Nitartha's Advanced Curriculum
The Advanced curriculum cover a range of subjects, often translated and taught for the first time. Many of these courses are commentaries by great lineage holders covering some of the curriculum of the Foundation and Intermediate levels. These courses allow us to deepen our understanding of the Foundation and Intermediate teachings.
The Advanced curriculum also introduces new courses such as Vajrayana and Shentong Madhyamaka. The Summer Institute has been the main source of these advanced courses until recent times. Due to technological advances, we are now able to teach Advanced courses through live streaming video, allowing students all over the world to participate in Advanced courses outside of the Summer Institute setting.
Current and Upcoming Advanced Classes
2012 SUMMER INSTITUTE. BELLINGHAM, WA
- BUD 799 Advanced Text taught by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche BUD 799i-A Instructor: Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Text to be announced. Summer Institute: Bellingham, WA. Session II: July 29 August 10, 2012. Live inclass course in 13-day intensive format. (Online live or self-paced options below.) Click here for other courses to take during Session II of the residential Summer Institute. BUD 799o-B Instructor: Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche.Text to be announced. Live online course. July 29–August 10, 2012. (Webcast from Bellingham, WA) 13-day intensive format or self-paced. (Live inclass option above.)
- BUD 770 Dharmadharmatāvibhāga: The Distinction between Phenomena and the Nature of Phenomena BUD 770.1i-A Instructor: Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. Part 1 of 2. Summer Institute: Bellingham, WA. Session I: July 15 – 27, 2012. Live inclass course in 13-day intensive format. (Online live or self-paced options below.) Click here for other courses to take during Session I of the residential Summer Institute. BUD 770.1o-B Instructor: Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. Part 1 of 2. Live online class. July 15 – 27, 2012 (Webcast from Bellingham, WA) 13-day intensive format or self-paced. (Live inclass option above.) BUD 770.2i-C Instructor: Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. Part 2 of 2. Summer Institute: Bellingham, WA. Session II: July 29 –August 10, 2012. Live inclass course in 13-day intensive format. (Online live or self-paced options below.) Click here for other courses to take during Session II of the residential Summer Institute. BUD 770.2o-D Instructor: Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. Part 2 of 2. Live online class. July 29 –August 10, 2012. (Webcast from Bellingham, WA) 13-day intensive format or self-paced. (Live inclass option above.)
- BUD 712 Abhisamayālamkāra III: The Noble One's Resting at Ease BUD 712i-A Instructor: Khenpo Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl. Summer Institute: Bellingham, WA. Session I: July 15 – 27, 2012. Live inclass course in 13-day intensive format. (Online live or self-paced options below.) Click here for other courses to take during Session I of the residential Summer Institute. BUD 712o-B Instructor: Khenpo Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl. Live online class. July 15 – 27, 2012 (Webcast from Bellingham, WA) 13-day intensive format or self-paced. (Live inclass option above.)
- BUD 713 Abhisamayālamkāra IV: The Noble One's Resting at Ease BUD 713i-A Instructor: Khenpo Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl. Summer Institute: Bellingham, WA. Session II: July 29 – August 10, 2012. Live inclass course in 13-day intensive format. This is the final course on this text. (Online live or self-paced options below.) Click here for other courses to take during Session II of the residential Summer Institute. BUD 713o-B Instructor: Khenpo Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl. Live online class. July 29 – August 10, 2012 (Webcast from Bellingham, WA) 13-day intensive format or self-paced. This is the final course on this text. (Live inclass option above.)
REGIONAL/ONLINE ADVANCED PROGRAMS
- BUD 704 Chatuhshataka: The Four Hundred Verses on the Yogic Conduct of a Bodhisattva BUD 704.2i-C Instructor: Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. Part 2 of 2. Boulder, CO. Fall 2012. Live inclass course in semester format (weekly classes). (Online live or self-paced options below.) BUD 704.2o-D Instructor: Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. Part 2 of 2. Live online course. Fall 2012. (Webcast from Boulder, CO) Semester format (weekly classes) or self-paced. (Live inclass option above.)
ADVANCE NOTICE OF NEW 2013 ADVANCED COURSES
- BUD 681 Abhidharmakosha I: Bestowing the Fulfillment of Accomplishment and Happiness BUD 681 Instructor: Acharya Kelzang Wangdi. Seattle, WA. January 3–February 1, 2013. Parts 1 and 2 of 2. Live inclass course only. Full month format (six days a week for four weeks). BUD 681.1 Instructor: Acharya Kelzang Wangdi. Seattle, WA. Part 1 of 2. Online course. Spring 2013. Semester format (weekly classes) or self-paced. (Live inclass option above.) BUD 681.2 Instructor: Acharya Kelzang Wangdi. Seattle, WA. Part 2 of 2. Online course. Fall 2013. Semester format (weekly classes) or self-paced. (Live inclass option above.)
SELF-PACED ADVANCED COURSES: AVAILABLE ANYTIME
The following Advanced curriculum courses can be taken from the online archives in a self-paced manner.
- BUD 700–703 Madhyamakāvatāra: The Chariot of the Takpo Kagyü Siddhas BUD 700s-A Madhyamakāvatāra I. Instructor: Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. Self-paced online format: Anytime. BUD 701s-A Madhyamakāvatāra II. Instructor: Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. Self-paced online format: Anytime. BUD 702s-A Madhyamakāvatāra III. Instructor: Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. Self-paced online format: Anytime. BUD 703s-A Madhyamakāvatāra IV. Instructor: Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. Self-paced online format: Anytime.
- BUD 710 Abhisamayālamkāra I: The Noble One's Resting at Ease BUD 710s-A Instructor: Khenpo Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl. Self-paced online format: Anytime. See above for courses II–IV on this text.
- BUD 760 Madhyāntavibhāga: The Distinction Between the Middle and Extremes BUD 760s-A Instructor: Khenpo Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl. Self-paced online format: Anytime.
- BUD 770 Dharmadharmatāvibhāga: The Distinction Between Phenomena and the Nature of Phenomena BUD 770s-A Instructor: Khenpo Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl. Self-paced online format: Anytime.
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