The Nitartha Institute for higher Buddhist studies invites you to join us for a unique dharma experience this July at our annual听.听 This is a month-long program that is held over the course of听three 9-day sessions. You can join us for one, two or all three sessions.
The Union of Mahamudra Meditation and Study
The Summer Institute skillfully unites听补苍诲听:听 Mahamudra meditation takes on new meaning when you discover some of its philosophical underpinnings through studying Nitartha鈥檚 curriculum courses, and the teachings settle and take hold in our minds when we sit in Mahamudra meditation.听
Renowned Faculty
This year鈥檚 Summer Institute will be led by renowned Mahamudra master Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, along with all of Nitartha鈥檚 highly skilled and experienced western faculty. Nitartha鈥檚 teachers unpack the dharma texts and bring them to life,听showing how these teachings help us understand our minds.听()
Mahamudra Meditation
- The Summer Institute is a perfect opportunity to begin your Mahamudra practice. If you have never received Mahamudra instructions, join us on site at the University of Colorado and enjoy Mahamudra shamatha instructions and practice (Sessions 1 and 2).
- If you have prior Mahamudra experience, you can apply to participate in Mahamudra shamatha or Mahamudra vipashyana instruction and practice, on site or online (Sessions 1 and 2, some prerequisites apply).听
- Enjoy a rare opportunity to spend 9 days in a silent Mahamudra retreat with Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen (during Session 3).
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Study Courses
- Acharya Lama Tenpa will give 18 talks on the听. This text extracts the essence of the vast tradition of Yogacara scholarship and serves as a key link between the sutra tradition and Mahamudra practice.
- Five of Nitartha鈥檚 shedra (study) curriculum courses will be taught during this program:听
- Mind and Its World courses I and II
- Madhyamaka
- 驰辞驳补肠补谤补听
- Buddha Nature
Onsite Enhancement Activities:听Attend on site and enjoy several additional听, including thangka painting, debate and Space Awareness!
Join us for this immersion experience
and fully steep yourself in the dharma.
The Nitartha Institute for higher Buddhist studies was founded in 1996 by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, under the guidance of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen, two world renown Buddhist teachers, share the primary leadership and teaching responsibilities at Nitartha, including curriculum design and teaching the principal Buddhist courses at the Summer Institute.