This module is both an approach to art based on the Buddhist principle of emptiness, and a means of realizing vipashyana experience though practices of space and awareness.
Please read VIPASHYANA: THE PRACTICE OF AWARENESS – The Freshness of Unconditional Mind, from The Profound Treasury, Volume I, by Chögyam Trungpa. This book (ISBN 978-I-59030-802-8) will be used in future classes.
You may also wish to read True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art, ISBN 978-1590305881, by Chögyam Trungpa
Class 1: Vipashyana as Expanded Awareness
The meditation instructions given during the sitting period preceding the talk are an integral part of the class.
It is in two parts Shamatha and Vipashyana which were recorded separately.
Audio of talk: July 9, 2015 by Emily Weidman
Most of the following events are not recorded:
July 16: Visual Dharma DVD, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche at Naropa Institute, July 1978
July 23: Ikebana by Erika Wilton
July 30: Making your Mark (with sumi ink and calligraphy brush) by Erika Wilton
August 6: Taking your Seat by Michael Levin
August 13: Movement Vipashyana by Megan Schy Gleeson
August 20: No class. Khandro Rinpoche teaching in Newton.
August 27: General discussion.
September 3: Making your Mark (with sumi ink and calligraphy brush) by Erika Wilton
September 10: Improvisation – Freedom from Fixation by Meghan Gardner
September 17: Discussion with Emily Weidman
Audio