The 18-Month Nyingma Education program is taught by senior students of Tarthang Tulku at the Nyingma Institute in Berkeley. Students attend class two nights a week and join in a special Buddhist studies and practices seminar every six weeks during this 18-month period of time, receiving a comprehensive survey of Tibetan Buddhist doctrine, practice, and history.
Scholarships are available to qualified students.
Modern education has not taught us how the mind shapes our experience, how emotions can be understood and transformed, or how to awaken the natural joy, compassion, and wisdom that lie within our hearts. The Nyingma Education Program offers such knowledge, presented in orderly stages that allow each student to integrate theory, meditation, and daily experience. This practice is magnified for those who participate in the full work-study program. The work situations are rich with opportunities to challenge negative patterns of action, thought, and emotion and to express knowledge through work dedicated to the benefit of others. All instructors are experienced teachers and Nyingma community members who have been appointed by Tarthang Tulku to teach this program.