Heart of a Warrior Saint: Master of Reality

22-Hr Virtual Buddhist Training

(seminal text ‘The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’ or the Bodhisattvacharya Avatara by Master Shantideva)

This training leads to the completion & certification of ACI 12.

Led by Sarah Blackburn and Earle Birney

A warrior saint is someone who has mastered their own mind, and destroyed their mental afflictions. A warrior saint, a bodhisattva, is someone who has cracked open their heart to unconditional love, and a deep wisdom that makes them unshakeable. According to Buddhists, this is something anyone can achieve, with the proper training. Together, we will study the seminal text ‘The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life’ or the Bodhisattvacharya Avatara by Master Shantideva and the learn to apply the many practices to become a warrior saint.

This training is based upon A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Bodhisattvacharya Avatara) by Master Shantideva (700 AD), and the commentary Entry Point for Children of the Victorious Buddhas (Gyalse Juk-ngok) by Gyaltsab Je (1364-1432). Master Shantideva's work is considered the best book ever written to learn how to live as a bodhisattva, and this is one of the most famous commentaries ever written; it has been translated into English for the first time for this Course thanks to the Asian Classic Institute.

TRAINING INCLUDES:

Weekly 2-hr Teaching (Thursdays 7:30pm - 9:30pm)

Weekly Private Group Meditation (Mondays 7:30pm - 8:30pm)

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

Dealing with Anger

How to Truly Love Unconditionally

How to Destroy Personal Demons, Addictions and other Afflictions

Becoming a Spiritual Warrior, a Warrior Saint

How to Serve the Planet

Creating & Feeding Joy

Buddhist Basics: Karma & Emptiness

The Path to Enlightenment Using the 6 Perfections

Developing Generosity, Perfect Meditation, Wisdom

Growing Your Compassion

DATES:

October 28 - January 13 (*November 25 - off)

Graduation Class January 20, 2022

ENROLL

About Our Teachers

LEAD TEACHER
Earle Birney is an accomplished meditation teacher and practitioner, having completed the traditional 3 year, 3 month and 3 day silent meditation retreat. He has been a student of meditation, Yoga, and Buddhist philosophy for over 20 years. He is a graduate of the 7 year Asian Classics Institute (ACI) foundational program as well as the 7 year advanced study program. He teaches meditation and philosophy to a variety of students, focusing primarily on youth both local and abroad. Earle develops content for the Yoga Studies Institute and manages an international bi-annual children’s program for over 300 students. As well he mentors professionals in meditation, yoga and philosophy.

LEAD TEACHER

Sarah Blackburn is an adaptable, highly creative curriculum developer and trainer with a proven record of transmitting complex ideas and fundamental skills to everyone from entry level employees on up to senior management. Innovative and reliable, with a deep passion for creating tools that are accessible to all types of learners, she’s a problem solver with a refined interpersonal capacity. Often, Sarah is the the right-hand woman and advisor for the front runners making a mark on their industry. She’s also an avid meditator, life long learner of philosophy, and volunteer Director of Three Jewels Kids, a children’s program at Three Jewels.

MEDITATION GUIDE

Supriya Jain is a strategist at an EdTech startup, and discovered Three Jewels on a lunch break. She has since become a daily meditator, curious yogi, and dedicated dharma practitioner. Supriya has 400 hours of meditation and yoga teacher training with Three Jewels. She has also completed a rigorous study of the 18 Foundational Buddhist Courses as offered through the Asian Classic Institute, which parallels the basic core of information that a Geshe (Doctor of Theology) learns at a Tibetan Buddhist monastery. Supriya has been the Director of the studio's Karma Yoga work-study program, and currently oversees the Three Jewels @Work program. Her motivation is to help others find the discipline and depthless joy of a spiritual practice that delivers extra-ordinary results. She is indebted to Three Jewels for revealing her teachers.