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Module 2 • The Path in Action Paramitas This module introduces the paramitas, the bodhisattva's transcendent activities, as the practical methods for developing generosity, discipline, patience, exertion, meditation, and wisdom. These teachings show how the Mahayana path is not merely philosophical, but lived through conduct, relationship, and everyday action. Throughout the module, we examine the […]

Module 3 • Mind Training Lojong This module introduces mind training, or lojong, as a set of practical guidelines for cultivating the wisdom and compassion of the bodhisattva path. The slogans serve as pithy reminders that bring meditation off the cushion and into everyday life. Students explore the four reminders, as well as ultimate and […]

Module 4 • Wisdom Emptiness This module explores the fundamental Mahayana teachings of shunyata through a progressive unfolding of understanding emptiness. Rather than leaving emptiness as a philosophical abstraction, students engage it directly through logical analysis, contemplations, and practical exercises that bring these insights into lived experience. The curriculum moves through successive views of emptiness, […]