyadhara Chogyam 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. He felt the Vajradhatu seminaries were unique in combining together meditation practice and study . . . "–from the Shambhala Office of Practice and Education

 This is a transcript of talks given by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche at the first Vajradhatu Seminary, part of a twelve-week training period of intensive meditation and study held at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, November-December 1973. These teachings represent the Vidyadhara's first formal presentation of vajrayana in North America. Teachings include

• The fundamentals of samaya
•  The six tantric yanas & their abhishekas
  
• Anuttarayoga and mahamudra
  
• Four yogas of mahamudra
• Eight logos of mahayoga

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

Available to students who have completed Shambhala Vajrayana Seminary or Sacred World Assembly.