Dharmakirti College

infobox University
name = Dharmakirti College


established = 2000
type = Private, Non-profit
president = Dean Pielstick
faculty = ???
students = ???
city = flagicon|USA Tucson
state = Arizona
free_label = Accreditation |free = Not accredited. However, the school is endorsed by Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang.
website = [http://www.dharmakirti.org www.dharmakirti.org]

Dharmakirti College is an unaccredited Tibetan Buddhist seminary in Tucson, Arizona. Named for the Indian Buddhist philosopher Dharmakirti, the school is affiliated with the Drikung Kagyu lineage, but also identifies with the "nonsectarian" Rime movement, according to which it incorporates teachings from other lineages "as well as scholarly and scientific sources." The school's courses are also offered online, in a program called "Dharmakirti eCollege."

As currently conceived, the curriculum consists of seven years. (The first two years will probably be offered every year, while years three and four may be offered every other year, with subsequent years to be arranged on the basis of independent study.) Current offerings mainly consist of "practice" courses, such as Avalokiteshvara. The school also offers a Tibetan language summer intensive.

The school originally [ As indicated in the 2003 version of its website, recovered through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. ] planned a twelve-year curriculum, including:*eight years of study of sutra, tantra, and ritual (on the model of the Indian Acharya degree):*a three-year retreat:*a one-year teaching practicumAnother major shift was the decision to charge tuition (presently USD 60 per course). Originally, all offerings were to have been free to all.

Faculty members include Tulku Khenchen Prachhimba Dorjee Rinpoche, Ven. Drikung Ontul Rinpoche, and B. Alan Wallace. A "Research Institute" focusing on Buddhism and psychology is headed by Dusana Rybarova. Other institutes (of translation, and Tibetan medicine) are planned for the future.

Links

* [http://www.garchen.net/teachers.html Garchen] (an allied Drikung group)

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