12 Session Self-Paced Course with Lama Justin Von Bujdoss


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Ati Yoga (Tibetan: Dzogchen) is the most simple, direct, and profound path to reveal the sky-like nature of our own mind which is clear, vast, and unobstructed by the clouds of afflictive emotions.

In this twelve week practice-focused course, students will be guided through the meditation manual "Weapon of Light: Introduction to Ati Yoga Meditation" by Dr. Nida Chenagtsang containing direct and pithy instructions on how to access the Ati Yoga state in daily life and liberate the afflictive emotions.  The text, combined with Lama Justin's clear explanation and practical instructions make this course an invaluable support for both beginner and advanced meditators of any lineage.

The teachings presented in Weapon of Light are inspired by inspired by the father of Tibetan Medicine, Yuthok Yonten Gonpo’s practical instructions on Ati Yoga.

Additional instruction is given from the great poet-yogi Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol's classic text, The Flight of the Garuda.


Course curriculum

  • 1

    WELCOME

    • Course Overview & Welcome

    • Navigating this Online Learning Platform

    • Classroom Etiquette and Technical Requirements

    • Course Texts
  • 2

    LIVE PRACTICE SESSIONS

    • Session One | Introduction to Ati Yoga

    • Session Two | Introduction to Vajra Body

    • Session Three | Introduction to Vajra Recitation

    • Session Four | October 24th: Investigating the Mind

    • Session Five | Investigating the Mind (Continued)

    • Session Six | Meditating on the Mind at Rest

    • Session Seven | Meditating on the Mind at Rest (Continued)

    • Session Eight | Meditating on the Mind in Motion

    • Session Nine | Meditating on the Mind in Motion (Continued)

    • Session Ten | Meditating on Rigpa, Pure Awareness

    • Session Eleven | Meditating on Rigpa, Pure Awareness (Continued)

    • Session Twelve | Mönmo's Ati Yoga Instruction

Lama Justin von Bujdoss

Lama Justin von Bujdoss is an American Vajrayana Buddhist teacher, writer, and the is a co-founder of Bhumisparsha an experimental Buddhist sangha along with Lama Rod Owens. He is the author of "Modern Tantric Buddhism: Authenticity and Embodiment in Dharma Practice" published by North Atlantic Books, and contributor to "Buddhism and Whiteness: Critical Reflections published by Lexington Books". From 2016 until December 2021 Justin served as the Executive Director of Chaplaincy and Staff Wellness for NYC Department of Correction where he also served as Staff Chaplain supervising over 30 chaplains and guided wellness programming for staff. Justin also has professional experience in home hospice and hospital settings as a pastoral caregiver. Justin was ordained as a repa, a lay tantric yogin in the tradition of Milarepa, by His Eminence Gyaltsab Rinpoche, one of the heart sons of His Holiness the 16th Karmapa. Lama Justin has presented on Buddhist practice at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, University of Chicago, Wellesley, Columbia University, has been a visiting instructor at Union Theological Seminary, teaches at Pure Land Farms. Justin is passionate about helping to create the conditions for authentic embodied tantric Buddhist spiritual practice in the West. www.justinvonbujdoss.com

Testimonials

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Spontaneously liberated

Joseph MacCarter

Thank you for guiding me into the inexhaustible, ineffable, primordial purity of the vast expanse. May compassion spontaneously arise accomplishi...

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Thank you for guiding me into the inexhaustible, ineffable, primordial purity of the vast expanse. May compassion spontaneously arise accomplishing the benefit of all sentient beings!

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An Essential teaching

Shane Hill

Lama Justin was an amazing teacher in that he is a living encyclopedia of Dharma knowledge, is humorous, kind, warm-hearted, and an authentic teacher who is...

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Lama Justin was an amazing teacher in that he is a living encyclopedia of Dharma knowledge, is humorous, kind, warm-hearted, and an authentic teacher who is easy to relate to and with whom you feel held in an emotionally safe space to learn and grow. It is a course on essential teachings to awaken this lifetime. I am full of gratitude for the gift of this course and of Lama Justin. Deep bows of gratitude. Thank you, Shane Hill

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