Being a Bodhisattva: Exploring the Bodhisattva Vow via Zoom

This is a live online course offered in partnership with Shambhala Online.  If you are not able to attend a live session or if you want to repeat it, streaming is also availble to all participants.

Saturdays, noon to 2pm Central Time

3 weeks:  November 30, December 7 and 12

Planting such a seed as the bodhisattva vow undermines ego and leads to a tremendous expansion of perspective. Such heroism, or bigness of mind, fills all of space completely, utterly, absolutely. Within such a vast perspective, nothing is claustrophobic and nothing is intimidating. There is only the vast idea of unceasingly helping all sentient beings, as limitless as space, along the path to enlightenment…
—Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Course Description

This three-session course explores the moment in a person’s life when they decide to go one step further than “being Buddhist”—and make a profound commitment to put all others before themselves. It is open to all who are interested in the Bodhisattva vow, or to anyone who would like to reconnect with their original inspiration for taking this vow. It is also an excellent follow up to the Being Buddhist: Exploring the Refuge Vow course, but you do not have to have taken it to participate in this course.

The Bodhisattva Vow is a traditional vow that has been part of the Buddhist path for centuries. Taking a vow in a formal ceremony is a way to set our intention and to plant a deep seed of aspiration for the unfolding of our spiritual path. 

Taking the bodhisattva vow is a powerful moment on a Buddhist practitioner’s path. Join us and explore if this is the right moment for you—or use this as a powerful opportunity to connect with your original inspiration for this moment on your personal spiritual path.

Program price: $149  (see below for discount information)

Register on the Shambhala Online website at:   Being a Bodhisatva
Be sure to enter Minneapolis in the "Revenue Share Center" box and use this code in the "Revenue Share Code" box: 2024Bodhisatva50

Discounts:    Select the discount request button below the "Register Now" box on the registration page. This will take you to an online form where you can fill in your request.  Note that if you have already taken the program and are repeating it, you can request a 50% discount using the other reasons category and entering "repeating the program".