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School of Extended Studies
Naropa University's School of Extended Studies offers a number of non-credit certificates, national and international conferences and continuing education programs. In addition to our on-going certificate program Authentic Leadership, we have co-sponsored conferences such as Wisdom 2.0, Legacy of Wisdom and weekend workshops with Joanna Macy and Michael Meade.
Extended Studies sells a limited number of non-credit seats on our regular academic courses. View the PDF schedule for further information on courses with seats available to the public. If the course has prerequisites or other restrictions as indicated in this schedule, it is strongly encouraged that a non-degree student contact the department or instructor to determine if the student is adequately prepared for the course. If the course specifies that permission of department is required, the student must obtain written permission.
For further information call Gloria Nouel 303-245-4687 or email gnouel@naropa.edu.
We will update the information on our programs for 2012-2013 as it becomes available.
REL255W/554W Opening the Heart: Buddhist Meditation Weekend
October 26th 7-9p October 27 and 28 9a-5p
Instructors: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel
This weekend retreat is dedicated to both beginner and experienced meditators alike. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyal will be leading us in basic meditation instruction, practice, lecture, and discussion with the encouragement to open our minds and hearts to the compassion that exists inherently in all of us.
Location: Performing Arts Center
Registration is not open yet. We will update the information on our programs for 2012-2013 as it becomes available.
 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche defines what it means to be a spiritual person in modern times. Whether through his teaching, his passion as an abstract painter, his steadfast loyalty to his lineage, family and students--which he describes as one of his most cherished qualities--or through his joy in solitude, his fierce independence and his unshakable determination to engage his own path, throughout it all, Dzigar Kongtrul mixes practice and life. "Isn't that the goal of the spiritual path?" Rinpoche often asks. Indeed it is--to be flexible, courageous and exploratory in the face of life's joys and paradoxes, while never parting from a connection to its deepest meaning. In 1989 Rinpoche moved to the United States with his family and in 1990 began five-year tenure as a professor of Buddhist philosophy at Naropa Institute. During that time Rinpoche founded Mangala Shri Bhuti. He is also an avid painter in the abstract expressionist tradition, and a photographer.
 Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel has studied and practiced the Buddhadharma for twenty-seven years under the guidance of her teacher and husband Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. She is the retreat master of Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado and has spent over six years in retreat. She holds a degree in anthropology and an M.A. in Buddhist Studies. She teaches throughout the U.S. and Europe. She is the author of, The Power of an Open Question: The Buddha’s Path to Freedom.
Elizabeth is known for her willingness to question the entire path in order to reach a place of genuine practice and awakening. She asks audience to engage in the practice of open questioning with her while she takes a fresh look at all the assumptions and beliefs we have about spirituality. Audiences repeatedly comment on how this approach has reinvigorated their meditation practice and the way they relate to their lives as a whole.
Spring 2013 Extended Studies Calendar
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