Nalandabodhi offers complete study and education programs on Buddhism. The Nalandabodhi Study Path is one of the first complete sources of Buddhist studies materials ever assembled in English.
The study program is offered in three contexts:
1. At Nalandbodhi Centers and Study Groups
2. Through interactive technology on-line
3. Individual home study.
The curriculum consists of four study levels:
1. Introduction to Buddhism
2. Hinayana
3. Mahayana
4. Vajrayana.
It is also designed to offer students opportunities to integrate practice with their studies.
Nalandabodhi Study and Meditation Centers offer a comprehensive curriculum in Buddhist studies, which adapts the traditional curriculum taught in Tibetan Buddhist educational academies for Western audiences. Students progress sequentially through basic Buddhist introductory topics, the increasingly complex topics of the Hinayana and Mahayana studies, and conclude with the subtleties of the Vajrayana. Detailed curriculum outline.
The curriculum is also supplemented by an advanced Buddhist studies program provided at Nitartha Institute. Such a systematically organized curriculum of Buddhist studies, which leads students through a gradual path, is for the most part unavailable elsewhere.
The Nalandabodhi Study Path is the product of many years of work in transmitting, translating, and adapting the traditional educational system for students in the West. Completion of the curriculum provides a student with a comprehensive foundation in all aspects of Buddhist studies.
The core curriculum is composed of original teaching materials, distinguished by their thoroughness and accessibility. The core curricular materials were drawn primarily from the teachings of The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, who designed the curriculum as well as the advanced study program at Nitartha Institute, with continual advice from Rinpoche's teacher, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche.
