Registration for this program is now closed. If you have questions about this program, please contact Katherine Walker at katherine@dharmaocean.org
This course is restricted to current Dharma Ocean tantrikas.
Clarification and Update: As Reggie mentioned in his recent letter to the vajrasangha, he is asking every member of the vajrasangha to take this course. Studying the Three Samayas teachings before the spring equinox, March 21, is a requirement for remaining within the vajrasangha.
If you absolutely cannot take the course this fall in real-time with him and the support of the community, we have set up a self-paced, self-study option. Self-paced participants still need to register for the course by the registration deadline. You will be given access to the course site so you can access the recordings as they become available; however, self-paced participants will not have a discussion group or participate in the livestream calls with Reggie.
This 6-week online course is an opportunity for the vajrasangha to study the teachings and practices that Reggie presented at this year’s VTI. The question at the heart of this year's teachings is: What does it mean to be a tantrika in this lineage?
Some of the key themes include:
• What is Vajrayana
• Journey of a tantrika
• The teacher-student relationship
• Working with thamal gyi shepa
• The three samayas
• Vajrayana as consort relationship
Each week includes two VTI talks (video), guided meditations (audio), and study questions. Reggie will be hosting four video conferences throughout the course to offer further teachings and opportunities for Q&A (dates included below).
Small group discussion forums led by meditation instructors will support our study of the teachings.
Live Video Conference Date and Times
These will be held on the dates/times below. They will be recorded in case you’re unable to attend live.
October 18, 6:30-8 p.m. MDT (UTC-6 hours)
October 24, 5-6:30 p.m. MDT (UTC-6 hours)
October 31, 5-6:30 p.m. MDT (UTC-6 hours)
November 21, 5-6:30 p.m. MST (UTC-7 hours)
Location
Online Program
About the Teacher
Dr. Reginald “Reggie” Ray draws on four decades of study and intensive 
meditation practice within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition to address the unique problems, inspirations, and spiritual imperatives of modern people. He is the founder and Spiritual Director of the Dharma Ocean Foundation, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the practice, study, and preservation of the teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and the practice lineage he embodied. Read full biography.
About the Assistant Teacher
Amy RM Stahl has been an ardent student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s dharma for nearly 20 years. She became a student of Dr. Ray in 2002 while earning a Master of Divinity at Naropa University, and is a chaplain in the Dharma Ocean lineage. She has been a meditation instructor since 2004, and has been teaching since 2011 as director of Dharma Ocean Portland. She recently edited a compendium of Dr. Ray’s teachings on Vajrayogini and is a teacher in the Sogetsu School of Ikebana.Registration
Registration for this program is now closed. If you have questions about this program, please contact Katherine Walker at katherine@dharmaocean.org
Tuition for the course is $379 with a sliding scale scholarship rate of $289 for those who need financial support to participate in the program. If you are not in need of financial support please choose the standard program tuition. For those who attended VTI 2016, there is a discounted tuition rate of $108. If you are able to support others please consider making a donation to the scholarship fund.