Syllabus for An Introduction to the Essential Teachings of Chogyam Trungpa

Class 1: "Introduction - Who, What, How, When, Where of Vidyadhara the Venerable Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche."

Class 2: "Spiritual Materialism"
Reading: CTSM: Introduction and "Spiritual Materialism"

Class 3: "Lineage & Non-Theistic Devotion"
Reading: CTSM: "Surrendering"; "The Guru"; "Self-Deception"

Class 4: "Mindfulness & Awareness"
Reading: CTSM: "The Hard Way" and "The Four Noble Truths"

Class 5: "The Battle of Ego - Imprisonment in the Six Realms"
Reading: CTSM: "Sense of Humor"; "The Development of Ego"; and "The Six Realms"

Class 6: Video on meditation

Class 7: Buddha Nature and the Six Paramitas
Reading: CTSM: "The Bodhisattva Path"

Class 8: "Emptiness, Wisdom, and Seeing Things as They Are"
Reading: CTSM: "Sunyata"

Class 9: Working with Emotions: Work, Sex & Money, Sherab Chodzin
Reading: To be announced

Class 10: "Sacred World" with Robert Spellman
Reading: to be announced

Class 11: Crazy Wisdom, Sherab Chodzin
Reading: CTSM: "Tantra" or other source? From Crazy Wisdom?

Class 12: "Shambhala: Creating an Enlightened Society"
Reading: CTSM? Other readings? From Shambhala: Sacred Path of Warrior or other?