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55-637: The community of Chögyam Trungpa originated in 1970 with his arrival in North America from Scotland. The first established center of his teachings was "Tail of the Tiger" in Barnet, Vermont (now Karmê Chöling ). When he began teaching at University of Colorado Boulder in 1971, a second branch of the community began to form there. When Vajradhatu was incorporated in Colorado in 1973, it consolidated Tail of

110-594: A household in the town was $ 36,089, and the median income for a family was $ 43,403. Males had a median income of $ 32,768 versus $ 23,173 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 17,690. About 7.0% of families and 12.1% of the population were below the poverty line , including 17.4% of those under age 18 and 11.2% of those age 65 or over. Jamg%C3%B6n Kongtr%C3%BCl Samding Dorje Phagmo Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thayé ( Tibetan : འཇམ་མགོན་ཀོང་སྤྲུལ་བློ་གྲོས་མཐའ་ཡས་ , Wylie : ʽjam mgon kong sprul blo gros mthaʽ yas , 1813–1899), also known as Jamgön Kongtrül

165-471: A residential school that he founded for young monks and orphans. The 4th Jamgon Kongtrul, Lodro Choyki Nyima Tenpey Dronme, was born in the wood pig year in Central Tibet on the 26th of November 1995. His birth was prophesied by The Seventeenth Karmapa, Ögyen Trinley Dorje, who also recognised, confirmed the authenticity of his incarnation, and proclaimed it to the world. The prophecy, the search, and

220-427: A spiritual leader of Buddhism) Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche . Karmê Chöling is the first teaching seat in North America of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a 20th-century Buddhist meditation master that was credited with bringing Buddhism to the western world. Originally a dairy farm, the building was purchased by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s students and was converted under his supervision into a Shambhala Buddhist retreat center. It

275-597: A statement that "His Holiness [Dilgo Khenstse Rinpoche, head of the Nyingma lineage and the Sawang's teacher] and the Kagyu lineage holders are all in agreement that the Sawang Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo should become the lineage holder of Vajradhatu." In February 2000, restated articles of incorporation were signed, officially changing the name from Vajradhatu to Shambhala International . The change of name, which began informally with

330-479: A vision in which he saw 25 simultaneous emanations of the master Jamgön Kongtrül. Preeminent among these was Karsé Kongtrül ( Tibetan : ཀར་སྲས་ཀོང་སྤྲུལ་ , Wylie : kar sras kong sprul , 1904–10 May 1952). Karsé Kongtrül was born as the son of the 15th Karmapa: Karsé means "son of the Karmapa". His formal religious name was as Jamyang Khyentsé Özer ( Wylie : ' jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i 'od zer ). Karsé Kongtrül

385-504: Is a town in Caledonia County , Vermont , United States. The population was 1,663 at the 2020 census . Barnet contains the locations of Barnet Center, East Barnet, McIndoe Falls , Mosquitoville, Passumpsic and West Barnet. The main settlement of Barnet is recorded as a census-designated place by the U.S. Census Bureau, with a population of 127 at the 2020 census. The town of Barnet, Vermont, originally took its name from

440-486: Is avoided; and since all phenomena and concepts of subject-object grasping do not truly exist, then the extreme of eternalism is avoided. Finally, on the difference between Rangtong and Shentong , Kongtrül writes in the Treasury of Knowledge : For both Rangtong and Shentong the relative level is empty, and in meditation, all fabricated extremes have ceased. However, they differ in their terminology about whether dharmata

495-454: Is itself a commentary on the root verses 'The Encompassment of All Knowledge' ( Tibetan : ཤེས་བྱ་ཀུན་ཁྱབ , Wylie : shes bya kun khyab ) which is also the work of Jamgon Kongtrul. The Encompassment of All Knowledge are the root verses to Kongtrul's autocommentary The Infinite Ocean of Knowledge and these two works together are known as 'The Treasury of Knowledge' ( Tibetan : ཤེས་བྱ་མཛོད , Wylie : shes bya mdzod ). Tibetan Text Of

550-532: Is land and 0.019 square miles (0.05 km ), or 2.96%, is water. The eastern border of the town is the Connecticut River , which is also the boundary between Vermont and New Hampshire . The Passumpsic River enters the Connecticut at East Barnet. Neighboring communities are Ryegate to the south, Groton to the southwest, Peacham to the west, Danville to the northwest, St. Johnsbury to

605-454: Is not deceptive. The root of samsara is clinging to true existence, which generates the obscuration of the afflictive emotions. Since the first three yanas have the same way of seeing reality, there is only one path of seeing. All phenomena dissolve such that ones enlightenment only appears for the perception of others. According to Kongtrül, the difference between prasangika and svatantrika Madhyamaka is: These schools differ in

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660-628: Is the Jamgon Yangsi (Reincarnation) indeed!" He then issued a recognition letter and gave him a name Karma Migyur Drakpa Senge Trinley Kunkhyab Palzangpo. In 1998, when the Dalai Lama was visiting Bodhgaya, the Yangsi Rinpoche had a private audience with him, where they showed him the recognition letter and the 14th Dalai Lama performed the hair cutting ceremony for the 4th Jamgon Yangsi. In 2000, Drubwang Pema Norbu (Penor Rinpoche),

715-517: Is the view which holds that the Ultimate truth, the "primordial wisdom nature, the dharmata": ways exists in its own nature and never changes, so it is never empty of its own nature and it is there all the time. However, he makes it clear that "The Shentong view is free of the fault of saying that the ultimate is an entity." Furthermore, Kongtrül states: The ultimate truth is the primordial wisdom of emptiness free of elaborations. Primordial wisdom

770-414: Is there in its very nature and is present within the impure, mistaken consciousness. Even while consciousness is temporarily stained, it remains in the wisdom nature. The defilements are separable and can be abandoned because they are not the true nature. Therefore, the ultimate truth is also free of the two extremes of nihilism and eternalism. Since emptiness is truly established, then the extreme of nihilism

825-549: Is there or not there in post-meditation, and in the ultimate analysis, whether primordial wisdom is truly established or not. Shentong says that if the ultimate truth had no established nature and was a mere absolute negation, then it would be a vacuous nothingness. Instead, the ultimate is nondual, self-aware primordial wisdom. Shentong presents a profound view which joins the sutras and tantras. There have been several recognized tulkus (incarnations) of Lodro Thaye. The biography of Khakyab Dorje, 15th Karmapa Lama mentions he had

880-606: Is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot summers and cold winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Barnet has a humid continental climate , abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,690 people, 638 households, and 440 families residing in the town. The population density was 39.9 people per square mile (15.4/km ). There were 831 housing units at an average density of 19.6 per square mile (7.6/km ). The racial makeup of

935-530: The Kagyu and Nyingma schools. Besides promoting a general inclusiveness and non-sectarian attitude towards all the different Buddhist lineages and schools, Kongtrül was known to promote a shentong view of emptiness as the highest view. His view of Prasangika Madhyamaka is outlined in the following verse from the Treasury of Knowledge : Conceptual imputations are abandoned; all things are merely designations. Compounded phenomena are deceptive; nirvana

990-459: The Kagyu , in 1974, Khyentse Norbu , head of the Nyingma , in 1976, and the 14th Dalai Lama in 1981. In 1976 Trungpa Rinpoche began his cycle of Shambhala teachings and, with his students, manifesting forms of Shambhala society. In 1986 he moved the international headquarters of Vajradhatu to Halifax, Nova Scotia , where he died the following year. A large number of his disciples emigrated from

1045-716: The Karmapa . Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche travelled with the Karmapa to the United States in 1976 and 1980. He engaged in building monasteries and initiated plans for a home for the elderly and a health clinic in Nepal. On 26 April 1992, a mysterious accident occurred in Darjeeling District, India, with Jamgon Kongtrul as a passenger, when a new BMW veered off the road into a tree. He was thirty-seven years old. The accident took place near Rinpoche's monastery and

1100-620: The Communists would have been much more final. Jamgon Kongtrül's personal hermitage was Kunzang Dechen Osel Ling ( kun bzang bde chen 'od gsal gling ), "the Garden of Auspicious Bliss and Clear Light", and was built on a rocky outcrop above Palpung monastery. It became an important center for the practice of three year retreats. This is also where he composed most of his major works. Kongtrül's works, especially his 10 volume The Treasury of Knowledge . has been very influential, especially in

1155-577: The First Class of Vajradhatu. As described in the 1977 article in "Garuda V", which also reproduces the proclamation (signed by Trungpa XI and the 16th Karmapa, Trungpa empowered Thomas Rich "as his regent and as a holder of the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages". Trungpa further stated "There is the possibility that members of the sangha, Western people, can take over from the Tibetans". Vajradhatu hosted visits by Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa , head of

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1210-551: The Great, was a Tibetan Buddhist scholar, poet, artist, physician, tertön and polymath. He is credited as one of the founders of the Rimé movement (non-sectarian), compiling what is known as the "Five Great Treasuries". He achieved great renown as a scholar and writer, especially among the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages and composed over 90 volumes of Buddhist writing, including his magnum opus, The Treasury of Knowledge . Kongtrül

1265-696: The Sakyong Mipham's assumption of leadership in 1990, reflected his approach of integrating the Shambhala teachings within Buddhism and making them the unifying principle of a Shambhala Buddhist sangha. This transition enabled the organization to avoid lawsuits and consequent financial ruin. In 1970, Karmê Chöling was founded in Barnet, Vermont by the Vidyadhara, (literally meaning “awareness holder;”

1320-828: The Tiger, Rocky Mountain Dharma Center , a retreat facility in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado; and Karma Dzong, an urban meditation center in Boulder . The organization grew to include Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia and dozens of smaller meditation centers called Dharmadhatus in cities around the US, Canada and later in Europe. In the early 1970s the community grew rapidly and attracted the involvement of such notables as Allen Ginsberg , Anne Waldman , and many others. As

1375-512: The United States to Nova Scotia along with him. In 1987, one year after moving the organization to Nova Scotia, Trungpa Rinpoche died of illnesses related to long-term alcohol abuse. He was 47. Following Trungpa's death, senior Kagyu lineage holder Tai Situpa recommended that he himself take over leadership of Vajradhatu in conjunction with Trungpa's half brother, Damchu Tenphel , who resided in Tibet. Tendzin, Trungpa's appointed successor, declined

1430-476: The age of 49. The 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul, Karma Lodrö Chökyi Senge, a tulku of Khyentse Özer, was born on 1 October 1954 matrilineal grandson of (later Lt Gen) Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme . He fled to India in 1959 in the aftermath of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and grew up at Rumtek Monastery in Sikkim under the care of Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa . Recognized as an incarnation of the previous Jamgon Kongtrul by

1485-655: The container of a new Buddhist lineage, Shambhala Buddhism, the retreat center was incorporated separately from Shambhala International as a 501c3 educational non-profit named Shambhala Mountain Center . The new center was independent of Shambhala International with limited oversight from the Sakyong Potrang, an organization representing Sakyong Mipham. In September 2020, an investigative report detailed several incidents of sexual harm that had taken place at Rocky Mountain Dharma Center. Barnet, Vermont Barnet

1540-477: The decade wore on, the hippies and sixties counterculture members who comprised the large part of the membership were asked by Trungpa to experiment with more formal modes of behavior, attire, address, and societal expressions in general. In 1972 Trungpa had identified Thomas F. Rich, an American with Buddhist name Ösel Tendzin , as his dharma heir , and in a formal ceremony on August 22, 1976, Trungpa appointed Rich as Dorje Gyaltsap, Vajra Regent and Director of

1595-474: The different schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Kongtrül studied and practiced mainly in the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions, including Mahamudra and Dzogchen , but also studied and taught Jonang Kalachakra . He also went on tour with the fourteenth Karmapa and taught him Sanskrit. He became an influential figure in Kham and eastern Tibet, in matters of religion as well as in secular administration and diplomacy. He

1650-483: The events surrounding Ösel Tendzin's death, and repeatedly turned to the elder statesmen of the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages for guidance. The succession of Ösel Rangdröl was approved by the heads of both the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages, who encouraged the community to persevere. Jamgön Kongtrül the third, one of the four regents of the Karma Kagyu lineage in the period when the Karmapa had yet to be recognized, issued

1705-414: The first platform scale . Ocean explorer and scuba inventor Jacques Cousteau had influential experiences on Harvey's Lake as a young boy in the early 1920s. While attending a summer camp he experimented with staying underwater by breathing through hollow reeds found in the lake shallows. Though he could not yet swim well, this allowed him to stay underwater for extended periods. On January 24, 1784,

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1760-569: The first house in Caledonia County in Barnet, near the base of Stevens Falls. Colonel Alexander Harvey came from Dundee , Scotland , for those in the town who wished to find new land in the American colonies. Despite losing contact with almost all of them after the American Revolution broke out, he decided to stay, claiming 7,000 acres (28 km ) of land and a lake, now known as Harvey's Lake . The five early villages within

1815-602: The north, and Waterford, Vermont , to the northeast. Across the Connecticut River is the New Hampshire town of Monroe . Barnet is traversed from north to south by Interstate 91 , with access to the town at Exit 18, West Barnet Road. U.S. Route 5 , a two-lane highway, parallels I-91 and passes through the town center. The highest point in town is 2,103-foot (641 m) Roy Mountain in the southern part of town, east of Harvey Lake . This climatic region

1870-595: The offer and assumed leadership of the organization. In December 1988, the community learned Tendzin had passed HIV to a male partner in the Colorado congregation, who in turn unknowingly infected his female partner. Tendzin, who was HIV-positive, knowingly had sex with students for three years without disclosing his infection, believing that his spiritual practice protected himself and others from AIDS. Tendzin acted as spiritual head of Vajradhatu until his own death in 1990 of HIV/AIDS , amid controversy over admissions that he had unprotected sex with students while knowing he

1925-521: The organization. In 1995, Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo was enthroned as Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, a chögyal, or "dharma king," who holds and propagates the teachings of Shambhala. The name of Rocky Mountain Dharma center was changed to Rocky Mountain Shambhala Center sometime in the 1990s. In 2000, after Sakyong Mipham started the process of enclosing the previously secular teachings of Shambhala within

1980-775: The receiving transmissions from the Lineage Masters. Annually, he also attended the Kagyu Monlam in Bodhgaya, India, led by the Seventeenth Gyalwa Karmapa, and led the Kagyu Monlam in Kathmandu, Nepal. On April 14, 2016, the Jamgon Yangsi left Pullahari monastery and his monastic vows, stating he wanted to pursue his 'dream of becoming a doctor'. The 4th Jamgon Kongtrul Mingyur Drakpa Senge was born on 17 December 1995 in Nepal. The day before he

2035-715: The recognition of the Fourth Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche are told in the book E MA HO! published by the Jamgon Kongtrul Labrang and can be obtained from Pullahari Monastery and viewed on www.jamgonkongtrul.org. He spent time between Kagyu Tekchen Ling and Pullahari Monastery, the monastic seats in India and Nepal founded by the Third Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche. Jamgon Kongtrul Labrang gave his studies, training, and

2090-620: The teaching center "Tail of the Tiger" (now Karmê Chöling ). It was consolidated with others in Colorado in 1973. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 43.6 square miles (112.9 km ), of which 42.2 square miles (109.4 km ) is land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km ), or 3.04%, is water. The Barnet CDP, comprising the town center, has a total area of 0.64 square miles (1.66 km ), of which 0.62 square miles (1.61 km )

2145-455: The teachings of the Sakya , Kagyu and Nyingma , including many near-extinct teachings. This movement came to be named Rimé ( Ris med ), “nonsectarian,” or “impartial,” because it held that there was value in all Buddhist traditions, and all were worthy of study and preservation. According to Sam van Schaik, without this collecting and printing of rare works, the later suppression of Buddhism by

2200-416: The town of Barnet , England . On September 16, 1763, the town received its charter from the royal governor of New Hampshire , Benning Wentworth . The first European descendants to work the land and stay in the town were three brothers, Daniel, Jacob, and Elijah Hall, along with Jonathan Fowler. Their homestead was built along the Connecticut River and to the north near McIndoe Falls. Elijah Hall built

2255-625: The town of Barnet voted unanimously to make the Presbyterian denomination the official one of the town, as it was "founded on the word of God as expressed in the Confession of Faith, Catechisms Longer and Shorter, with the form of church government agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster , and practiced by the Church of Scotland ." The Passumpsic Calvinistic Baptist church

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2310-546: The town of Barnet were: Additional hamlets that have arisen within the town are: The main settlement of Barnet village has grown in population and is often referred to as "the town", yet the town itself includes the populated places listed above. Two governors of the state of Vermont were from Barnet: Erastus Fairbanks , who served two terms from 1852–1853 and 1860–1861, and his son, Horace Fairbanks , who served from 1876 to 1878. The Fairbanks family left Barnet for nearby St. Johnsbury, where they were known for manufacturing

2365-540: The town was 96.75% White , 0.71% African American , 1.01% Native American , 0.47% Asian , 0.06% from other races , and 1.01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.36% of the population. There were 638 households, out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who

2420-456: The ultimate lineage, was one of the most renowned Mahamudra masters and transmitted the innermost teachings to Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa . On many occasions he gave teachings, empowerments, and reading transmissions from the old and new traditions, such as the Treasury of Precious Termas ( Rinchen Terdzö ), and he rebuilt the retreat center of Tsandra Rinchen Drak, his residence at Palpung Monastery. Karsé Kongtrül died on 10 May 1952 at

2475-507: The way the ultimate view is generated in one's being. There is no difference in what they assert the ultimate nature to be. All the great scholars who are unbiased say that both of these schools are authentic Madhyamaka. Kongtrül also held that " Shentong Madhyamaka" was a valid form of Madhyamaka, which was also based on the Buddha nature teachings of the third turning and Nagarjuna's "Collection of Praises". For him, this Shentong Madhyamaka

2530-453: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.11. In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males. The median income for

2585-530: Was HIV+. Ösel Tendzin infected at least one male student with HIV; the young man later died of AIDS. It eventually came out that the Vajradhatu board of directors had known of the problem for more than two years and had done nothing about it. Following Tendzin's death, Trungpa's eldest son Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo, now known as Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche , assumed spiritual and executive leadership of Vajradhatu. The community had been deeply divided and in distress over

2640-785: Was born in Rongyab (rong rgyab), Kham , then part of the Derge Kingdom . He was first tonsured at a Bon monastery, and then at 20 became a monk at Shechen, a major Nyingma monastery in the region, later moving on to the Kagyu Palpung monastery in 1833 under the Ninth Tai Situ , Pema Nyinje Wangpo (1775-1853). He studied many fields at Palpung, including Buddhist philosophy , tantra , medicine, architecture, poetics and Sanskrit . By thirty he had received teachings and empowerments from more than sixty masters from

2695-442: Was born, the late Chogye Trichen Rinpoche said in front of many Lamas and Tulkus: "Like prophesied ... today Jamgon Rinpoche arrived." In 1996, when the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje, arrived in Bodhgaya, when he met the young Jamgon Rinpoche for the first time. Yangsi Rinpoche despite his young age was able to spontaneously pick up some rice and toss it into the air as a mandala offering, Straight away he exclaimed: "This

2750-454: Was called “Tail of the Tiger”, but in 1974 the name was changed to Karmê Chöling, which remains its name today. The Rocky Mountain Dharma Center was founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1971 at Red Feather Lakes, Colorado . It was located on 600 acres in a valley in the northern Colorado Rockies. After the death of Ösel Tendzin in 1990, Trungpa's son, Ösel Rangdröl Mukpo became head of

2805-647: Was first created by a council of neighboring churches on July 1, 1812. The village of Passumpsic was chosen due to its centralized location. The First Congregational Church of Barnet was created by Reverend David Sutherland in September 1829 after a new brick church had been built. Its first permanent minister was the Reverend Henry Fairbanks. The church which stands now was constructed in 1854. The earliest Reformed Presbyterian Church in Vermont

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2860-467: Was identified and enthroned by his father at age twelve in 1902, in Samdrub Choling at the monastery of Dowolung Tsurphu. Karsé Kongtrül resided at Tsadra Rinchen Drak, the seat of his predecessor in eastern Tibet. He received the full education and lineage transmission from the Karmapa. Among his other teachers were Surmang Trungpa Chökyi Nyinche, the 10th Trungpa tulku. He attained realization of

2915-567: Was influential in saving Palpung monastery when an army from the Tibetan government of Central Tibet occupied Kham in 1865. Kongtrül was affected by the political and inter-religious conflict going on in Tibet during his life and worked together with other influential figures, mainly Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892) and also with the Nyingma treasure revealer Chogyur Lingpa (1829–1870) and Ju Mipham Gyatso (1846–1912). Kongtrül and his colleagues worked together to compile, exchange and revive

2970-731: Was invited to the Karma Monastery in Bodhgaya, and he performed the vast and profound enthronement ceremony of 4th Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, again reconfirmed Jamgon Yangsi as reincarnation of the great Jamgon Kongtrul. The main corpus of Jamgön Kongtrül Lodrö Thaye vast scholarly activities (comprising more than ninety volumes of works in all) is known as the Great Treasuries: Jamgon Kongtrul's (1813–1899) The Infinite Ocean of Knowledge ( Tibetan : ཤེས་བྱ་མཐའ་ཡས་པའི་རྒྱ་མཚོ , Wylie : shes bya mtha' yas pa'i rgya mtsho ) consists of ten books or sections and

3025-656: Was organized in Ryegate in October 1798. In the early part of the nineteenth century, a group of members in Barnet built a new meeting house on the land formerly owned by Walter Harvey, and the property has gone by that name since then. The longest-tenured minister was Daniel C. Faris, who served the congregation from 1873 until 1923. The congregation's Barnet branch became a separate congregation on July 9, 1872, and it continued until disorganization in 1970. In 1970, upon his arrival in North America, Chögyam Trungpa established

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