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Rabjam Rinpoche

October 2023 Visit to Colorado

Naropa University and the Ri-mé Society are honored to host Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche’s historic return to Colorado.

Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche is the spiritual heir and grandson of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and a major holder of the Nyingma teachings of Tibetan Buddhism.

He is the supreme abbot of Shechen Monasteries and Nunneries, and the seventh in the succession of Rabjam Rinpoches. The second Rabjam Rinpoche founded Shechen Monastery in Kham, Eastern Tibet in 1695. When Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche rebuilt Shechen Monastery in Nepal, he appointed Rabjam Rinpoche as abbot.

Rabjam Rinpoche has worked diligently to ensure that the transmission of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s vision and teachings continue in an unbroken authentic lineage. Rinpoche first visited Colorado in 1976 as an 8-year old child with his grandfather, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and has returned a number of times.

This is a historic return of Rabjam Rinpoche to Colorado, and he will be continuing the vital connection between Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Shechen, as well as with a host of other contemporary teachers who were raised and trained by his grandfather.

This visit is proudly supported by Naropa Extended Campus, our continuing education and public programs division.
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Schedule of Events

Limited tickets are available for each event.
Register now to secure your spot!

October 13 - 15, 2023

Enlightened Courage:

Vital Instructions for the Cultivation of Awakened Heart

Times Vary | Weekend Wisdom Intensive | Live Online & In-Person
Naropa University Nalanda Events Center – 6287 Arapahoe Ave. Boulder, CO

The Buddhist teachings identify bodhicitta, “awakened heart,” as the key to awakening one’s fundamental sanity and enlightened nature. It is the cause for being able to fearlessly and genuinely help others and contribute to the world’s well-being. The teachings of The Seven Point Mind Training (lojong) comprise the principal instructions on how to arouse one’s bodhicitta and enact compassion, penetrating intelligence, and consummate skillful ability in the world. Atisha Dipankara was the 11th Century historical source of these teachings in Tibet, bringing them from Indonesia and India. They form part of the basic foundation, heart, and motivating force of Mahayana Buddhism.

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, widely regarded as one of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist masters of our times, transmitted these seminal teachings in the book Enlightened Courage. His grandson and spiritual heir, Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, will impart these vital instructions and practices in this seminar. These teachings and practices are all the more relevant and essential during intense social, political, and environmental turbulence.

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991) was one of the great luminaries of Tibetan Buddhism in the twentieth century. With a lifetime of accomplishments, including 20 years in retreat, authoring 25+ volumes on Buddhist philosophy, and leading projects to safeguard and promote Buddhist thought, tradition, and culture, his ultimate focus was on guiding others to put his teachings into practice.

Weekend Schedule:
Friday, October 13: 6:00 – 9:00 pm MT
Saturday, October 14: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm MT
Sunday, October 15: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm MT

Friday Only Tickets:

General Admission: $10
Naropa Community Admission*: $5

Full Weekend Tickets (Includes Friday)

Sponsor Admission: $175
General Admission: $140
Naropa Community Admission*: $110

*Naropa students, staff, faculty, and alumnx:
Please email extendedcampus@naropa.edu to request a community discount code and specify which events you would like to attend.

Weekend Schedule:
Friday, October 13:
6:00 – 9:00 pm MT
Saturday, October 14:
9:00 am – 4:30 pm MT
Sunday, October 15:
9:00 am – 12:30 pm MT

Friday Only Tickets:

General Admission: $10
Naropa Community Admission*: $5

Full Weekend Tickets (Includes Friday)

Sponsor Admission: $175
General Admission: $140
Naropa Community Admission*: $110

*Naropa students, staff, faculty, and alumnx:
Please email extendedcampus@naropa.edu to request a community discount code and specify which events you would like to attend.

Venue:
Naropa University – Nalanda Events Center
6287 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO, 80301

Weekend Schedule:
Friday, October 13: 6:00 – 9:00 pm MT
Saturday, October 14: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm MT
Sunday, October 15: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm MT

Friday Only Tickets:

General Admission: $20
Naropa Community Admission*: $15

Full Weekend Tickets (Includes Friday)

Sponsor Admission: $350
General Admission: $275
Naropa Community Admission*: $220

*Naropa students, staff, faculty, and alumnx:
Please email extendedcampus@naropa.edu to request a community discount code and specify which events you would like to attend.

Venue:
Naropa University – Nalanda Events Center
6287 Arapahoe Ave
Boulder, CO, 80301

Weekend Schedule:
Friday, October 13:
6:00 – 9:00 pm MT
Saturday, October 14:
9:00 am – 4:30 pm MT
Sunday, October 15:
9:00 am – 12:30 pm MT

Friday Only Tickets:

General Admission: $20
Naropa Community Admission*: $15

Full Weekend Tickets (Includes Friday)

Sponsor Admission: $350
General Admission: $275
Naropa Community Admission*: $220

*Naropa students, staff, faculty, and alumnx:
Please email extendedcampus@naropa.edu to request a community discount code and specify which events you would like to attend.

Purchase a full weekend ticket and receive 15% off either Abhisheka during the following weekend.
See below for details.

Discount applies to in-person tickets purchased at the sponsor or general admission rate only.
Registrants will receive a discount code in their Enlightened Courage registration confirmation email which can subsequently be used to register for one or both abishekas.

October 21, 2023

Sadhana of Mahamudra Abhisheka

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM MT | Public Empowerment | In-Person Only
Boulder Elks Lodge – 3975 28th St. Boulder, CO

“The Sadhana of Mahamudra was received as a terma (treasure) vision, and composed by Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche during a retreat at Taktsang, Bhutan in 1968. The Sadhana is a complete and profound Vajrayana Buddhist practice, particularly directed toward revitalizing spiritual inspiration and insight in these times of global materialism and sectarian strife. The Sadhana was a major breakthrough for Trungpa Rinpoche in his aspiration and quest to establish the Vajrayana teachings in the modern world. It is a potent embodiment of the teaching, lineage and transmission of Buddhism, and joins the two great lineages of Mahamudra and Ati. It continues to be a powerful portal of the Buddhist teachings and practice to the world, and is particularly important now, during these increasingly challenging times.”

An abhisheka is a Vajrayana Buddhist empowerment, or transmission of teachings directly from teacher to student. This transmission will be given by Rabjam Rinpoche, and in the spirit in which Trungpa Rinpoche presented it, is open to all.

Venue:
Boulder Elks Lodge
3975 28th St
Boulder, CO, 80301

Program Schedule
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm MT*

Ticket Pricing
Sponsor Admission: $175
General Admission: $108
Naropa Community Admission**: $85

Interested in attending multiple events at a discounted rate?
See the Enlightened Courage Package Special above for details.

*Due to the audience-specific, tailored nature of the presenter’s transmission, the program end time may differ from what is listed above.

**Naropa students, staff, faculty, and alumnx:
Please email extendedcampus@naropa.edu to request a community discount code and specify which events you would like to attend.

Venue:
Boulder Elks Lodge
3975 28th St
Boulder, CO, 80301

Program Schedule
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm MT*

Ticket Pricing
Sponsor Admission:
$175
General Admission:
$108
Naropa Community Admission*:
$85

Interested in attending multiple events at a discounted rate?
See the Enlightened Courage Package Special above for details.

*Due to the audience-specific, tailored nature of the presenter’s transmission, the program end time may differ from what is listed above.

**Naropa students, staff, faculty, and alumnx: Please email extendedcampus@naropa.edu to request a community discount code and specify which events you would like to attend.

October 22, 2023

Guhyagarbha and White Manjushri Abhishekas

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM MT | Vajrayana Student Empowerment | In-Person Only
Boulder Elks Lodge – 3975 28th St. Boulder, CO

“The Guhyagarbha Tantra, ‘The Secret Essence’, is called the ‘King of all Tantras.’ It is the proclamation of the primordial Buddha Samantabhadra of the view beyond duality and concept, and regards everything, all phenomena, as the display of primordial wisdom, utterly open and luminous. With early roots in India then transmitted to Tibet by Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra, Guhyagarbha is the foundation for all Vajrayana view and practice in the Nyingma lineage, and is highly important for all of Tibetan Buddhism. It is ‘as vast as the sky and as deep as the ocean.’ This abhisheka is rarely given and the opportunity to receive it from Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche is particularly precious.”

“The White Manjushri Sadhana in the tradition of Mati Panchen is a very important Manjushri practice for the Ri-mé tradition. It was practiced by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye, and many others in the cultivation of their immense knowledge and wisdom. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche composed a sadhana based on it, and this will be transmitted by Rabjam Rinpoche in this abhisheka.”

While there are no specific practice requirements beyond those stated in the “Eligibility Requirements” (See Below),
this empowerment is open to Vajrayana students only.