BUD 520
Mind and Its World III: Vaibhashika & Sautrantika Philosophical Traditions
Faculty: Dr. Francis Sullivan and Dr. Arne Schelling
This course is an exposition view of foundational Buddhism from the Vaibhashika and Sautrantika philosophical traditions, based on the “The Gateway that Reveals the Philosophical Traditions to Fresh Minds” root text. Students explore foundational classifications of knowable objects: the five bases, five aggregates, twelve sources, eighteen constituents, and the presentation of causation from the Vaibhashika philosophical system followed by the Sautrantika presentation classifying all knowable objects into specifically and generally characterized phenomena, based on our experience and then a comparison of the two views.
PREREQUISITE:
- BUD 501 and 510
REQUIRED TEXTS:
- Root text: The Gateway that Reveals the Philosophical Traditions to Fresh Minds (Truptha), by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen and Acharya Kelsang Wangdi, Nitartha Institute Publications.
- Root text: Collected Topics (Düdra), by Acharya Lama
Tenpa Gyaltsen, Nitartha Institute Publications - Mind & Its World 3 Sourcebook, Nitartha Institute Publications.
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DATES & TIMES:
Sundays, September 8 - December 15, 9:00 am - 10:30 am US 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. Francis Sullivan and Dr. Arne Schelling
TEACHER
Francis Sullivan has been a practitioner and a student of Tibetan Buddhism since the early 1980s. He began his studies at Nitartha Institute in 2008 and in 2019 was made a fully authorized faculty member for the Shedra program. Francis holds a PhD in Biochemistry and lives and teaches in Boulder Colorado.
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