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Basic Program CD, 2006

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NEW and REVISED as of May, 2006
Designed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the Basic Program is a comprehensive, practice-oriented transmission of the Buddhadharma that will be of interest to committed students who wish to progress beyond introductory-level study and practice.

The program is introduced by Je Tsong Khapa's masterwork on the stages of the graduated path to enlightenment and further includes a sutra, four classics of the Indian Mahayana tradition, ancillary Tibetan treatises on mind and tenets and an introductory-level teaching on tantra. The curriculum is taught by Geshes or qualified non-Tibetan teachers and is supported by meditation practice, discussion and examination, in order to ensure that participants develop an accurate, working understanding of the dharma as a sound basis for daily practice, meditational retreat and further study. A three month Lamrim retreat and an optional exam conclude the 5-year course of studies.

This CD-ROM, aimed specifically at center staff wishing to implement the Basic Program, includes: all required texts and translations, examples of course materials, a sample Basic Program brochure, an introduction for Geshes, and guidelines for implementation

The subjects that comprise the Basic Program curriculum are:

Stages of the Path (Lamrim)
Heart Sutra
Mahayana Mind Training (Lojong)
Engaging in the Bodhisattva Deeds
Mind and Cognition (Lorig)
Tenets (Drubtha)
Ornament for Clear Realizations - Fourth Chapter
Sublime Continuum if the Mahayana (Gyulama) - First Chapter: The Tathagata Essence
Ground and Paths of Secret Mantra

Supplementary (i.e. recommended, optional subjects):

Seventy Topics
Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth
a Highest Yoga Tantra commentary

For more information about the Basic Program please go to: http://www.fpmt.org/education/bpdescription.asp

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