NAROPA’S VERY SECRET VAJRAYOGINI

 

REGISTRATION OPENS MARCH 15TH – JUNE 8TH

CLASS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN WEDSDAY JUNE 18TH – FRIDAY 27TH

CLASS SCHEDULE WILL BE SENT ONCE REGISTRATION IS COMPLETED. THERE WILL BE FOUR TO SIX HOURS OF TEACHING PER DAY BY KHEN RINPOCHE, PLUS NIGHTLY REVIEW.

ALL CLASSES ARE IN PERSON

CLASS SIZE LIMITED TO 65 PEOPLE

(SEE BELOW FOR LOCATION, RENTALS AND SERVICES)

  • For practice questions, students must submit their questions to [email protected]. We will sort through these questions and submit some of the most pertinent ones to Khen Rinpoche for Q and A sessions.
  • There will be a WhatsApp group established for this course.
  • Any questions regarding the course, problems registering et cetera, please send them to [email protected].

OVERVIEW: Khen Rinpoche will guide prepared student/practitioners on a journey to the complete awareness of the Ultimate Nature of the Mind. A practitioner will explore their minds and gain an experience of the gross, subtle and most subtle states of consciousness through lucid instructions given on meditation and visualization. A student will become familiar with working with vital energies (prana) and direct this fundamental energy to realize the union of consciousness and emptiness—the Great Seal—Mahamudra.

    • An initiation
      Complete commentary of the generation and completion stages of Highest Yoga Tantra
      Pivotal instructions and guided meditations on the Eleven Yogas of Vajrayogini, and
      Laying the groundwork for Tantric Mahamudra which will be AVI West’s 2026 summer retreat.

PREREQUISITES:It is assumed that attendees will have a thorough grounding in Lam-rim with a solid meditation practice in both samatha and vipassana. It is also assumed that all attendees have a solid and comprehensive understanding of the foundational theories and practices of Tibetan Buddhism. AVI will try to provide foundational materials on the Buddhist path to help ensure each attendee is prepared to advance in the Six Yogas practices. Note, many advance student-practitioners review these materials throughout their lifetimes, because although foundational they are pivotal in maintaining the proper motivation and understanding of the Buddhist path to awakening. These materials include, but are not limited to:

  • The Four Noble Truths
  • The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind
  • Eight Worldly Concerns
  • Refuge
  • Four Immeasurables
  • Bodhichitta – Aspiring and Engaged
  • Six Perfections
  • Correct View Emptiness – Analytical and Experiential

Awakening Vajra International will try to provide the appropriate materials or supply titles to materials that are available to support each attendee’s practice. Again, the main emphasis of this course is to give student-practitioners the tools to be or become proper vessels for the teachings, and thereby achieve the results, in time, of the Naropa’s Very Secret Vajrayogini.

LODGING AND FOOD All attendees are responsible for their own housing and food.

Some suggestions are:

LODGING

Of course all attendees can check other online lodging alternatives. Once the WhatsApp group is established, people can talk about sharing housing and other types of facilities.

FOOD

The Plant Shopping Center has a lot of options

  • Starbucks
  • Panera
  • Ike’s Love & Sandwiches
  • Rik’s Deli Cafe
  • El Pollo Loco
  • Grand Century Mall has many restaurants, it is in Little Saigon, so lots are Vietnamese cuisine.

Of course all attendees can check other online lodging alternatives. Once the WhatsApp group is established, people can talk about sharing housing and other types of facilities.

ADDRESS OF TEACHING:

San Jose Historical Park

635 Phelan Ave.

San José, CA 95112

408.287.2290

Parking is available off of Phelan Ave.

COST FOR TEACHING $485.00