HIN 201
online 5:30–7:00p PT
Tuesdays, September 10–October 15, 2024
Nalandabodhi’s Three Paths make the Buddha’s teachings relevant and approachable for the modern mind. Through study, meditation, and mindful activity, we begin to see clearly, open our hearts, and foster a truly meaningful life.
The Nalandabodhi Path of Study offers a comprehensive study of Buddhist philosophy; it adapts the traditional curriculum taught in the Tibetan Buddhist scholastic academies for Western students. The curriculum progresses sequentially through Buddhist philosophical schools, from foundational Hinayana principles to Mahayana concepts of bodhichitta and buddha nature. Each course builds on the previous, resulting in an increasingly complex and subtle view of reality.
Also known as the “foundational vehicle,” Hinayana is the first vehicle of the three-yana system of study – Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. It is the basis for entering the path as taught in Vajrayana traditions.
Foundational Buddhism explores core teachings of the Buddha’s “First Turning,” the journey of individual liberation. Topics include the Four Noble Truths (suffering, causes of suffering, liberation from suffering, and the path); the five skandhas (the basis for clinging to an existent self); dependent origination (the 12 nidanas); and the formation of karma. Views of the two principal schools of early Buddhism will also be introduced (the Sautrantikas and Vaibashikas).
The first course in the series, Hinayana 201 (September 10–October 15) introduces students to the ground or view of Hinayana. The second course, Hinayana 202 (October 29–December 10), describes the Hinayana path and its results.
Course Details
This series is co-facilitated by Dianne Eberlein and Ken Hostyn. Their role is to highlight the key concepts of the Hinayana view and to engage the students in a lively discussion exploring the application of these precepts to their day-to-day lives. Class discussion will be a key feature of each session with break-out groups to encourage student interaction.
Hinayana 201 – Class Schedule
Class 1 — Freedom, Renunciation, and the Three Trainings
Class 2 — History, Philosophical Schools and the Main Elements of Hinayana Class 3 — Skandhas, Ayatanas and Dhatus
Class 4 — Dependent Origination
Class 5 — Analytic Meditation on the Aspects of the Four Noble Truths
Class 6 — Views of Vaibhashika and Sautrantika Schools
Registration
It is recommended that students registering for this series be familiar with basic Buddhist precepts such as those taught in Introduction to Buddhism. If you have not yet taken Introduction to Buddhism, please consider following the self-paced course online at Nalanda Digital Dharma or at least reading all of the Introduction to Buddhism class materials beforehand.
All classes will be hosted on Zoom and will be recorded. Access to recordings will be available until two weeks after the course has concluded.
Please contact class facilitator Dianne Eberlein for a pay-what-you-can enrollment option.
After you register, you will be sent an email with the Zoom link and password as well as a link to the Resource Page with the recordings.
Texts
Printed study curriculums by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche are available for purchase at the Nalanda Store. We recommend that the class readings be done prior to each class.
HIN 201 text (click to purchase)
HIN 202 text (click to purchase)
Please read pages 9–28 in the curriculum before the first class on September 10th.
Facilitators
Ken Hostyn
Nalandabodhi Karunika Ken Hostyn has been a formal student of Ponlop Rinpoche since 1996 and became a member of Nalandabodhi the following year. Originally from Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, Ken immigrated to United States in 1997 and settled in Boulder CO. Recently, he relocated to Seattle where he is active with the Nalandabodhi Seattle sangha and is enjoying the wonders of the Pacific Northwest.
Dianne Eberlein
Dianne Eberlein became a member of Nalandabodhi Seattle in 2010 and became a formal student of Ponlop Rinpoche the following year. Originally from Minnesota, Dianne moved to Seattle in 2004 and, after retiring from a career in business, became involved in the community through volunteer teaching. After discovering Nalandabodhi in the Fremont neighborhood, she developed an active interest in Buddhist philosophy and completed the Study Curriculum of Nalandabodhi as well as attending classes of its affiliated nonprofit, Nitartha Institute. Dianne is actively involved in the Seattle sangha and served as Nalandabodhi Seattle Sangha Director from 2019 to 2024.
About the “Karunika” title: In 2021, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, with the support of the Nalandabodhi Acharyas, Lamas, and Mitras (the most senior group of designated teachers in Nalandabodhi), appointed over eighty long-time students to serve in a newly created supporting teacher’s role to assist in guiding our sangha members and to help share with the general public Nalandabodhi’s unique approach to spirituality. The Sanskrit term “Karunika” means “one who has compassion.” Possessing a wide range of backgrounds and sets of individual expertise, as well as formidable experience in the study and practice of the Buddhadharma, the Karunikas offer programs on themes connected to the paths of study, meditation, and mindful activity and on the “five fields of knowledge”: healing, the arts, language and communication, logic and epistemology, and the inner science of mind.
Date/Time
Date(s) - Tue., October 1, 2024
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
Registration
Registration is closed for this event.
