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Vajradhatu was the name of the umbrella organization of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, one of the first Tibetan Buddhist lamas to visit and teach in the West.
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Vajradhatu and was
Recognized both by Tibetan Buddhists and by other spiritual practitioners and scholars as a preeminent teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, he was a major, albeit controversial, figure in the dissemination of Tibetan Buddhism to the West, founding Vajradhatu and Naropa University and establishing the Shambhala Training method.
Upon the death of Chögyam Trungpa, the leadership of Vajradhatu was first carried on by his American disciple, appointed regent and Dharma heir, Ösel Tendzin ( Thomas Rich ), and then by Trungpa's eldest son and Shambhala heir, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
The cocaine use, say the Steinbecks, was kept secret from the wider Vajradhatu community.
One of Wulsin's first acts was to formally separate Naropa from Vajradhatu.
( This was during the 3rd Vajradhatu Seminary held in Snowmass, Colorado.
Eventually, the Vajradhatu organization was renamed Shambhala International by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
When Vajradhatu was incorporated in Colorado in 1973, it consolidated Tail of the Tiger, Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, a retreat facility in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado ; and Karma Dzong, an urban meditation center in Boulder, Colorado.
Vajradhatu and name
In 1972 Trungpa identified Thomas F. Rich ( an American with Buddhist name Ösel Tendzin ) as his dharma heir, and in a formal ceremony on August 22, 1976, Trungpa appointed Rich as Dorje Gyaltsap, Vajra Regent, and Director of the First Class of Vajradhatu.
In February 2000, restated articles of incorporation were signed, officially changing the name from Vajradhatu to Shambhala International.
Vajradhatu and organization
Trungpa entered the USA in 1970, established the Vajradhatu organization in 1973, and then in 1974, established Naropa Institute under the Nalanda Foundation.
Vajradhatu and Chögyam
Varela became a Tibetan Buddhist in the 1970s, initially studying, together with Keun-Tshen Goba, with the meditation master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, founder of Vajradhatu and Shambhala Training, and later with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, a Nepalese meditation master of higher tantras.
Vajradhatu and Trungpa
In 1973, Trungpa established Vajradhatu, encompassing all his North American institutions, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.
* Chronicles Radio: Ken Green How Chogyam Trungpa created Vajradhatu and Shambhala society and government
Vajradhatu and Rinpoche
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Vajradhatu hosted visits by the Sixteenth Karmapa ( head of the Kagyu Lineage ) in 1974, Khyentse Rinpoche ( head of the Nyingma Lineage ) in 1976, and the Fourteenth Dalai Lama in 1981.
Following Trungpa's death, senior Kagyu lineage holder Tai Situ Rinpoche recommended that he himself take over leadership of Vajradhatu in conjunction with Trungpa's half brother Damchu Tenphel Rinpoche, who resided in Tibet.
Vajradhatu and one
This tantra explains the process of the visualization of the Vajradhatu Mandala, which is one of the most visually stylized of Buddhist mandalas.
Vajradhatu and first
Conducts first annual Vajradhatu Seminary, a three-month advanced practice and study program.
* Karmê Chöling The first Vajradhatu practice center ( Vermont )
Vajradhatu and Tibetan
* The Chronicle Project: TCS Record of official correspondence between Vajradhatu and Tibetan Buddhist lineage holders ca 1990
Vajradhatu and Buddhist
During this period, he conducted thirteen Vajradhatu Seminaries, three-month residential programs at which he presented a vast body of Buddhist teachings in an atmosphere of intensive meditation practice.
Incorporates Vajradhatu, an international association of Buddhist meditation and study centers, now known as Shambhala International.
The Abbey is associated with the Vajradhatu Buddhist Church of Canada and Shambhala International.
After the year 2000, with the merging of the secular teachings of Shambhala and the Buddhist teachings of Vajradhatu into Shambhala Buddhism, completion of Shambhala Vajrayana Seminary ( which itself requires taking Buddhist refuge and bodhisattva vows, as well as Buddhist vajrayana samaya vows ) became a condition for receiving the highest Shambhala teachings, such as those of Werma and the Scorpion Seal Retreat.
Vajradhatu and .
Establishes the Kalapa Court in Boulder, Colorado, as his residence and a cultural center for the Vajradhatu community.
1986: Moves his home and the international headquarters of Vajradhatu to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Vajradhatu Publications, 2001.
Initially, the Nalanda Foundation and Vajradhatu were closely linked, having nearly identical boards of directors.
Ties with Vajradhatu were further weakened with the physical relocation of Vajradhatu's main center to Halifax, and then by Trungpa's death in 1987.
The Ankusha is the symbolic attribute for the visualization of the Bodhisattva Vajraraja, an emanation within the retinue of Vajradhatu.
In 1986 he moved the international headquarters of Vajradhatu to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he died the following year.
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