TNT 420 Teacher-In-Training Seminar Faculty: {!{types field='faculty' style='text'}!}{!{/types}!} Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche is committed to training Buddhist teachers as an essential key to establishing the living Buddhadharma in the West. Nitartha’s Teachers in Training program is for approved students who have completed the Foundation and Intermediate curricula and who are passionate about teaching the Nitartha curriculum. For more information about Nitartha's Teachers in Training program, contact Dr. Francis Sullivan at francis.sullivan@cogentbio.com. PREREQUISITE: Prior admission to the Teacher-In-Training program DATES & TIMES: {!{types field='dow'}!}{!{/types}!}, {!{types field='course-dates'}!}{!{/types}!}, {!{types field='meeting-times'}!}{!{/types}!} WHAT YOU WILL BE INTRODUCED TO: (This is a

BUD 553 Collected Topics Debate I FACULTY: {!{types field='faculty'}!}{!{/types}!} This foundation debate course offers a methodical training in elementary debate skills on the basis of the Clear Thinking course. Students train in formulating reasonings with correct and seeming reasons and utilize them in debate by learning how to challenge the first mode (the relationship between the subject and the reason). The debate content consists of the classification of objects in terms of entity from Collected Topics. PREREQUISITE: BUD 502 REQUIRED TEXTS: None DATES & TIMES: {!{types field='dow'}!}{!{/types}!} {!{types field='course-dates'}!}{!{/types}!}, {!{types field='meeting-times'}!}{!{/types}!} COST: ${!{types field='course-cost' style='text'}!}{!{/types}!} Nitartha’s Payment Plan

BUD 620 Paths & Bhumis: The Path to Enlightenment FACULTY: {!{types field='faculty'}!}{!{/types}!} This is semester 2 of this course, an exposition of the Buddhist path based on The Presentation of Bhumis, Paths & Results in the Treasury of Knowledge root text. Students continue to learn what is necessary for entering and progressing on the path and what the goal of spiritual journey is, through exploring the five paths, and the ten bodhisattva bhūmis, as well as the result: nirvana, kāyas, wisdoms and enlightened activity. PREREQUISITE: Fall 2024 Paths & Bhumis (Semester 1) or repeat students who have previously completed the Paths & Bhumis course