A Boulder Weekend with Guest Teacher Frank Berliner
Chögyam Trungpa often said to us, “You don’t really want to wake up.”
To dedicate ourselves to an authentic spiritual path requires courage and total commitment. We must deal with the fact that the culture we live in distracts us endlessly with its neurotic speed and its superficiality. We must face the reality that our laziness and our desire for comfort lure us away from this commitment again and again. Finally, we must accept the paradoxical truth that what we long for most poignantly is what we resist most stubbornly—to wake up fully.
This weekend will explore the challenge involved in making this commitment. It will be based on Frank’s new book, Bravery: The Living Buddha Within You, his personal integration of the teachings received from Chögyam Trungpa. Frank will also offer personal interviews to all program participants.
Retreat Details
The program will take place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday October 2 – 4. To register click the register now link at the top of the page. No prior experience required. Tuition for the program will be $108 (tuition does not include teacher’s gift). The Friday evening talk will be free and open to the public, and consist of a talk and a book signing.
Program Schedule
Friday, October 2: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (Free and open to the public)
Saturday, October 3: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (with a break for lunch* at 12:00 p.m.)
Sunday, October 4: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (with a break for lunch* at 12:00 p.m.)
*Lunch will not be provided, however there are several restaurants within walking distance.
About the Teacher
Frank W. Berliner grew up in New York and was educated at Yale, where he received his BA, and Naropa University, where he earned an MA in Transpersonal Counseling. He has studied, practiced, and taught meditation for forty years as a close student of the founder of Naropa, the Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Chögyam Trungpa.
Over a twelve year period from 1980-1992, Mr. Berliner served as National Administrative Director of Shambhala Training, and the Executive Director and Resident Teacher of the Berkeley Shambhala Center.
He is now an Associate Professor of Contemplative Psychology at Naropa University, where he has taught Buddhist and Western Existential Psychology, and the practice of meditation, to BA and MA students since 1995. Mr. Berliner pioneered the teaching of meditation online at Naropa, beginning in 1999. Between 2001 and 2007 he was the buddhadharma columnist for Elephant Journal.
Location/Transportation
This program will be held at the Dharma Ocean Boulder Center, located at 4676 Broadway Street in Boulder, Colorado. Public transit is available from Denver International Airport and within the city of Boulder. To learn more, visit rtd-denver.com
For questions, please contact katherine@dharmaocean.org