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John Baker
Meditation teacher at Path of Awakening Buddhist Center
A close student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, course instructor John Baker has been a practitioner and teacher of Buddhism for 49 years. He co-founded the Karma Dzong Meditation Center in Boulder, Colorado in 1970, serving for five years as its first co-director.
He also co-founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, serving as its first CEO and heading the Buddhist Studies Department there for its first five years.
He is the co-editor of Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism and The Myth of Freedom and the author numerous articles. After 23 years in private business, he retired in 2000. During this time he continued teaching Buddhist thought and meditation and is today a meditation teacher at Path of Awakening Buddhist Center, of which he is the founder. See this website for more information
He has led a number of month-long meditation programs at Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado and Karme Chöling Meditation Center in Vermont and has taught at the Vajradhatu Seminary. He currently enjoys working as a life and executive coach.
LINKS AND RESOURCES
New York Buddhadharma: Website, Facebook page (with teachings), YouTube Channel (with teachings)
Articles written by John: "The Dharma in a Single Drawing", Tricycle Magazine article. Download a PDF of the article here; "All Together in the Present", Shambhala Sun article, January, 2006.
Contact Info, See this website