The Tibetan Buddhist Path: Glimpses of Awakening Full Program Registration
with Damita Brown, Daniel Nguyen, Emilia Volz, Jean Marie Robbins, Mark Nowakowski, Pamela Bothwell and Rhea Colmar
September 11, 2025 - April 9, 2026
This is the page to register for the Full Program– all four modules, which includes a discounted rate and four 20-minute meetings with an instructor.
The Tibetan Buddhist Path
Glimpses of Awakening Through the Three Yanas
Fall 2025 to Spring 2026 • Live Online
Take your seat on the path of wakefulness.
Based on the Teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
This online program begins with the Hinayana, the first of the three yanas or “vehicles” of the Buddhist path. Yana means “path” or “means of transport.” We begin with personal discipline, meditation, and the truth of suffering.
Rooted in the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages and based on The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, this course presents Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s transmission of the path as it was first taught in the West.
The Hinayana unfolds in four modules: settling the mind, observing experience, meeting suffering, and stepping onto the path of liberation. Each invites meditation, study, and direct application in daily life.
Open to new and returning students, each session includes meditation, teachings, discussion, and readings. Recordings are available for continued reflection.
You may register for the full program or for individual modules. Both options are welcome. The full program includes a reduced rate and four private 20-minute meetings with an instructor. Recordings are available for ongoing reflection.
This training builds a foundation for Mahayana and Vajrayana study and helps prepare students for in-person retreats, where habitual patterns become clearer and insight deepens through direct experience.
A Mahayana course is planned for 2026 to 2027. Details to come.
Program Structure
Four online modules • Attend live or via recording • Open to all levels
Join the Journey
Full Program
Includes all four modules, session recordings, group discussions, and reflection prompts. Full program participants also receive a discounted rate and four 20-minute one-on-one Zoom meetings with an instructor.
Individual Modules
You may also join one module at a time. Each includes live sessions and recordings for later review.
Who It’s For
This program is open to anyone seeking a clear and practical way to engage the Buddhist path. Whether you are beginning or returning, the invitation is the same: to meet your life with honesty, curiosity, and wakefulness.
About the Leaders

Damita Brown
Dr. Damita Brown is a community-based educator and consultant specializing in the application of contemplative practices to issues related to racism. She earned her doctorate in the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she focused on the relationship between social justice and racial identity. She later taught at the University […]
Learn more about Damita Brown
Daniel Nguyen
Daniel Nguyen has been a practitioner of Buddhism for over a decade. He studied the Theravada tradition, as well as the Kagyü and Nyingma tradition through attending and teaching at the Profound Treasury Retreats. He is one of its current board members. Daniel is a family doctor in Montreal. He works in a group clinic, […]
Learn more about Daniel Nguyen
Emilia Volz
Emilia was raised within two Buddhist communities: Shambhala and Mangala Shri Bhuti. She began practicing as a teenager, attending Sun Camp and Shambhala Training. In 2012, she became a student of Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, attending the Shechen Seminar in Croatia for several years. Emilia continues to serve Shechen Monastery as an advisory board member for […]
Learn more about Emilia Volz
Jean Marie Robbins
Joined Shambhala Chicago in 2014 and considers the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche her teacher. A retired school administrator and serial career changer, Jean Marie is now a Meditation Instructor in the Chicago sangha. She’s interested in how dharma practice and study can liberate us from personal biases as well as from the cultural conditioning at […]
Learn more about Jean Marie Robbins
Mark Nowakowski
Mark Nowakowski met the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1972 and has been his student ever since. He also studies and translates with many other Kagyü and Nyingma masters. Mark is particularly inspired by the works of Chögyam Trungpa and his teacher Khenpo Gangshar. He recently coordinated the translation and publication of Songs of Realization and […]
Learn more about Mark Nowakowski
Pamela Bothwell
Pamela Bothwell first encountered the dharma at Tail of the Tiger (Karme Chöling Buddhist Contemplative Center) in 1973, and has been a direct student of the Vidyadhara Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, the Vajra Regent Osel Tendzin, and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche ever since. A retired attorney, Pamela is a mother, grandmother, and the best friend of a mutt named […]
Learn more about Pamela Bothwell
Rhea Colmar
Rhea Colmar considers herself a student in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche as well as other contemporary Buddhist teachers. As a public health nurse, Rhea is interested in the intersection of meditation, health, and well-being, on both the individual and societal levels. She has a background in dance and massage & bodywork. Recently, she […]
Learn more about Rhea ColmarCategories : Online, Public Program