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Buddhism:
View and Path
A seven-month study and practice program led by senior instructors of both Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.
The great 19th-century scholar and meditation master Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye said that one who meditates without the view is like a blind man wandering the plains, while one who has the view but does not meditate is like a wealthy yet miserly person who cannot help either themselves or others. “When one practices meditation with the view,” he wrote, “it is like a garuḍa fathoming space. There is no fear and no doubt. Joining view and meditation is the holy tradition.”
With this in mind, we offered a seven-month program, Buddhism: View and Path. Originally created for our emerging Indian meditation instructors and dathun participants—those who have completed or intend to complete the four-week shamatha-vipashyana retreat designed by Trungpa Rinpoche and strongly supported by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche—the course was open to any committed and genuinely interested student.
(Note: This course began on 3 January and ended on 15 August 2026.)
Our course is over – Now what?!
Our course is over – Now what?!
Thank you so much for your dedication and commitment over 7½ months in taking part in this Buddhism: View and Path class. You've really inspired us! But please don't stop. You're on a genuine path to liberation and to truly helping the world. So please keep reading, practising, and studying. Go deeper and deeper. Here are some reading suggestions:
Exploring the Vajrayana
Exploring the Vajrayana
In our final class, the Dorje Loppön, Lodrö Dorje, introduced us to the Vajrayana. If you want to explore the Vajrayana further, you can read:
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Journey Without Goal
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Poison is Medicine — available for free download in English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian, and other languages at siddharthasintent.org/publications/poison-is-medicine
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, The Guru Drinks Bourbon?
To Practice Ngöndro
To Practice Ngöndro
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche has created an excellent support structure — the Ngöndro Gar — for students who want to explore the Vajrayana practices under the guidance of a qualified meditation instructor. This web page explains the steps in detail and enables you to apply and register if you're interested: ngondrogar.org/for-prospective-students
If you're brand new to the Vajrayana, it's best to first get a clear understanding of what ngöndro entails. So perhaps start by reading Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche's book on ngöndro, Not for Happiness. You can also read Patrul Rinpoche's Words of My Perfect Teacher. These readings will help you figure out whether ngöndro aligns with your aspiration and willingness to commit to 3–5 years of dedicated practice. With over 84,000 paths in Buddhism, it is important to find the one that truly resonates with your journey.
The Three Yanas Retreat
The Three Yanas Retreat
This is a wonderful month-long program for people who want to enter the Vajrayana in Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche's tradition. The retreat is led by senior students of Trungpa Rinpoche, with alternating weeks of shamatha-vipashyana practice and study of the three yanas. During the third week of the retreat, participants may request Vajrayana transmission. In the fourth week, they can try out Kagyü ngöndro practice in a supportive environment. You can learn more about the retreat at 3yanas.org.
Derek Kolleny's Curriculum and Readings
Derek Kolleny's Curriculum and Readings
Derek, who taught our two classes on Glimpses of Abhidharma, has designed an excellent course and curriculum of readings on "The Path of Meditation, Insight and Compassion in the Tradition of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche." Here is his curriculum, along with six wonderful sourcebooks of readings — including two that will deepen your immersion in the Mahayana path, and three that invite you to further explore the Vajrayana.
Śrāvakayāna view
(6 weeks)
Śrāvakayāna view
(6 weeks)
The Sādhana of Mahāmudrā
The Sādhana of Mahāmudrā
(6 weeks)
(6 weeks)
Śrāvakayāna path
(4 weeks)
Śrāvakayāna path
(4 weeks)
Abhidharma
(April–May)
Abhidharma
(April–May)
Bodhisattvayāna
(10 weeks)
Bodhisattvayāna
(10 weeks)
“Many people believe that if you sit and meditate a lot, you don’t have to read or study anything at all. That approach is one-sided and leaves no room for sharpening the intellect or disciplining the mind. Study and scholastic learning play an extremely important part for us.”
“Many people believe that if you sit and meditate a lot, you don’t have to read or study anything at all. That approach is one-sided and leaves no room for sharpening the intellect or disciplining the mind. Study and scholastic learning play an extremely important part for us.”
— Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
— Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Teachers
Teachers
The course will be taught by senior instructors and students of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, along with several excellent guest teachers.
dDzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Rinpoche was born in Bhutan in 1961. He is author of several books on following the Buddhist path in the contemporary world, including What Makes You Not a Buddhist, Not for Happiness, and Living is Dying. He heads six monasteries and institutes of Buddhist study in Asia, teaches and oversees centres for the study and practice of Buddhism in five continents, and directs several major non-profit organizations including Khyentse Foundation, Siddhartha’s Intent, and 84000 which is translating all the Buddha’s teachings into English. He has also made several award-winning films.
dKhenpo
Sonam Phuntsok
Khenpo-la is one of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche's senior monks. He studied classical Buddhist philosophy at Dzongsar Institute for nine years, and he received his Khenpo degree from Rinpoche in 2013. Khenpo-la led many programs in Deer Park, Buddha Pada, as well as online. He has worked on many translation projects under Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, including the Vimai Ladrub sadhana with Steve Cline, and is also on the translation team for the Chime Phagme Nyingthik sadhana.
Chagdud Khadro
Chagdud Khadro is spiritual director of Chagdud Gonpa Brasil, Uruguay, and Chile, and head of Khadro Ling – the first Tibetan Buddhist centre in South America. Married for 23 years to Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, she now upholds the spiritual lineages that he transmitted, is widely known for her teachings on preparing for death, and is passionate about imparting the dharma to children. In 2024, Chagdud Khadro was awarded the Khyentse Fellowship, Khyentse Foundation’s top honour, for her tireless contributions and commitment to the Buddhadharma.Dorje Lopon Lodro Dorje
One of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s earliest and closest students, Lodro Dorje has been practising and studying the dharma for 55 years. In 1976, Rinpoche appointed him head of his Office of Three Yana Studies to facilitate students’ practice and study of the Shravakayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana paths. Lodro was a founding member of the Nalanda Translation Committee where he worked directly with Trungpa Rinpoche on both Buddhist and Shambhala texts. In 1985, Trungpa Rinpoche designated him Dorje Loppon and empowered him to give ngöndro and Vajrayana transmissions. He leads retreats and teaches widely, especially in the Vajrayana and Mahamudra paths.
Judy Lief
Judy Lief was one of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s earliest and closest students, and has edited many of Trungpa Rinpoche’s books including those we are using in our course. She was Executive Director of Vajradhatu Publications, Dean of Naropa University, Head of Practice and Study at Trungpa Rinpoche’s three-month three-yana seminaries, and is author of the book Making Friends with Death: A Buddhist Guide to Encountering Mortality. Judy is head teacher of the annual Profound Treasury Retreats and teaches worldwide. Her podcast "Dharma Glimpses" has subscribers in over ten countries. For more information, see her website Judylief.com.Carolyn Gimian
Carolyn Gimian is head of the Chogyam Trungpa Institute at Naropa University, and founding director of the Shambhala Archives. She is editor of The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa; Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior; Mindfulness in Action, and very many other volumes of Trungpa Rinpoche’s work. Carolyn’s articles and essays are published in Lion’s Roar, Buddhadharma, The Best of Buddhist Writing, and other magazines and anthologies. Carolyn holds a Ph.D in Early Childhood Education and teaches widely on meditation, Buddhism and Shambhala.Lama Sherab Drolma
Lama Sherab Drolma was born in the Amazon region of Brazil. She met her main teacher, Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, in the 90s in Brazil, and was his translator and personal attendant. In 2002, he ordained her as a lama, and she is known for the depth of her guru yoga and spiritual discipline. She also has practiced lama dance, a way to express the meaning of meditation through movement.
She is a resident lama of Chagdud Gonpa Khadro Ling, and regularly travels throughout Brazil to support practitioners with teachings, spiritual counseling and practice. She also teaches abroad.
Andy Karr
Andy has practiced and studied the dharma for over fifty years under Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, and other great masters. He is the author of Into the Mirror: A Buddhist Journey through Mind, Matter, and the Nature of Reality and of Contemplating Reality, advisor to Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s Milinda program, and a key architect of the annual Three Yanas study-practice intensive.
Barry Boyce
Barry has been practicing and studying the dharma since 1972 and teaching it since 1980. A close student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and co-founder of Mindful, a print and digital magazine focusing on the application of mindfulness to everyday life. He wrote the introductions to Trungpa Rinpoche’s books The Sādhana of Mahamudra and Devotion and Crazy Wisdom, and has taught on the Sādhana of Mahamudra for nearly fifty years.
Adrienne Chang
Adrienne has studied in the tradition of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche for over fifteen years, helping co-lead Shambhala and Buddhist meditation retreats and study courses in Europe, North America, and online. Adrienne is currently a member of the Milinda program, a ten-year, inter-sangha, shedra-styled Buddhist teacher training program under the guidance of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Adrienne has been teaching and publishing in the fields of Buddhist philosophy and history, as well as of gerontology, meditation, and aging and spirituality.Ken Einhorn
Ken has been a student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche since the late 1970’s. He sat his first dathun in 1980 and attended the three-month Vajradhatu Seminary with Trungpa Rinpoche in 1982. After retiring in 2019 from a 40-year career in live television news production, he’s been able to turn his attention towards study and practice. Ken was an instructor for Datun at Deer Park in 2024 and Buddha Pāda in 2025. His journey on the Buddhist path continues as a student of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche.Valerie Lorig
Valerie Lorig, M.Ed, has practised and studied Buddhism since 1973 under the guidance of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, and other great teachers. As a faculty member at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, she teaches courses on Buddhism, mindfulness, somatic psychology, and trauma. A Licensed Professional Counselor, she integrates contemplative psychotherapeutic methods with Buddhist principles.Chris Jay
Chris got his start as a Buddhist practitioner in 1970 to go to Japan to study Zen, where he spent a total of 7 years. Many years later, in 1998, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche accepted Chris as a student. Under Rinpoche's direction, he and his wife completed a three-year retreat at the Vajradhara Gonpa in Australia in 2008. Since then, he has been helping in various capacities as an Instructor, working with Ngondro and sadhana students, and leading online and in-person practices and retreats.
Alex Trisoglio
Alex has studied with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche for more than thirty years and is an instructor appointed by him. He served for over a decade as Rinpoche’s teaching assistant during extensive teaching cycles on Chandrakīrti’s Madhyamaka and Maitreya’s buddha-nature teachings, and edited the compilation of Rinpoche’s Madhyamaka teachings, Introduction to the Middle Way. Trained in theoretical physics and computer science, with a PhD in leadership, Alex is an executive coach and business school professor. His particular interest is how Buddhist view informs practice, conduct, and everyday life.
Derek Kolleeny
Derek has practiced and studied the dharma for fifty years, first as a student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and then with Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. He earned a BA from Harvard College focusing on Buddhism, worked briefly with the Nalanda Translation Committee, and was Director of Practice and Education for the Shambhala Center of New York. He founded Rime Shedra NYC; and is a co-founder of Westchester Meditation Center and Profound Treasury Dharma Foundation. He has taught extensively on Buddhist philosophy and practice for more than 30 years.Lily Ng
Lily has been a student of Sogyal Rinpoche and the Dharma for over thirty years. She has been a participant in the Milinda programme, a multi-sangha teacher training program initiated by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, since its inception. Based in France, she works on curriculum development, teacher training, and the facilitation of study and practice sessions at Rigpa's centres and online, supporting students in integrating the teachings into their own experience and daily life.
Leandra Ziegler
Leandra is the editorial director of the Chogyam Trungpa Digital Library and teaches at the Profound Treasury of Dharma annual retreat. Born to students of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, she has been practising and studying the dharma for 22 years, and has coordinated and co-directed datuns – the month-long meditation retreat. Inspired by Trungpa Rinpoche’s dharma art teachings, she also leads creative movement workshops exploring dharmic themes through the body.
Harry Einhorn
Harry Einhorn was born into the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and has both supported and taught courses and retreats in the United States, India, France, Brazil, Taiwan, and Thailand. He is a member of the Milinda Program, a Buddhist teacher-training initiative sponsored by the Khyentse Foundation. His artistic work includes books, film, music, and theater, and he currently co-curates the Dhyana dharma art program. He presently lectures in Buddhist Studies at Hua Fan University in Taiwan, and is active in Buddhist education for children, contributing to the Middle Way Education curriculum.
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