Soon after reading Meditieren in Aktion Acharya Gaylon Ferguson heard the Vidyadhara (Chögyam Trungpa) teach several summer seminars in Vermont. Im 1973. He joined Tail of the Tiger Buddhist Community (jetzt Chöling Karme) where he worked in the garden, set the tractor on fire and took people into retreat. Acharya Ferguson attended the 1975 Vajradhatu Seminary and taught briefly at The Naropa Institute. He returned to Karmê Chöling in 1979 as a staff member in the Practice and Study Department, and then as Executive Co-Director In 1979. For the Spring Semester of 2006, Acharya Ferguson was Visiting Professor in Religious Studies at Naropa University. His article, “Making Friends with Ourselves” from Dharma, Color, and Culture was selected for inclusion in The Best Buddhist writing: 2005. Im 2006 he joined the core faculty in Interdisciplinary Studies at Naropa. Acharya Ferguson has a B.A in African Studies from Yale and a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Stanford. He currently resides in Boulder, Colorado.
Acharya Gaylon Ferguson’s schedule:
2016-02-11, Karme Choling, (mit: Acharya Arawana Hayashi, Acharya Gaylon Ferguson, ) Warrior Assembly
2016-02-15, Shambhala Online, Furchtlosigkeit im Alltag – Februar 2016
2016-02-17, Phönix, (mit: Acharya Gaylon Ferguson, Muffie Noble-Power, ) Furchtlosigkeit im Alltag
2016-02-26, Felsblock, Asche Mahamudra
2016-03-11, Felsblock, (mit: Acharya Gaylon Ferguson, Angelika Behrooz, ) BG SERIES – EXPLORING THE SHAMBHALA PRINCIPLE – Wie kann ich helfen?
2016-03-21, Felsblock, Monday Night Open Class – Boredom as Gateway to Compassion
2016-04-10, Felsblock, Bodhisattva Vow
2016-06-10, Nelson, Rigden Weekend
2016-06-25, Karme Choling, Natural Confidence: A Month-Long Meditation Retrea