Schedule

BSI 2024-2025 Dharma Studies Class
(Curriculum Year 2)

All class times are: 10:00 AM to Noon, Central Time

  • Orientation
    • 8/10
  • Satipatthana Sutra
  • Anapanasati Sutra
  • The Tree of Enlightenment
    • Author: Peter Della Santina
    • Freely available on sites such as archive.org
    • Book mentor: tbd
    • 4 Presentations:
      • 10/12
        • Part1: Fundamentals of Buddhism
      • 10/26
        • Part 2: The Mahayana
      • 11/9
        • Part 3: The Vajrayana
      • 11/23
        • Part 4: The Abhidharma
  • Buddhism in America
    • Author: Richard Hughes Seager
    • Book mentor: tbd
    • 2 Presentations:
      • 12/14
        • Pp 3-134
      • 12/21
        • Pp 135-280
  • Living Buddha Living Christ
    • Author: Thich Nhat Hanh
    • Book mentor: tbd
    • 1 Presentation:
      • 01/11
  • In The Buddha’s Words
    • Author: Bhikkhu Bhodi
    • Book mentor: tbd
    • 3 Presentations:
      • 1/25
        • Parts I-IV
      • 2/8
        • Parts V-VIII
      • 2/22
        • Parts IX-X
  • The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
    • Author: Sogyal Rimpoche
    • Book mentor: tbd
    • 3 Presentations:
      • 3/8
        • Part 1: Living
      • 3/22
        • Part 2: Dying
      • 4/5
        • Part 3: Death and Rebirth
  • DTO Retreat
    • 4/10 -4/13