Masters Program Home Study

The FPMT Masters Program curriculum consists of the following five subjects:

Sutra

• Ornament for Clear Realizations (Abhisamayalamkara) by Maitreya
• Supplement to (Nagarjuna's) 'Treatise on the Middle Way' (Madhyamakavatara) by Chandrakirti
• Treasury of Manifest Dharma (Abhidharmakosha) by Vasubandhu

Tantra

• Essence of the Nectar of the Great Secret: A Commentary to the Grounds and Paths of Secret Mantra by Kirti Lobsang Trinle
• Sacred Words of Lord Akshobhya: A Commentary to the Two Stages of the Guhysamsaja Tantra by Aku Sherab Gyatso

The Middle Way (Madhyamakavatara) is the first subject to be made available on CD for homestudy. You can find the Middle Way CD (and all further Masters Program homestudy materials as they become available), at The Foundation Store.

Materials (approximately 3800 pages) include:

• translations of Chandrakirti’s Supplement to [Nagarjuna’s] 'Treatise on the Middle Way' (Madhyamakavatara) and his auto-commentary
• a translation of Lama Tsongkhapa’s Illumination of the Thought
• transcripts of Geshe Jampa Gyatso’s oral commentary
• transcripts of review classes with Jampa Gendun
• miscellaneous study material including charts, quizzes, exams, and answer keys

This Masters Program subject is not offered as part of a correspondence course, but as an opportunity for individual students to use the wealth of materials produced for the subject for reference, for homestudy, or  as supplementary information when studying this subject with a teacher.

The current Master Program offers the option to study the MP subjects on-line with the support of a qualified teaching assistent, over a period of five and a half years, in parallel to the residential program. The Masters Program on-line is offered in both English and Italian.