Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute
Your
Californian
College
of
Clinical
Ayurvedic
Therapies
from
the
Buddhist -
Yogic -
Vedic
Tradition
Home Page -
www.Ayurveda-California.com
Visit our simpler format site:
www.Ayurveda-School.net
2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 (1 minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART 1 block west of Martin Luther King, between Allston and Bancroft across from Bank of America Public Parking Lot - Click
here for directions), Berkeley, California, 94703
USA
(1) 510-292-6696
-
Please CALL US,
no e-mail available
(Namo AT Shurangama.com).
"Om Namo Aryavalokiteshvaraya Bodhisattvaya Mahasattvaya Maha Karunikaya Om Sarva Abhaya!"
(Click here to listen to the audio of this page)
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Full Course Details for All Four Ayurvedic Certificate Programs (click
here to download detailed Excel spreadsheet)
2003-2004 Class Schedule in Excel format (click
here for full schedule)
Weekly In-Person Classroom-based Instructor-Led Learning in Berkeley, California $1,800 Total Tuition Donation
Click here for Full Course Schedule with Required Book List in Excel spreadsheet form
| Mastery Level | Diploma Certificate Program | Program Hours | Trimester Unit Credits | Tuition Donation |
| Level I | Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.) Diploma | 225 class hours | 15 units |
$1250 |
| Level II | Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist (C.A.H.) Diploma | 1250
class hours |
50 trimester units |
$3210 |
The initial application fee for matriculation into the school
(non-refundable) $ 54
Registration fee (non-refundable) $ 54
$108 application and registration fee ($54 each respectively) in the form of a
check or money order made payable to “Medicine Buddha Healing Center” or via our
website:
www.Ayurveda-California.com using MasterCard or Visa.
These fees cover our initial interview with you (in-person, via telephone, or
via e-mail), an optional in person Ayurvedic health consultation in Berkeley for
those in the San Francisco Bay Area (must be used within 30 days of us receiving
your application and registration fee donation),
miscellaneous administration costs, such as record keeping, correspondence with
you, regular shipping and handling fees for the CD-ROM updates (within the USA
only) and duplication of the CD ROMs and other materials needed for the course.
Once you have been accepted into the program and the
initial first shipment of 2 CDs has been mailed out to you, there is no refund
of the $108 application and registration fee donation, even though tuition is
refundable based on the schedule listed
here.
Price per Herbal Sample Packets
(includes bag, herb and labels) $ 2
25 Herbal Sample Packets for
Level I Clinical Ayurvedic Therapist (C.A.T.) $ 50
Herbal Samples are not sent our of the United States. To order herbs for students outside of the U.S.A., please visit: www.OmOrganics.com and www.BanyanTrading.com or www.BanyanBotanicals.com.
Books
for Level I Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.) Diploma
Approximately $240
The required Textbooks are NOT included with the course, extensive audios and videos are included in the tuition. The textbooks should be purchased from the textbook suppliers listed here. If you do not have the required textbooks, you can expect to donate $1250 for the C.AT. Distance Learning Program + $240 for Textbooks. This comes to approximately $698 investment for a 225 hour, 15 trimester unit course -- Quite a value.
In-Person Classroom-based Instructor-Led Learning $3,240 Total Tuition Donation
Distance Learning (Ayurvedic Correspondence Course) $300 Total Tuition Donation
| Mastery Level | Diploma Certificate Program | Program Hours | Trimester Unit Credits | Tuition Donation |
| Level II | Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist (C.A.H.) Diploma | 1250
class hours |
50 trimester units |
$3210 |
| Level III | Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist Specialist (C.A.H.S.) Diploma | 900
class hours |
80 trimester units |
$4600 |
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In-Person Classroom-based Instructor-Led Learning $6,480 Total Tuition Donation
Distance Learning (Ayurvedic Herbal Correspondence Course) $600 Total Tuition Donation
| Mastery Level | Diploma Certificate Program | Program Hours | Trimester Unit Credits | Tuition Donation |
| Level II | Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist (C.A.H.) Diploma | 1250
class hours |
50 trimester units |
$3210 |
| Level III | Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist Specialist (C.A.H.S.) Diploma | 900
class hours |
80 trimester units |
$4600 |
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In-Person Classroom-based Instructor-Led Learning $11,640 Total Tuition Donation
Distance Learning (Ayurvedic Herbology Correspondence Course) $1,080 Total Tuition Donation
| Mastery Level | Diploma Certificate Program | Program Hours | Trimester Unit Credits | Tuition Donation |
| Level III | Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist Specialist (C.A.H.S.) Diploma | 900
class hours |
80 trimester units |
$4600 |
| Level IV | Master Ayurvedic Herbalist (M.A.H.) Diploma |
1,800 class hours |
120 trimester units |
$6193 |
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See the Bodhisattva Way - click here to listen to a lecture on "Path of the Bodhisattva".
See the Buddhist - Yogic Precepts - click here to listen to a lecture on "Ten Good Deeds of the Bodhisattva".
See the Code of Ethics for the School - click here to listen to a lecture on "Karma".
See the Code of Ethics for Ayurvedic Practitioners - click here to listen to a lecture on the concept of "Outflows".
See the Buddhist Ayurvedic Five Precepts Sacrament - click here to listen to a lecture on "Path of Following Precepts".
See the Seven Guidelines for Recognizing True Teachers - click here to listen to a lecture on "What is a Bodhisattva?"
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The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center offers the following four comprehensive Ayurvedic Diploma Certificate Programs:
| Mastery Level | Diploma Certificate Program | Program Hours | Trimester Unit Credits | Tuition Donation |
| Level I |
Clinical Ayurveda
Therapist (C.A.T.) Distance Learning Diploma Includes 10 CD-ROMs and Mike Dick's 5th Edition of the Ayurvedic Herbology Handbook |
225 audio/video class hours | 15 units |
$1250 Donation for Distance Learning |
| Level I |
Clinical Ayurveda
Therapist (C.A.T.) In-Person Classroom-based Diploma Includes unlimited weekly clinical apprenticeship with Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, M.S. Buddhist Ayurveda and all weekly classes and monthly seminars in Berkeley, California. Also includes 10 CD-ROMs for use as homework study and printed version of Mike Dick's 5th Edition of the Ayurvedic Herbology Handbook |
225
in-person classroom hours |
15 units |
$1,950 Donation for Berkeley Classes |
| Level II |
Clinical Ayurvedic
Herbalist (C.A.H.) Distance Learning Diploma |
750
audio/video class hours |
50 units |
$950 Donation for Distance Learning |
| Level II |
Clinical Ayurvedic
Herbalist (C.A.H.) In-Person Classroom-based Diploma |
750
in-person classroom hours |
50 units |
$5,500 Donation for Berkeley Classes |
| Level III |
Clinical Ayurvedic
Herbalist Specialist (C.A.H.S.) Diploma and Associate of Applied Ayurvedic Science Degree (A.A.A.S.) |
1,200
audio/video class hours |
80 units |
$1,300 Donation for Distance Learning |
| Level IV |
Master Ayurvedic
Herbalist (M.A.H.) Diploma and Bachelor of Buddhist Ayurveda: B.S. Buddhist Ayurveda Degree. "Buddhist Healing Ayurveda" |
1,800 audio/video class hours |
120 units |
$1,900 Donation for Distance Learning |
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Full Course Details for All Four Ayurvedic Certificate Programs (click here to download detailed Excel spreadsheet)
2006-2007 Class Schedule in Excel format (click here for full schedule)
Remember, no student is EVER turned away due to lack of funds. So, if you cannot afford the initial $1250, please sign up for the course by making the donation that is within your budget. ($108 is the minimum suggested donation unless you have been indigent for some time.)
NOTE: The suggested Tuition Donation above includes a combination of refundable Tuition donation (based on the per trimester unit rate) and the
non-refundable $108 application and registration fee donation ($54 each respectively). For more details on our refund policies, click here. For more info on our Application - Registration Fees and Exam Fees, click here.For our In-Person Class Tuition details and information on the cost per trimester unit (per 15 hours of learning), click here.
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Om Namo Amitabha Vipashina Ratnasambhava Amoghasiddhi Buddha! Om Namo Bhaisajya Guru Buddha! Om Namo Avalokiteshvara Great Compassion Bodhisattva! Om Namo Ganesha! Om Jai Hanuman! We bow to and offer sincere thanks and dedication to our teachers, the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, the Venerable Ayurvedic Sage Doctor Vasant Lad, B.A.M.S. and the Clown Bodhisattva Patch Adams, M.D. and the great Nobel Peace Prize-winning doctor Albert Schweitzer.
Ayurveda Healing Arts
Institute
www.Ayurveda-California.com
Please CALL US,
no e-mail available.
of the
Medicine Buddha Healing Center
2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 (1 block west of Martin Luther King, between Allston
& Bancroft) Berkeley, California 94703
TDC USA
(1) 510-292-6696
Click here for a map to the Center
All our materials on this site are offered free-of-charge
to the public domain (without
copyright)
in service to all living beings by the Medicine Buddha Healing Center who
Dedicates the Merit to
the Dharma Realm.
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All Rights Reserved without Prejudice
Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute is a non-profit 501(c)3 educational
project of
the Medicine Buddha Wholistic Ministry and its Center and Temple
We are a Buddhist Ayurveda church school,
as
proven by our duly and ceremonially notarized founding Articles of
Association and Organization
and are hence not under any government
jurisdiction whatsoever.
"The religious Association (Church), that is to say the Ministry, Institute, Center and Temple is in no way under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, the California State Medical Board, or the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, or any other government organization, agency, or agent (federal, state or local). Any attempt by any government or private agent or agency to regulate our above described religious educational practices and spiritual practices is in violation of our now declared First, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Amendment Constitutional rights. Notice is hereby given to any person(s) who, acting under the color of the law, intentionally interferes with the free exercise of the rights retained by our Ministry, Institute, Center and Temple and its Pastoral Counselors, faculty, students, congregation, and members under the First, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Amendments, as enumerated in these Articles of Association and Organization and in our Pastoral Counselor’s Declaration of First Amendment Constitutional Rights (Section C2.14) and Pastoral Counselor’s Declaration of First, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Amendment Constitutional Rights (Section C2.15), that they may be in violation of the Pastoral Counselor’s civil and constitutional rights, Title 42, U.S.C. 1983 et seq. and Title 18, Section 241. We hereby declare, all rights reserved without prejudice."