New FPMT Pilot Program!

Exploring Buddhism
Module Four: Exploring the Path

with Don Handrick

Wednesdays, 6:30pm – 8:00pm PT (Pacific Time)
November 3 – December 15, 2021
no class on November 24 (Thanksgiving holiday)
​(6 classes)

Starting with the second class you are welcome to join our Zoom room early at 6:00pm for a homework discussion group.
We are using the Zoom video conferencing system for this course.  Please register below to receive your online access information.
To proceed on the stages of the path to enlightenment it is important to get a good understanding of this entire spiritual journey. This module of Exploring Buddhism will provide a concise overview of the whole path to enlightenment as it is traditionally presented in texts belonging to the stages of the path genre, and impart the importance of and method for meditating on the complete teachings of Buddha in this practice-oriented way.

Previous study of at least some modules of Discovering Buddhism, either in a center or online is highly recommended before enrolling in this program.

New students are welcome.  You do not have to have attended previous modules.
Exploring Buddhism is a new program currently being developed by FPMT to serve as a bridge between Discovering Buddhism and The Basic Program. It is designed to help students of Buddhism delve more deeply into a broad array of topics that form a solid foundation for furthering one’s study and practice.  The program will initially be run as a pilot program in FPMT centers to further test and refine the curriculum.  
​Don Handrick is a touring teacher for the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), sharing the Dharma with centers and study groups in North America and other parts of the world, both in-person and online.

Don's study of Buddhism began in 1993 after reading The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche. Over the next two years he practiced with Sogyal Rinpoche's organization, until he began attending classes in 1996 with Venerable Robina Courtin at Tse Chen Ling in San Francisco.

Don left the Bay Area in 1998 to attend the FPMT's Masters Program of Buddhist Studies in Sutra and Tantra, a seven-year residential study program conducted at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute in Tuscany, Italy, taught by the scholar and kind Spiritual Friend, Geshe Jampa Gyatso. He successfully completed all five subjects of this program in 2004, receiving an FPMT final certificate with high honors.
This program is being jointly offered by:
Registration: $15 per class or $75 for the entire module (six classes).  Members of a certain level get courses for free (see the membership program for details). Registration is required to receive your online access information.

Registration closes before the second class.

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