Asian Classics Institute

Course List

COURSE 1: The Principal Teachings of Buddhism
Level One of the Steps to Buddhahood (Lam Rim) 

COURSE 2: Buddhist Refuge
Level One of the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajna Paramita)

COURSE 3: Applied Meditation
Level Two of the Steps to Buddhahood (Lam Rim) 

COURSE 4: Proof of Future Lives
Level One of Buddhist Logic and Perception (Pramana)

COURSE 5: How Karma Works
Level One of Higher Knowledge (Abhidharma)

COURSE 6: The Diamond-Cutter Sutra
Level One of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika) 

COURSE 7: The Bodhisattva Vows 
Level 2 of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika) 

COURSE 8: Death and the Realms of Existence
Level 2 of Higher Knowledge (Abhidharma) 

COURSE 9: The Ethical Life 
Level 1 of Buddhist Discipline (Vinaya) 

COURSE 10: A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Part I 
Level 3 of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika) 

COURSE 11: A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Part II
Level 4 of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika) 

COURSE 12: A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Part III
Level 5 of Middle-Way Philosophy (Madhyamika) 

COURSE 13: The Art of Reasoning
Level 2 of Buddhist Logic and Perception (Pramana) 

COURSE 14: Lojong, Developing the Good Heart
Level 3 of the Steps to Buddhahood (Lam Rim) 

COURSE 15: What the Buddha Really Meant
Level 2 of The Perfection of Wisdom (Prajna Paramita) 

COURSE 16: The Great Ideas of Buddhism, Part I.
A review of The Great Books in Courses 1-5

COURSE 17: The Great Ideas of Buddhism, Part II.
A review of The Great Books in Courses 6-10

COURSE 18: The Great Ideas of Buddhism, Part III.
A review of The Great Books in Courses 11-15