Live Online 4-Month Courses

Our teachers hold classes online in real-time through four-month-long courses, 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 another institution or wish to enter the teacher-in-training program.

Fall Semester Courses

  • Course image for Analytical Meditation I.

    BUD 500 Analytical Meditation I

    This course is a systematic training in the meditation of special insight following the approach of the Abhidharma tradition.

    PREREQUISITES

    None

    DATES AND TIMES

    September 3 - December 3,

    3:30 - 5:00 pm US Pacific Time

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  • BUD 501 Mind and Its World I

    This course is an introductory exposition of topics drawn from the Pramāna tradition, based on the Classifications of Mind root text. Students explore the criteria for the validity of cognition, the fourfold classification of direct valid cognition, seeming direct cognition and non-valid cognition.

    PREREQUISITES

    None

    DATES AND TIMES

    September 7 - December 17, 2025,

    11:30 am - 1:00 pm US Pacific Time

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  • BUD 520 Mind and Its World III

    This course is an exposition of the Vaibhāṣika and Sautrantika philosophical traditions, based on the The Gateway that Reveals the Philosophical Traditions to Fresh Minds root text.

    PREREQUISITES

    BUD501, BUD510

    DATES AND TIMES

    September 9 - December 23,

    6:00 pm - 7:30 pm US Pacific Time

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  • BUD 520 Mind and Its World III Chinese

    This course is an exposition of the Vaibhāṣika philosophical tradition, based on the The Gateway that Reveals the Philosophical Traditions to Fresh Minds root text.

    PREREQUISITES

    BUD501, BUD510

    DATES AND TIMES

    September 9 - December 16,

    8:00 pm - 9:30 pm CST | 5:00 am - 6:30 am US Pacific Time

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  • BUD 601 Cittamātra Philosophical Tradition

    This course is an exposition of the Cittamātra philosophical tradition, based on The Mind Only Tenet System root text.

    PREREQUISITES

    BUD501, BUD510, BUD520, BUD530

    DATES AND TIMES

    September 4 - December 4,

    5:00 - 6:30 pm US Pacific Time

    COURSE DETAILS