From November of 2011 to November of 2012, Alan Wallace will give a series of three week-long retreats on Dudjom Lingpa’s mind treasure, The The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra, the second in this series, held on March 4 – 11, 2012, will be on the vipashyana section of this classic mind treasure together with the Dzongchen practice of dream yoga. The final retreat will be held  November 11 – 18, 2012 and will focus on the teachings of the Dharmakaya, the ground of being. All three week-long meditation retreats will be held at the Santa Barbara Mission Renewal Center, Santa Barbara, California, and all are sponsored by the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies.
Registration for November 2012 will open in July 2012.
 
2012 Dates for Retreats in SBI and Phuket
Dates for Retreat in Santa Barbara
 
Weeklong Retreats March 4-11,2012
March 4 – 11: Retreat on the vipashyana section of Düdjom Lingpa’s classic mind treasure The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra together with the Dzogchen practice of dream yoga, at the Santa Barbara Mission Renewal Center, Santa Barbara, California, sponsored by the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies
Information: info@sbinstitute.com Registration will open in December 2011.
 
Weeklong Retreats  Nov. 11-18,2012
November 11 – 18: Retreat on the teachings of the Dharmakaya, the ground of being, in Düdjom Lingpa’s classic mind treasure The Sharp Vajra of Conscious Awareness Tantra at the Santa Barbara Mission Renewal Center, Santa Barbara, California, sponsored by the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies
Information: info@sbinstitute.com Registration will open in July 2012.
 
 
Dates in Phuket for 2012:
8-week Spring Shamatha & Four Immeasurables: April 6 - June 1
Cultivating Emotional Balance Teacher Training: July 16 - Aug. 20
8-week Fall Shamatha and Four Applications of Mindfulness: Aug. 24 - Oct. 19
All three retreats are sponsored by Santa Barbara Institute, and hosted by the Thanyapura Mind Centre, part of the Phuket International Academy, in Phuket, Thailand. http://www.thanyapura.com/mind-centre
 
 
The application is available for the CEBTT 2012 8 week retreat in Phuket. Please email retreats@sbinsitiute.com to apply.