Available courses

Price: $33
By the end of this short, self-paced course, you will be able to read, spell out loud, and transliterate Tibetan text into the Roman alphabet using the Wylie transliteration system.
 Price: $325
Build a strong foundation with a step-by-step approach to classical Tibetan grammar in one semester, with guidance from the course moderator.

Price: $150

Build a strong foundation with a step-by-step approach to classical Tibetan grammar while studying at your own pace.

Price: $325
Continue your exploration of the classical Tibetan language and its grammar, and gain experience and confidence reading and understanding texts.
Price: $150
Continue your exploration of the classical Tibetan language and its grammar, and gain experience and confidence reading and understanding texts.


Price:$495
The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra) is Śāntideva’s classic work on Mahāyāna philosophy that teaches the preciousness of bodhicitta, the awakened mind, and explains how to practice generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, and meditation while striving to recognize our awakened mind. This important text blends instruction in ethical conduct, meditation, and wisdom to show us how to follow the path of the Bodhisattva. This one-semester course covers Chapters 1 – 5 and the first half of Chapter 6.

Price: $250

The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra) is Śāntideva’s classic work on Mahāyāna philosophy that teaches the preciousness of bodhicitta, the awakened mind, and explains how to practice generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, and meditation while striving to recognize our awakened mind. This important text blends instruction in ethical conduct, meditation, and wisdom to show us how to follow the path of the Bodhisattva. This one-semester course covers Chapters 1 – 5 and the first half of Chapter 6.


Price: $495

The Bodhicaryāvatāra II course continues our study of Śāntideva’s classic text. It begins with the second half of Chapter 6 and continues with Chapters 7 - 10 , including a thorough examination of the famous Wisdom Chapter, Chapter 9. As in Part I, the methodology of the course combines traditional Tibetan monastic word-for-word text commentary with Western-style academic contextualization, mirroring the approach of the courses offered in our on-site classrooms in Kathmandu.

Price: $250

The Bodhicaryāvatāra II course continues our study of Śāntideva’s classic text. It begins with the second half of Chapter 6 and continues with Chapters 7 - 10 , including a thorough examination of the famous Wisdom Chapter, Chapter 9. As in Part I, the methodology of the course combines traditional Tibetan monastic word-for-word text commentary with Western-style academic contextualization, mirroring the approach of the courses offered in our on-site classrooms in Kathmandu.


Price: $60

Patience is the subject of Chapter 6 of the Bodhicaryāvatāra. This four-week course explains Śāntideva’s understanding of the importance of patience as the antidote to the anger and discontent that sometimes afflicts us, and the ways that we can cultivate patience in a variety of different circumstances. 

Price: $495
The Root Verses of the Middle Way by Nāgārjuna is a classic Buddhist text that uses logic to challenge our assumptions about the nature of reality.
Price: $250
The Root Verses of the Middle Way by Nāgārjuna is a classic Buddhist text that uses logic to challenge our assumptions about the nature of reality.
Price: $495
A continuation of the first part of the Root Verses of the Middle Way course, which explores this classic text by Nāgārjuna in depth.
Price: $250
A continuation of the first part of the Root Verses of the Middle Way course, which explores this classic text by Nāgārjuna in depth.