Nitartha Institute: Additional Modules and Courses


		Additional Modules and Courses

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Additional Modules and Courses

351 Insight, Compassion and Healing Module

Geared for health professionals. Menla is the ancient healing tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, a comprehensive cognitive training system based on a personal realization of the wisdom of intrinsic healthiness. Through it, one clarifies how to keep in touch with one’s inherent natural balance and work skillfully with the art of healing, which is mastered by developing a mind that is both gentle and precise. This ability is crucial for effective counseling and for all who care for those with dis-ease, both healers and caretakers.

The course is taught in conjunction with the course Mind and Its World I. Topics discussed include:

the nature of health
the science of mind as a method for clarifying and deepening the practitioner’s listening and diagnostic acumen
the direct causes of illness
pragmatic and experiential methods for working effectively with the path of healing

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391 Intensive Beginning Tibetan I & II
392 Intensive Intermediate Tibetan III & IV

Each of these courses are two-session (four-week) modules for the intensive study of both literary and spoken Tibetan. These courses are meant for the serious student with little or no previous experience in the language. The level of instruction will be similar to taking a university-level course in Tibetan language and is geared to those who are interested in learning the art of Tibetan translation. Instructors for the course are both Tibetan and Western.

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In making their curricular choices, students should be aware that these language courses will be demanding both in class and preparation time. It is not possible for students to take the full regular curriculum and Tibetan module at the same time.

721 Advanced Mind & Its World Discussion Group I
722 Advanced Mind & Its World Discussion Group II

These two courses are interactive seminars between students and one or more of the Acharyas, in which students refine their understanding of Collected Topics, Classifications of Mind, Classifications of Reasons, and Philosophical Systems. The seminars focus on crucial and unresolved issues in these key texts and go into greater detail than was done in the Core curriculum. Debate is used as the primary pedagogical method, and so the classes serve to develop the students’ debate skills as well. One of the four core texts from Mind & Its World is chosen as the focus for each seminar.