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Under the direction of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Nitartha Institute combines an in-depth course of study with training in meditation, and takes exploring your own mind and awakening your own heart to a new level!

“A partless particle is said to contain eight subatomic particles: the four elements—earth, water, fire, and wind, and f...
09/03/2026

“A partless particle is said to contain eight subatomic particles: the four elements—earth, water, fire, and wind, and four sense objects: visible form, smell, taste, and tangibility.

These particles aren’t perceptible to ordinary beings, but their existence is accepted based on the realization of arhats. From that realization, we infer that this is what matter is composed of.

You might ask: If they contain eight subatomic particles, how can they be partless? Although they have these components, the components are always together and cannot be separated. It is this inseparability that makes them ‘partless.’”

— Alison McKee | Nitartha Institute Faculty
Course: Mind & Its World I

“The nature of direct valid cognition is something you can experience. It is not only something that has been taught by ...
09/01/2026

“The nature of direct valid cognition is something you can experience. It is not only something that has been taught by Dignaga or taught by the sutras. You can also find it from your own experience, through the experience of the direct valid cognition of self-awareness.”
- Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
Nitartha Institute Course: Mind & Its World I

“It is the receptive nature of mind that is like a mirror in which everything can reflect.”-Dr. Francis SullivanWhat is ...
08/24/2026

“It is the receptive nature of mind that is like a mirror in which everything can reflect.”
-Dr. Francis Sullivan

What is mind? What does it mean to know something, and to know it correctly?
Mind & Its World I introduces the Buddhist study of valid cognition (pramaṇa) and the nature and functioning of mind.
The first course in Nitartha’s Shedra program.
Begins September 13 • No prerequisites
Learn More: https://bit.ly/4zvegpn

【你最近一次，留意自己的心放在哪裡，是什麼時候？】為了在紛擾動盪的年代不丟失我們的心——2026 年夏天，來聽 #竹慶本樂仁波切 親自講授《於紛亂中得寧靜》（Finding Peace within Chaos）。這不只是一堂課。它是了義...
06/03/2026

【你最近一次，留意自己的心放在哪裡，是什麼時候？】

為了在紛擾動盪的年代不丟失我們的心——
2026 年夏天，來聽 #竹慶本樂仁波切 親自講授《於紛亂中得寧靜》（Finding Peace within Chaos）。

這不只是一堂課。

它是了義暑期學院深度課程中，由仁波切親自帶領的核心教學。

#了義學院（Nitartha Institute），是由竹慶本樂仁波切於三十年前親自創立，融合藏傳噶舉、寧瑪兩大殊勝傳承，一所專為現代居士打造的佛學院。

它的初衷很直接：
把佛陀對「心」最精要的理解，以清晰、系統、可實修的方式，傳遞給每一位真正想認識自己這顆心的人。

#2026暑期學院・四大重點

🔹核心課程 1｜竹慶本樂仁波切親授《於紛亂中得寧靜》

回應這個時代最普遍的內耗：訊息太多、念頭太密、感受太雜。

仁波切將帶我們看見——寧靜不是讓世界安靜下來，而是在世界依然紛亂時，你還能不丟失自己。

🔹核心課程2｜阿闍黎喇嘛滇巴嘉晨講授《辯法法性論》

透過彌勒菩薩的關鍵論典，學習如何辨別：什麼是心的迷惑狀態，什麼是它的真實本性。

🔹 #大手印 禪修｜止禪、觀禪 I／II

可依自身修持階段申請參與，系統學習大手印禪修。

🔹佛學院課程｜心與心的世界、中觀、如來藏、唯識

從根本見地建立對心的清晰理解。

現場學員還能報名參與金剛拳、辯經、健康與療癒等多元課程。

📅 課程時間
第一期：2026/7/7 – 7/15
第二期：2026/7/17 – 7/25

💻 第一、二期皆開放 線上＋現場同步參與

📍 現場地點：美國奧勒岡州賽勒姆威拉姆特大學
　　Willamette University in Salem, Oregon

🔗 完整資訊與報名請見：
https://summer.nitarthainstitute.org/?lang=zh-hant

這個夏天，願我們都能 #於紛亂中得寧靜

What does Buddhist meditation really mean by impermanence?"We may think impermanence means watching movement, change, fl...
05/19/2026

What does Buddhist meditation really mean by impermanence?

"We may think impermanence means watching movement, change, flux, or something dissolving before our eyes. But from the perspective of meditation, this is still conceptual.
Why?
Because the experience of movement depends on comparing a previous moment with a later one. The mind is quietly constructing a continuum. This is helpful in the beginning. It helps us see that things are not fixed. But it is not yet the deepest meaning of impermanence.

In Mahamudra instructions, we are pointed toward something more subtle: cutting through the continuum itself. This does not mean trying to find the smallest unit of time, like some tiny physical instant. The point is to see how the mind clings to continuity.

We are not looking for an objective “smallest moment.” We are exploring how mind creates the sense of time, movement, and continuity. To rest in now-ness without turning it into “a present moment” is to rest in what might be called timelessness.

A moment without moment."

- Jirka Hladiš | Nitartha Institute Faculty | Course: Mind Only

At the 2026 Nitartha Summer Institute, students will have the opportunity to study topics like these, exploring how mind, perception, appearance, and experience are understood on the path of insight.

Join us for NSI26 and deepen your study of the Buddhist view.

Learn more and register: https://summer.nitarthainstitute.org/course-details-shedra/

“From the point of view of Buddha nature, there is absolutely nothing wrong with you.” - Dr. Phil Stanley | Nitartha Ins...
05/14/2026

“From the point of view of Buddha nature, there is absolutely nothing wrong with you.” - Dr. Phil Stanley | Nitartha Institue Faculty | Course: Buddha Nature

At Nitartha Summer Institute 2026, the course Buddha Nature will explore these teachings through study, reflection, and Mahamudra Vipashyana meditation.
Learn More: https://summer.nitarthainstitute.org/course-details-shedra/

What might it mean to study in a way that actually changes how you experience your mind? bit.ly/nsi2026K. Breen, a stude...
05/08/2026

What might it mean to study in a way that actually changes how you experience your mind? bit.ly/nsi2026

K. Breen, a student from last year, shared:

“Mind and Its World and Clear Thinking has influenced my ability to take a beat and see what I am engaged in—clear seeing (hearing, smelling…) or some contrived version of it. We live in challenging times and without this kind of check in, who knows how many ‘horns of a rabbit’ I would be in search of! The Summer Institute was one of the most transformative, boundary expanding and immersive experiences I have had.”
K. Breen
2025 Summer Institute Student

Join us this summer at the Nitartha Summer Institute. bit.ly/nsi2026

“Has your mind ever not had an object? Is that possible? And if so, what is it? What’s the mind doing then?”- Alison McK...
05/07/2026

“Has your mind ever not had an object? Is that possible? And if so, what is it? What’s the mind doing then?”
- Alison McKee | Nitartha Institute Faculty
Want to go deeper than “interesting ideas”? This is the kind of question that turns study into practice. Join our shedra classes at the 2026 Nitartha Summer Institute, where we explore inquiries like this with real precision and practice.
Check out the details here: https://bit.ly/nsi26shedra

Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen will teach Mahamudra Vipashyana II during Session I, and the Mahamudra Enrichment Course dur...
05/05/2026

Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen will teach Mahamudra Vipashyana II during Session I, and the Mahamudra Enrichment Course during Session II at the Nitartha Summer Institute 2026.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/nsi26mm

“If you try to find the tiniest instant of time, you’ll only grow tense. Let the rhythm of arising and dissolving reveal...
04/23/2026

“If you try to find the tiniest instant of time, you’ll only grow tense. Let the rhythm of arising and dissolving reveal itself instead.”
- JIRKA HLADIŠ | Nitartha Institute Faculty
Nitartha Summer Institute Course: Mind Only https://bit.ly/nsi26mo

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