bodhisattva training | september 2025 - May 2026
Awaken the Bodhisattva Within
As you step into the second phase of your journey with Planetary Dharma, you are entering a profound new phase—one that invites both deeper introspection and an expanded commitment to the Bodhisattva path. This journey is more than individual transformation; it’s a path dedicated to awakening in service to a world on the brink of extraordinary change. Our planet, like all living beings, is evolving through cycles, and we find ourselves in a critical phase marked by both challenges and opportunities. This time of transformation, known as the Fourth Turning of the Dharma, calls on us to cultivate the qualities of compassion, wisdom, and skillful means in unprecedented ways.
Through Planetary Dharma, we align with this Fourth Turning, a movement toward human potential that unfolds through the core practices of Growing, Cleaning, Opening, Waking, and Showing Up. At this stage, these practices have become more than personal disciplines; they are living principles, guiding you toward revolutionary wholeness and the awakening of the Bodhisattva within. Supported by the collective effort of fellow students and mentors, this phase of your training encourages you to bring your refined insights and expanded resilience into the world as an embodied commitment to planetary healing.
The second-year curriculum culminates in a retreat dedicated to our Bodhisattva vows—a sacred commitment to awaken, not just for ourselves but for the greater purpose of birthing a New Earth. In this shared space, you’ll deepen your alignment with the teachings, preparing to contribute compassionately and skillfully to a world that is destined to become a Garden University of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. This path is an invitation to stand with others in the transformation of our collective consciousness, embracing the role of the Bodhisattva as an agent of unity, harmony, and planetary awakening.
The Bodhisattva Path: Core Elements of Your Journey
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8 Practice Day Modules
Each monthly Practice Day will immerse you in foundational teachings, including Lojong (Bodhisattva Mind Training) and the Space/Body Essence practices. Lojong teachings guide us in transforming adversity into a means for cultivating compassion and resilience, while Space/Body Essence practices integrate somatic awareness and non-dual insights, connecting body and mind in profound ways to support inner calm and balance. -
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Three-Day Retreat (+ Night before Kick off)
Deepen your emptiness practice with a transformative 3-day meditation retreat in December, strengthening your commitment to the Bodhisattvic path. This on-line practice retreat offers time for deep reflection, meditation, and immersive practice, grounding your intention to embody compassion and service in all areas of life. This retreat begins on a Thursday evening kick off. -
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18 All Cohort Meditation Classes/16 Small Group Classes
This semester, Planetary Dharma cohorts will meet weekly to deepen our shared journey. Twice each month, we will gather as one large sangha to practice meditation together. On alternating weeks, you will meet in your small groups with your FIT mentors. These bi-monthly, two-hour small group sessions offer a valuable opportunity to explore the subtleties of your practice, engage in meaningful reflection, and connect with your peers. -
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Awakening the Absolute Bodhichitta
In the next phase of your journey, you will engage in transformative practices that catalyze a fundamental shift in identity. Known as the practices of Absolute Bodhicitta, or the Unbounded Heartmind, these pathways of insight, openness, non-duality, and radical wholeness represent the jewel of the great human wisdom traditions. Through these practices, you will uncover the grounded, embodied, and unbounded loving awareness that is the essence of your true nature. -
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Engaging in Bodhisattva Training
At this level of practice, we engage with the transformative teachings of the Bodhisattva Mind Training. These practices help cultivate a new operating system for the blossoming HeartMind through the development of Relative Bodhicitta—also known as Heroic Altruism. They offer powerful methods for working with everyday life and adversity, enabling you to transform challenges into opportunities for growth and insight. Awakening the heroic heart within deepens your resilience and strengthens your ability to navigate life’s journey with compassion and clarity, empowering your life mission in the world, and growing into an awakened soul. -
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Showing Up in Community
Continue your journey showing up in our vibrant, growth-oriented community where your cohort is a vital source of support, encouragement, and shared wisdom. This training is designed to foster deep, authentic relationships with like-minded peers who share your commitment to personal and planetary transformation. Through ongoing group practices, discussions, and reflections, you’ll continue to develop bonds that offer stability and resilience, especially as you encounter challenging aspects of the path.
Elective Immersion Course: Cannabis Sadhana as Sacred Practice
Psychedelic Dharma
Fall 2025 – Spring 2026
This “add on” elective immersion runs in parallel with your core coursework during the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 semesters. Open to both Level 2 and Level 4 students, this offering invites the entire sangha to come together in a shared learning container designed to cultivate intuitive insight, heal shadow patterns, and expand awareness of subtle dimensions of consciousness. Students engage in transformational work, bridging personal experience with sacred practice in a collective setting.
This foundational training introduces students to working cross-paradigmatically with Cannabis Sativa as a sacred ally. With humility and reverence, students will explore cannabis not merely as a plant, but as a potent sacrament—a gateway to accessing the sacred dimension of experience.
Rooted in the principles of transpersonal psychology and dharma practice, this immersion supports the development of inner mastery. Students will be guided to become their own self-psychologist and earth-based healer, engaging with Cannabis Sativa as a Guru Spirit Teacher—an embodied source of wisdom for awakening, healing, and transformation.
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
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They are similar but serve different roles. Both Bodhisattva Path and FIT students participate together in the same Level 2 (b/c) classes, which include Space/Body Essence practices and Lojong Mind Training. The key difference is that FIT students engage in a practicum component, where they facilitate sessions for the new Level 1 cohort, providing hands-on leadership experience.
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No, all students in the Bodhisattva Path and FIT tracks stay together with their sangha mates, attending the same Level 2 classes and sharing group learning experiences. This shared environment allows for a cohesive and supportive community as everyone progresses through Space/Body and Lojong practices together.
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The training is now divided into two distinct semesters per year, each with separate pricing. This allows students more flexibility, including the option to take a summer break. It also gives students the choice to decide whether to continue into the shadow work phase in Fall 2025, which includes Psychedelic Dharma and Dream Work.
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The Fall 2025 semester will delve into advanced shadow work practices, including Psychedelic Dharma and Dream Work. This segment offers an opportunity for students to explore and integrate deeper aspects of self, building on the foundation of previous practices.
Bodhisattva Path: Payment Options
$350 of your payment is a non-refundable/non-transferable deposit. Our cancellation policy is strict & firm with no exceptions: cancellations on or before 12/1/24 will forfeit the deposit and the remainder of your payment will be refunded. Cancellations after 12/1/24 will forfeit all money rendered. All session recordings will be available in the membership library for your use until they expire on 6/30/25.
$600 of your payment is a non-refundable/non-transferable deposit. Our cancellation policy is strict & firm with no exceptions: cancellations on or before 12/1/24 will forfeit the deposit and the remainder of your payment will be refunded. Cancellations after 12/1/24 will forfeit all money rendered. All session recordings will be available in the membership library for your use until they expire on 6/30/25. *Activate 6 month payment plan by January 1, 2025.