Voices of Mahamudra

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This course is now available! Recordings of special webinars and live sessions are accessible to all Vajrayana Online participants.

About the Course

Mahamudra is considered the most profound and direct path to awakening in the Kagyu school of Vajrayana Buddhism. The Voices of Mahamudra course offers a diverse range of live elements, featuring prominent voices in Vajrayana Buddhism who will speak on various aspects of Mahamudra practice. Additionally, Tergar guides will provide further instruction through live Dharma Chats, guided meditations, and discussion forums. The course emphasizes the practical implementation of these teachings in our modern world. It's an excellent opportunity to gather as a community and explore this profound tradition together.
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Meet Your Teachers and Guides

You will be guided by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, guest teachers, and Vajrayana Online guides.
 Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
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Lama Yeshe Gyamtso
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Elizabeth Callahan
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Tim Olmsted
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Karl Brunnhölzl
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Kunsang Palmo

You Course Includes

  • A series of interviews and webinars highlighting key points of Mahamudra
  • Dharma Chats
  • Practices sessions
  • Wrap-up session with course guides
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Course Outline

This course consists of 4 90-minute interviews, each clarifying elements within the Mahamudra tradition, centering around the Mahasiddhas and their songs of realization.
Special Webinars
  Mingyur Rinpoche
Mingyur Rinpoche was born in 1975 in the border region between Tibet and Nepal. He was attracted to a life of contemplation from an early age and spent many years of his childhood in strict retreat. Mingyur Rinpoche studied with some of the greatest masters in living memory. Nowadays, he heads the Tergar Meditation Community and takes care of the monasteries under his responsibility. He supports students in more than thirty countries.
  Elizabeth Callahan
Elizabeth Callahan is a Tibetan translator of the Kagyu tradition. She completed two three-year retreats in the Karma Kagyu tradition under the guidance of Kalu Rinpoche, is a student of Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, and has been a Tsadra Foundation Fellow since 2002. Her most recent translation is the first Marpa Kagyu of Jamgon Kongtrul's Treasury of Instructions, and previous translations include Moonbeams of Mahamudra by Dakpo Tashi Namgyal. She is also a director of Marpa Foundation and gardens in upstate New York.
  Karl Brunnhölzl
Karl Brunnhölzl began his career as a physician before transitioning to become a Buddhist translator and teacher. He has been translating and interpreting from Tibetan and English since 1989. Karl is a respected senior teacher and translator in the Nalandabodhi community of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, as well as at Nitartha Institute. He has authored and translated numerous texts and is currently focused on the Seventh Karmapa's compilation of Indian Mahamudra works.
  Lama Yeshe Gyamtso
Lama Yeshe Gyamtso is a highly skilled Tibetan Buddhism translator who completed two traditional three-year retreats. He has worked as an interpreter for several renowned teachers, including The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, and Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. The central text in the annual transmission, Tilopa's Ganges of Mahamudra, is derived from Lama Yeshe Gyamtso's oral translation of Thrangu Rinpoche's teachings.
Recorded Open Session
A 1-hour wrap-up session open to Q&A with Tsunma Kunsang Palmoand Tim Olmsted.

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Do you want to know more about Mahamudra: A Song of Realization?

If you want to learn more about this transmission, please visit the transmission page.
  • Voices of Mahamudra

  • Essence Course

  • Immersion Course
    this nine-month course will form the core of the transmission  course as we gradually study and practice with Rinpoche’s new meditation guide.
“Cut through the root of your own mind: Rest within naked awareness.”
— Tilopa, Ganges of Mahamudra