Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Mind

At Nitartha Institute, you will gain an authentic experience in Buddhist studies by gradually progressing through the views of different Buddhist philosophical systems, as well as by training in analysis, debate and meditation. Nitartha’s courses are offered online throughout the year through real-time online 4-month courses in the fall and winter-spring, the intensive Summer Institute, and Self-Paced Online Courses (SPOC). Nitartha also offers courses in Tibetan language and the Buddhist Science of Art.

Rooted in the traditions of the Kagyü and Nyingma lineages, Nitartha Institute courses are taught by highly renowned teachers: Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, and several Western teachers including Dr. Karl Brunnhölzl, Scott Wellenbach, Dr. Phil Stanley, and many others. Attending Nitartha classes is an experience of precious moments of heart transmission passed on through our teachers.

2026 Spring Semester Courses
Begin in January

  • BUD 501 Mind and Its World I 了義學院課程大綱
    January 9 - May 15, 2026/2026年1月10日至5月16日
  • BUD 510 Mind and Its World II
    January 25 - April 19, 2026
  • BUD 530 Mind and Its World IV: Vaibhasika and Sautrantika Philosophical Traditions
    January 20 - May 5, 2026
  • BUD 600 Analytical Meditation II 分析式禪修II
    January 12 - May 11, 2026
  • BUD 630 Buddha Nature
    January 20 - April 28, 2026
  • SCA 510 Buddhist Visual Literacy
    February 4 - April 29, 2026

Download the Nitartha Institute Shedra Course Catalogue
to see descriptions of all the foundation, intermediate and advanced courses.

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EXPLANATION OF THE SEVENTH CONSCIOUSNESS
by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen

The seventh consciousness itself is not the coarse form of consciousness that join names and objects, but it is the subtle potential that gives rise to all conceptions that join names and objects.

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