PREREQUISITES
- None
BUD 703
Madhyamakāvatāra IV: Entrance to the Middle Way
Live Online Course Faculty: Dr. Phil Stanley
Original Faculty: Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
This course is based on the recordings and transcripts of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche's oral teachings on Chandrakīrti’s root text Madhyamakāvatāra in 1999 and 2000, using the commentary by the Eight Karmapa, Mikyö Dorje (1507-1554).
We will first complete chapter 6 on prajñā, specifically the sections on the refutation of a self of persons and the presentation of the sixteen emptiness. Then we will complete the rest of the text that is on bhūmis 7-10, namely, the perfections of skillful means, aspirations, power, and wisdom, the latter of which includes a presentation of the three kāyas and the state of Buddhahood.
PREREQUISITE:
- None
REQUIRED TEXTS:
1) Wangchuk Dorje, The Ninth Karmapa, The Karmapa’s Middle Way: Feast for the Fortunate, A Commentary on Chandrakirti’s Madhyamakāvatāra, translated by Tyler Dewar (Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 2008). (This text is also available as an e-book)
2) EITHER
i) Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Commentary on the Entrance to the Middle Way (Madhyamakavatara) Chapter 6, Part Two (Nitartha Institute Publications, 2nd 2009). Abbreviation: 2009a
OR
ii) Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Commentary on the Entrance to the Middle Way (Madhyamakavatara) Chapter 6, Part Two (Nitartha Institute Publications, 1st 1999) Abbreviations: 1999
3) EITHER
i)Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Commentary on the Entrance to the Middle Way (Madhyamakavatara) Chapters 7-11 (Nitartha Institute Publications, 2nd 2009). Abbreviation: 2009b
OR
ii) Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Commentary on the Entrance to the Middle Way (Madhyamakavatara) Chapters 7-11 (Nitartha Institute Publications, 1st 2009). Abbreviation: 2002
DATES & TIMES:
Saturdays, septiembre 9, 2023 - diciembre 9, 2023, 9:00 am-10:00 am Pacific Time
COST:
$200
Nitartha’s Payment Plan and Financial Assistance (PPFA) program is funded by fellow students to support those who would not be able to attend the Institute’s courses without this assistance. To request aid, please fill out the PPFA application before you register for the course.
LEARN WITH OUR RENOWNED FACULTY
Dr. Phil Stanley
TEACHER
Dr. Phil Stanley has been involved in Nitartha Institute since its founding in 1996 and serves as its Dean of Academic Affairs. He is a Professor of Religious Studies at Naropa University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Buddhism and Tibetan language. He is Co-Director of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon Catalog of the Tibetan and Himalayan Library at the University of Virginia, Co-Convener of the Union Catalog of Buddhist Texts, and Vice-Chair of the International Association of Buddhist Universities.
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