Live Online Semester Courses

Our faculty teach real-time, semester-long courses online, a wonderful opportunity to learn in a live environment with a teacher present to answer your questions. Videos of the classes are recorded and made available on our online campus in case you miss a class or are unable to attend live. Each class concludes with a celebratory exam, which is aimed at helping you to check your understanding of the material and receive feedback from your teacher. These exams are required if you would like to request a Nitartha Institute certificate of completion, seek academic credit at other institutions or wish to enter the teacher-in-training program.

Spring Semester starts in January! Check out the course offerings below.

  • BUD 530 Mind and Its World IV: Vaibhasika and Sautrantika Philosophical Traditions

    This course is a presentation of the path and result of foundational Buddhism as found in the Vaibhāṣika and Sautrāntika philosophical traditions, based on The Gateway that Reveals the Philosophical Traditions to Fresh Minds root text.

    PREREQUISITES

    BUD501

    DATES AND TIMES

    January 26 - April 13, 2025,

    9:00 - 10:30 am US Pacific Time

    COURSE DETAILS

  • BUD 600 Analytical Meditation II

    This course is a systematic training in the meditation of special insight in the tradition of Mahāyāna Buddhism.

    PREREQUISITES

    BUD 630 or similar prior studies of Buddha Nature tradition

    DATES AND TIMES

    January 27 - May 5, 2025,

    3:30 - 5:00 pm US Pacific Time

    COURSE DETAILS

  • Course image for Paths & Bhumis.

    BUD 620 Paths and Bhumis

    This course is an exposition of the Buddhist path based on The Presentation of Bhumis, Paths & Results in the Treasury of Knowledge root text.

    PREREQUISITES

    BUD501, BUD510, BUD520, BUD530, BUD601, BUD610, BUD630

    DATES AND TIMES

    January 26 - May 4, 2025,

    9:00 - 10:30 am US Pacific Time

    COURSE DETAILS

  • Treasury of Valid Cognition course image with Acharya Kelzang Wangdi.

    BUD 692 Treasury of Valid Cognition and Reasoning

    PREREQUISITES

    DATES AND TIMES

    January 20 - July 7, 2025,

    9:00 - 10:30 am US Pacific Time

    COURSE DETAILS

  • LAN 510 Intermediate Colloquial Tibetan

    Continuation of intermediate colloquial Tibetan course.

    PREREQUISITES

    This is a continuing course from the 2023 fall semester.

    DATES AND TIMES

    January 22 - May 14, 2025,

    5:00 - 6:30 pm US Pacific Time

    COURSE DETAILS

  • nitartha institute faculty, Alison McKee and Dr. Francis Sullivan.

    TNT 420 Teacher-In-Training Seminar

    PREREQUISITES

    Prior admission to the Teacher-In-Training Program

    DATES AND TIMES

    January 26 - April 13, 2025,

    9:00 - 10:30 am US Pacific Time

    COURSE DETAILS