28 09, 2026

Seeking Executive Director for Nitartha Institute

2026-09-28T07:22:33-07:00Categories: Blog, Featured, Shedra|

Seeking Executive Director for Nitartha Institute The Opportunity Nitartha Institute seeks a part-time mission-driven leader to serve as Executive Director. Reporting to the Executive Committee, this role carries responsibilities for advancing the Institute's mission, ensuring continued financial health, and cultivating operational excellence across all programs and departments. Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership: Lead collaborative strategic planning and implementation in alignment with the vision of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen Organizational Management: Oversee CFO, Program Operations, Technology, Marketing, Fundraising, and Publications Financial Stewardship: Oversee development and management of budgets, support fundraising, and ensure fiscal accountability and growth Program Excellence: Support the Summer Institute, semester courses, and translation

1 11, 2023

How To Practice In This Time Of Strife – Part 1

2023-11-10T07:05:52-08:00Categories: Blog, Dependent Origination, Featured, Jirka Hladis, Meditation, Shamatha|Tags: , , , , , , |

How To Practice In This Time Of Strife Part I: In this time of strife and war there is desire in the practitioner to send positive thoughts of compassion, some prayers. But there might also be a strong tendency to show anger, and blame one of the sides. And, what would be a guidance here, utilizing what we have studied here at Nitartha in the real world situation like this we could benefit from? How do we make this practice? The dharma of our teacher, Gautama the Buddha, the Tathāgata, the fully enlightened Buddha Śākyamuni, is the dharma of dependent origination, pratītyasamudpāda. The original formulation of the

13 04, 2021

Explanation Of The Seventh Consciousness

2024-09-19T11:13:06-07:00Categories: Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, Blog, Buddhist Studies, Cittamatra, Consciousness, Featured, Mind Only|Tags: , , , , , |

This excerpt is copyrighted material, please do not use or copy without written permission from Nitartha Publications. The following is an excerpt from 2008 Commentary on Mind Only Tenet System by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen. This is included in the section, Ways Of Asserting Perceiving Minds III, of the sourcebook we use in our Cittamatra course. Some topics we learn about in details in the course are: Distinctions of the greater and lesser vehicles Mind only scriptural sources, definition The meaning of the term “mind only,” examples Mind only school reasonings Real aspectarians and false aspectarians Presentation of the three natures Definition of mind; self-awareness All-base

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