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