Ancient Wisdom for the Modern Mind

At Nitartha Institute, students gain 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. The Nitartha curriculum is offered online and in person through semester courses, 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 faculty: 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 between teacher and student.

Fall Courses Underway

  • BUD 500 Analytical Meditation I
    September 9 - December 16
  • BUD 502 Clear Thinking
    September 10 - December 10
  • BUD 502 Clear Thinking 清晰思辨
    9月29日-12月22日
  • BUD 520 Mind and Its World III
    September 8 - December 15
  • BUD 553 Collected Topics Debate I
    September 12 -
  • BUD 620 Paths and Bhumis
    September 8 - December 15
  • BUD 692 Treasury of Valid Cognition and Reasoning
    September 9 - December 16
  • LAN 510 Intermediate Colloquial Tibetan
    Starting September 3

Other Courses – 2024 Fall Semester

  • Tibetan Language Courses
    Starting in September

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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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