Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute
of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center

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Auditing versus Certificate Program: Although the detailed course descriptions and syllabi of the 17 courses below that make up the C.A.T. Certificate Program may seem daunting and too intense for for some students, please realize that it is possible to "audit" the courses (in person or via distance learning CD-ROM audio/video option) and hence for such auditing students it is not necessary to write the term papers, or listen to all of the audios, or do homework or pass the oral exams at the end of the program.

It is possible for students to audit the four levels of programs offered.  There is no reduction in tuition or fees for this, but there is no requirement for specific attendance or completion of exams.

NOTE: The 225 hours / 15 units of study in the Clinical Ayurvedic Therapist (C.A.T.) Certificate Program involve actually listening to approximately 225 hours of actual recorded audio lectures of Ven. Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, and several other teachers.  

C.A.T. can be completed as rapidly as you are able to listen to the 225 hours of classes, take notes, read, do the outside homework and self-study.  This homework is beyond the actual 225 hours of "virtual" (distance learning) classroom time.  

Expect to spend 30 minutes of self-study for every hour of audio lecture.

 

NOTE: The suggested Tuition Donation above includes a combination of refundable Tuition donation 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.

We have endeavored to offer the most affordable yet comprehensive Ayurvedic education in the United States and have hence based the pricing for our Distance Learning (Correspondence Course) programs on the low-cost "Community College" model. State-supported Community Colleges in the United States, such as San Francisco’s City College or Oakland’s Laney College typically charge $26 to $75 per trimester unit for distance learning. In this spirit we are offering our distance learning programs at the affordable suggested donation rate of $60 per trimester unit (66 cents per hour).

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NOTE: The suggested cost descriptions above include a combination of refundable $150 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.  The $45 Ayurvedic Herbal Handbook and the $50 Herbal Sample Packets are not refundable.

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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Approximate Costs for Required Books for the Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.) Program

Required Books and Audio or Video Tapes for Clinical Ayurveda Therapist Program
Detailed Class Schedule for the Clinical Ayurveda Therapist Program

Our core required textbook for all courses is:

     Lad, Vasant, Dr., B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc., Textbook of Ayurveda – Fundamental Principles of Ayurveda, Volume One, Albuquerque, New Mexico: The Ayurvedic Press, 2002.  ISBN 1-883725-07-0   
Cost: $40.00 U.S.

Required for Ayurvedic, Nutrition, Sanskrit and English Courses HUM108, AYR108, AYR220, AYR230, AYR240, AYR241, AYR250, AYR260, NUT108, AYR190, SKT108, SKT210, SKT220, ENG108

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Sample Audio Lectures from the Actual Course Material

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The Most Comprehensive and Low-Cost Distance Learning:
East Indian Ayurvedic Medicine and Tibetan Medicine Online Correspondence Courses

Want to study Ayurvedic Medicine or Tibetan Medicine, but don't like to travel? Hate to sit in class? Can't afford to take time off from your work? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, Medicine Buddha Healing Center's Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute has the perfect solution for your needs. We have Distance Learning Programs on a wide variety of Himalayan Healing Arts topics.

• Study what you want to learn, when you want to learn it, wherever you learn best.

• Learn at your own pace using the latest multimedia audio-visual learning aids.

• Study with exceptional instructors - Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, past faculty member at the Ayurvedic Institute and Dr. Kelsang Dorjee of the H.H. Dalai Lama's Tibetan Medical and Astro. Institute in Dharamsala, India

• Avoid the cost and hassle of travel and time away from your home.

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2 trimester units / 30 course hours

Prerequisites: High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.)

An in-depth course of the major philosophies that are inseparably part of Ayurveda. Introduction; Shad Darshan (Six Philosophies of Life); Sankhya (Purusha and Prakruti, Mahad or Creative Intelligence, Ahamkara or Ego, Sattva or Purity, Rajas or Movement, Tamas or Inertia); Nyaya and Vaisheshika (The Four Pramana - Sources of Valid Knowledge, The Elements, Soul or Atman, Mind or Manas, Time or Kala, Direction or Dig); Mimamsa; Yoga; Vedanta; and Buddhism.

Also includes brief readings from the Ayurvedic Sutras (The Big Three: 1. Charaka Samhita, 2. Nagarjuna Bodhisattva’s Sushruta Samhita, 3. Vabhata’s Astanga Samgraha and Astanga Hridayam; The Lesser Four: 1. Sharngadhara Samhita, 2. Madhava Nidanam Samhita, 3. Bhavaprakasha of Bhava Mishra Samhita and 4. Kashyapa Samhita); the Buddhist Sutras with commentary by the Venerable Buddhist Master Hsuan Hua (1. Medicine Master Buddha Bhaisajya Guru Sutra, 2. Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on the Contemplation of the Two Bodhisattvas King of Healing and Supreme Healer, 3. Amitabha Sutra, 4. Dharma Flower Lotus Sutra, 5. Flower Adornment Avatamsaka Sutra, 6. Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra, 7. Shurangama Sutra, 8. Sixth Patriarch’s Sutra, 9. Sutra in 42 Sections, 10. Sutra on the Past Vows of Earth Store Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva, 11. Vajra Prajna Paramita Diamond Sutra, and 12. Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life – Bodhisattvacharyavatara Shastra), the Tibetan Medicine Sutra (Rgyud bzi – Amrita-Hridaya-Astanga-Guhyopadesha-Tantra Sutra); the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and from diverse Hindu Sutras (1. Rigveda, 2. Yajurveda, 3. Atharvaveda, 4. Samaveda, 5. Bhagavad Gita, 6. Upanishads). Based in part on Losang Jinpa’s research paper Buddhism’s Influence on Ayurveda.

Organized primarily around Chapter 1 of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I, and around the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as the Venerable Buddhist Master Hsuan Hua, Dr. Ron Epstein, Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life – Bodhisattvacharyavatara Shastra Dr. Raoul Birnbaum, Dharma Master Heng Sure, J. Krishnamurti, David Crow, Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. Kelsang Dorje, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Sample lecture:

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0.50 trimester unit / 7.5 course hours

Prerequisites: High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.)

An survey course of the development of the world’s major philosophies / sciences of medicine (Ayurvedic, Chinese, Tibetan, Persian-Unani, Egyptian, Greek – Galenic, Roman, the Wise Women / Witches, Western, the AMA, the Eclectics, the Heroics/Regulars/Thomsonians, the Neo-Thomsonians, Homeopathy, Chiropractic, Massage Therapy, Osteopathy, Modern Allopathic Pharmaceutical Medicine, Medicine as Big Business, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Patch Adams, M.D., Dr. Depak Chopra, Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Vasant Lad, other visionaries; NAMA, CAAM, licensing, the future of Ayurveda. A look at the development of medicine within the religions of many cultures and their inter-relatedness throughout the ages. Religion and its history in India, Nepal, Tibet and China is inextricably linked with Ayurveda. Review of the Shad Darshan (Six Philosophies of Life – Sankhya, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa, Yoga, Vedanta, and Buddhism). Vastu Shastra – the science / history of Vedic architecture (Indian "feng shui").

Using quotations and passage not covered in the humanities course HUM108: Shad Darshan: The Six Philosophies of Indian Medicine, we include brief readings from the Chinese Medicine Sutras (The Yellow Emperor’s Canon – Huang Di Nei Jing, The Secret Treatise of the Spiritual Orchid – Neijing Suwen, Chang Chung-Ching’ 142 A.D. Wellspring of Chinese Medicine Materia Medica – Shang Han Lun, Wang Shu-he’s Pulse Diagnosis Classic – Mai Jing, The Divine Husbandman’s Herbal, Synopsis of Prescriptions of the Golden Chamber, The Spiritual Pivot – Ling Shu, Shen Nong Ben Cao, Master Hua’s Classic of the Central Viscera – Hua Tuo’s Zhong Zang Jing, I-hsueh Yuan Liu Lun of 1757 by Hsu Ta-ch’un, the Barefoot Doctor’s Guide); Ayurvedic Sutras (The Big Three: 1. Charaka Samhita, 2. Nagarjuna Bodhisattva’s Sushruta Samhita, 3. Vabhata’s Astanga Samgraha and Astanga Hridayam; The Lesser Four: 1. Sharngadhara Samhita, 2. Madhava Nidanam Samhita, 3. Bhavaprakasha of Bhava Mishra Samhita and 4. Kashyapa Samhita); some Buddhist Sutras with commentary by the Venerable Buddhist Master Hsuan Hua (1. Medicine Master Buddha Bhaisajya Guru Sutra, 2. Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on the Contemplation of the Two Bodhisattvas King of Healing and Supreme Healer, 3. Amitabha Sutra, 4. Dharma Flower Lotus Sutra, 5. Flower Adornment Avatamsaka Sutra, 6. Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra, 7. Shurangama Sutra, 8. Sixth Patriarch’s Sutra, 9. Sutra in 42 Sections, 10. Sutra on the Past Vows of Earth Store Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva, 11. Vajra Prajna Paramita Diamond Sutra, and 12. Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life – Bodhisattvacharyavatara Shastra), the Tibetan Medicine Sutra (Rgyud bzi – Amrita-Hridaya-Astanga-Guhyopadesha-Tantra Sutra); the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and from diverse Hindu Sutras (1. Rigveda, 2. Yajurveda, 3. Atharvaveda, 4. Samaveda, 5. Bhagavad Gita, 6. Upanishads). Based in part on Losang Jinpa’s research paper Buddhism’s Influence on Ayurveda.

Organized primarily around Chapter 1 of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I, and around Dr. S.K. Ramachandra Rao’s Encyclopaedia of Indian Medicine (Volumes I Historical Perspective).

Additionally material comes from the work of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as the Venerable Buddhist Master Hsuan Hua, Dr. Ron Epstein, Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life – Bodhisattvacharyavatara Shastra Dr. Raoul Birnbaum, Dharma Master Heng Sure, Patch Adams, M.D., J. Krishnamurti, David Crow, Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. Kelsang Dorje, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Lonny S. Jarret, Claude Larre, S.J. & Elisabeth Rochat de la Valleé, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires short length written term paper or telephone or in-person oral or written exam.

"Practical Outrageousness - Bringing Humor and Joy into Your Clinical Practice" Course at University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

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Listen to an amazing 2 hour long lecture by world-renowned Clown Bodhisattva Dr. Patch Adams at UCSF's Practical Outrageousness Seminar which our primary faculty member Losang Jinpa attended in April 2002. 
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Patch's philosophy on life which has been the model for the Ayurvedic Healing Arts Institute and its parent the Medicine Buddha Healing Center.  The actual prerecorded audio lectures for this course involve approximately 7 hours and 30 minutes of lectures by Losang Jinpa, Patch Adams, and other diverse teachers. 

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0.50 trimester unit / 7.5 course hours

Prerequisites: High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.)

A survey course of the most important elements of Ayurveda: The Five Elements and Tanmatra; The Basic Attributes of Tridosha—Vata, Pitta and Kapha; Attributes (Gunas) and Their Effects on Doshas; Prakruti: Your Unique Body Type (Characteristics of the Vata Individual, Characteristics of the Pitta Individual, Characteristics of the Kapha Individual).

Organized around Chapter 2 of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I.  Also around the Ayurvedic 20 Guna Chart of the appendix of Dr. Lad's Textbook of Ayurveda.

Also around the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. Kelsang Dorje, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires short written term paper or telephone or in-person oral or written exam.

"Introduction to Ayurveda" Course at University of California Berkeley
(Cal Students Integrative Medicine Program lecture)

Click here to listen to this 2 hour sample introductory class audio lecture by Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur at UC Berkeley on March 12. (14 MB download) 
The actual prerecorded audio lectures for this course involve approximately 7 hours and 30 minutes of lectures and prerecorded audio of actual client consultation case study sessions. 

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0.50 trimester unit / 7.5 course hours

Prerequisites: AYR108

A survey course of the key anatomical / physiological processes of the Tri-Dosha: Vata and Its Subtypes: Prana Vayu, Udana Vayu, Vyana Vayu, Samana Vayu, Apana Vayu; Pitta and Its Subtypes: Pachaka Pitta, Ranjaka Pitta, Alochaka Pitta, Sadhaka Pitta, Bhrajaka Pitta; Kapha and Its Subtypes: Kledaka Kapha, Avalambaka Kapha, Bodhaka Kapha, Tarpaka Kapha, Shleshaka Kapha.

Organized around Chapter 3 of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I, and around the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. Kelsang Dorje, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires short written term paper or telephone or in-person oral or written exam.

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Prerequisites: AYR220

An in-depth survey course of the key anatomical / physiological metabolic processes. Introduction to Agni; Agni: the Digestive Fire (Agni and the Five Elements, The Role of Agni in Digestion); Normal Functions of Agni; The Doshas and Agni; The Four Varieties of Agni (Sama – balanced metabolism, Vishama – irregular metabolism, Tikshna – sharp or hypermetabolism, Manda – dull or hypometabolism); The Main Types of Agni; The 40 Subtypes of Agni (Jathara agni or central fire, Kloma agni or pancreatic fire, Bhuta agni or 5 element liver enzymes, Jatru agni or thyroid and thymus agni, Dhatu agni or metabolic energy of the lymph-plasma tissue – blood tissue – muscle tissue – fat tissue – bone tissue – nervous system tissue – reproductive system tissue, Pilu and Pithara agni or cellular digestion, Indriya agni or fire of the five senses, Dosha agni or fire of the subtypes of vata-pitta-kapha, Mala agni or metabolic fire of the urine, feces and sweat); Mantras for improving Agni.

Organized around Chapter 4 of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I. Also around the Ayurvedic Agni Chart of the appendix of Dr. Lad's Textbook of Ayurveda and around the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. Kelsang Dorje, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires short written term paper or telephone or in-person oral or written exam.

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Prerequisites: AYR230

A survey course of the key Dhatus (Bodily Tissues) — I: Rasa, Rakta and Mamsa Dhatus: Introduction (Nutrition and Structure of the Dhatus, Dhatu Byproducts or Malas, Disorders of the Dhatus); Rasa Dhatu: the Lymph and Blood Plasma Tissue (Byproducts of Rasa Dhatu, Disorders of Rasa Dhatu, Fever, Decreased and Increased Rasa Dhatu); Rakta Dhatu: the Blood Tissue (Red Blood Cells, Byproducts of Rakta Dhatu, Disorders of Rakta Dhatu, The Health of the Blood Vessels); Mamsa Dhatu: the Muscle Tissue (Types of Muscles and Their Functions, Byproducts of Mamsa Dhatu, Disorders of Mamsa Dhatu); The Role of Mamsa Dhatu in Emotional Well Being (Meditation and Mamsa Dhatu).

Organized around Chapter 5 of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I. Also around the Ayurvedic Dhatu Chart of the appendix of Dr. Lad's Textbook of Ayurveda and around the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. Kelsang Dorje, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires short written term paper or telephone or in-person oral or written exam.

"Introduction to 7 Dhatus" Course at Medicine Buddha Healing Center

Click here to listen to this 2 hour 45 minute advanced class audio lecture at Medicine Buddha Healing Center with Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur commenting on and explaining Dr. Vasant Lad's lecture on the 7 tissues (dhatus).   This is just one of more than 12 hours on Ayurvedic Concept of the Seven Body Tissues taught that weekend by Losang.
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The actual prerecorded audio lectures for this course involve approximately 7 hours and 30 minutes of lectures and prerecorded audio of actual client consultation case study sessions. 

All copyrighted material available via this site or its distance learning correspondence courses is reprinted either with permission as noted or is quoted, paraphrased, or excerpted and made available under the "fair use" provision (17 USC §107) of the United States Copyright Act for research and non-profit educational and religious purposes only.

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Prerequisites: AYR230

A survey course of the key Dhatus (Bodily Tissues) - II: Meda, Asthi, Majja and Shukra/Artava Dhatus. Review of previous dhatus; Meda Dhatu: the Fat or Adipose Tissue (Byproducts of Meda Dhatu, Disorders of Meda Dhatu, Awareness and Meda); Asthi Dhatu: the Bone or Osseous Tissue (Byproducts of Asthi Dhatu, Disorders of Asthi Dhatu); Majja Dhatu: the Nerve Tissue and Bone Marrow (Majja and the Prenatal Development Stage, The Functions of Majja Dhatu, Byproducts of Majja Dhatu, Dreams, Disorders of Majja Dhatu); Shukra and Artava Dhatus: Male and Female Reproductive Tissues (Byproducts of Shukra and Artava Dhatus); Shukra Dhatu; Artava Dhatu; Disorders of Shukra/Artava Dhatus; Conclusion.

Organized around Chapter 6 of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I.  Also around the Ayurvedic Dhatu Chart of the appendix of Dr. Lad's Textbook of Ayurveda and around the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. Kelsang Dorje, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires short written term paper or telephone or in-person oral or written exam.

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Prerequisites: AYR241

A survey course of the key Srotamsi (Bodily Channels, Meridians and Systems); The Channels to Receive: Food, Prana, and Water (Anna Vaha Srotas, Prana Vaha Srotas, Udaka Vaha Srotas or Ambu Vaha Srotas); The Channels to Nourish and Maintain the Body - The Dhatu Srotamsi (Rasa Vaha Srotas, Rakta Vaha Srotas, Mamsa Vaha Srotas, Meda Vaha Srotas, Asthi Vaha Srotas, Majja Vaha Srotas, Shukra/Artava Vaha Srotas; Stanya Vaha Srotas); Channels of Elimination: Feces, Urine, Sweat (Purisha Vaha Srotas or Mala Vaha Srotas, Mutra Vaha Srotas, Sweda Vaha Srotas); Mano Vaha Srotas (The Channel of the Mind); State of Awareness.

Organized around Chapter 7 of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I.  Also around the Ayurvedic Srotamsi and Dhatu Chart of the appendix of Dr. Lad's Textbook of Ayurveda and around the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. Kelsang Dorje, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires short written term paper or telephone or in-person oral or written exam.

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Prerequisites: AYR250

A survey course of the key Ayurvedic concepts of Ojas, Tejas, Prana. Ojas (immunity, compassion, anabolism and more); Tejas (digestion, metabolism, discernment, wisdom and more); Prana (Qi, breath, neurotransmitters, electrical energy, catabolism and more); Ojas (Inferior and Superior Ojas, Disorders of Ojas, Causes of Disorders of Ojas); Tejas (Qualities of Tejas, Manifestations of Tejas, Tejas and Karma, Tejas and Kundalini); Prana; The Functional Integrity of Prana, Tejas, and Ojas; Soma; Awareness.

Organized around Chapter 8 of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I.  Also around the Ayurvedic Ojas Chart of the appendix of Dr. Lad's Textbook of Ayurveda and around the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. Kelsang Dorje, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires short written term paper or telephone or in-person oral or written exam.

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Prerequisites: AYR240

An in-depth course on the key concepts of Ayurvedic Digestion and Nutrition Therapies. Rasa or Taste (How Taste Relates to the Elements, Relation of Rasa to Tongue and Organs); Pharmacological and Psychological Actions of the Six Tastes (Sweet or Madhura, Sour or Amla, Salty or Lavana, Pungent or Katu, Bitter or Tikta, Astringent or Kashaya), Cravings; Virya (Potent Energy or Heating or Cooling Nature); Vipaka (Post-Digestive Effects of Sweet / Anabolic action, Sour / Metabolic action, and Pungent / Catabolic action); Prabhava (Unique, Specific Action), Actions of Rasa, Virya, Vipaka, and Prabhava; Digestion (The Stages of Digestion); How to Eat a Balanced Diet (Nutritional Disorders); Food Combining; The Three Laws of Nutrition (Irrigation is Governed by Prana, Selectivity is Governed by Tejas, Transformation is Governed by Ojas, Asthayi to Sthayi Dhatu, Nutrition Begins at Conception); Cellular Metabolism or Pilu Paka, (Pilu Paka and Pithara Paka, Desire, Thoughts, Feelings, and Emotions); Conclusion.

Organized around Chapter 9 of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I.  Also around the Ayurvedic Food Chart and Sattvic Foods Chart of the appendix of Dr. Lad's Textbook of Ayurveda. Also based on Usha Lad and Dr. Lad’s Ayurvedic Cooking for Self Healing Second Edition: Ayurvedic Food Combining; Setting Up and Ayurvedic Kitchen and Pantry; Ayurvedic Menu Planning; Recipes (Helpful Hints about Ayurvedic Cooking, Soups, Kitcharis or Porridges or Congees, Mainly Rice Dishes, Vegetables, Raitas, Pickles and Chutneys, Breads, Sweets, Beverages, Extras); Foods for Healing (Fruits, Vegetables, Household Herbs); Food Guidelines for Basic Constitutional Types (Vata, Pitta, Kapha); Qualities of Food Substances; Sattvic – Rajasic – Tamasic Foods; Food Glossary of Sanskrit Terms. Also based on Amadea Morningstar’s Ayurvedic Cooking for Westerners: Familiar Western Food Prepared with Ayurvedic Principles and The Ayurvedic Cookbook; on Bri Maya Tiwari’s Ayurveda Secrets of Healing; on Dr. P.H. Kulkarni’s Ayurveda Ahar (Food/Diet); and on Dr. S.N. Sharma’s Concept of Jathragni in Ayurveda: A Pathophysiological Study. Additional material covers Scott Gearson, M.D.’s Ayurvedic Guide to Diet and Weight Loss: Digestion and Toxicity (Jathara Agni and Ama), Pathogenesis of Obesity: The Six Stages of Any Disease, Diets Don’t Work, Complex and Simple Carbohydrates, Carbohydrates and Insulin: Modern Science Meets Ancient Wisdom; The Ten Principles of Proper Food Intake, The Ten Features of Healthy Foods, Dietary Fiber, ATP: The "Energy Currency" of the Human Physiology, Learning Your Caloric Requirements. Also based in part on Paul Pitchford’s Healing With Whole Foods: Oriental Traditions and Modern Nutrition and around the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as the Venerable Buddhist Master Hsuan Hua, Dr. Ron Epstein, Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. Kelsang Dorje, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires medium length written term paper or telephone or in-person oral or written exam.

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Prerequisites: NUT108

An in-depth introductory course on the key concepts of Ayurvedic Herbology. This course is the longest single course in the Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.) Diploma Program and hence we provide here a detailed description of the course materials. Proficiency in Ayurvedic Herbology is essential when the student chooses to pursue advanced diploma certificate programs at the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute such as the Level II "Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist" (C.A.H.) diploma. The course will cover 20 chapters of material and the top 24 Ayurvedic herbs:

Amalaki - Emblica officinalis, Ashwagandha - Withania somnifera, Bala - Sida cordifolia, Bhringaraja - Eclipta alba, Bhibitaki - Terminalia belerica, Chandana - Santalum album, Chitrak - Plumbago zeylanica, Gokshura – Tribulis terrestris, Guduci - Tinospora cordifolia, Guggulu - Commiphora mukul, Haritaki - Terminalia chebula, Katuka / Kutki - Picrorrhiza kurroa, Jatamamsi - Nardostachys jatamamsi, Mandukaparni / Brahmi / Gotu Kola- Centella/Hydrocotyle asiatica, Manjishtha - Rubia cordifolia, Neem / Nimba - Azadirachta indica, Pippali - Piper longum, Punarnava - Boerrhavia diffusa, Shardunika - Gymnema sylvestra, Shatavari - Asparagus racemosus, Tagara - Valeriana wallachi, Vidanga - Embelia ribes, Vidari - Ipomoea digitata, Yashtimadhu / Licorice - Glycyrrhiza glabra.

1. History of Herbalism: India, China, Tibet, Roots in Greek – Galenic and Roman Medicine, The Wise Woman / Witches Tradition, The Eclectics, Heroics/Regulars/Thomsonians, Neo-Thomsonians, etc.

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2. Disease - An Overview

Click here to view a sample of this Applied Herbology Materia Medica section 19 in Microsoft Word format (407 KB)

24 herb data sheets with a full Ayurvedic description and specialized lists according to application of herbs:

1. Herbs for Weak Organs
2. Herbs for Dhatus, and Malas According to Dosha

Twenty Four Commonly Used Ayurvedic Herbs

Click here for pricing on the required Herbal Sample Study Packets

Herbs for Weak Organs

Herbs for Dhatus (The 7 Tissues), and Malas (The 3 Waste Products), According to Dosha (Vata, Pitta, Kapha constitutions)

Herbs That Support or Mitigate Unwanted Effects of Western Drug Therapies

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Prerequisites: HRB108

A summary and review course of the key concepts of Ayurveda. The Ayurvedic Definition of Health; The Doshas – Vata - Pitta - Kapha (The Interactions of the Doshas); Factors That Affect Our Health (Choosing a Balanced Lifestyle, Relationships, Emotions, and Meditation, Behavioral Medicine).

Organized around Chapter 10 of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I, and around the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. Kelsang Dorje, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires short written term paper or telephone or in-person oral or written exam.

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(Click here to listen to a Sanskrit introductory class sample audio)

Much of the vast and profound medical, scientific, philosophical, and religious literature (Medicine, Buddhism, Hinduism, Vedas, Yoga, Jyotish astrology, Vastu Shastra "feng shui") of the ancient Indian, Nepalese, and Tibetan cultures and the Chinese Buddhist culture was originally recorded and transmitted through the ancient rishis (enlightened seers and sages) including Shakyamuni Buddha’s disciple Ananda in the primordial Sanskrit language via the divine vehicles of the Gods Brahma, Vishnu, Indra, and Dhanvantari who learned Ayurveda from Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva, Vajrapani Bodhisattva. These great Maha Bodhisattvas received the teachings immeasurable eons ago from the Buddha Kashyapa and the Medicine Master Buddha (Bhaisajya Guru). Indian Sanskrit at the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute is taught with the aim of preparing the student to gain personal access to the classical literature of Ayurveda and Buddhist-Vedic-Yogic studies.

Most students find themselves being drawn into the study of Sanskrit as their growing concentration and clarity of mind allows them to enter into the body and spirit of the original texts. Proficiency in Sanskrit is essential when the student chooses to pursue advanced diploma certificate programs at the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute such as the Level II Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist (C.A.H.) Diploma, the Level III Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist Specialist (C.A.H.S.) Diploma and the Level IV Master Ayurvedic Herbalist (M.A.H.) Diploma.

Our ongoing Sanskrit courses give the students an auditory introduction to the authentic pronunciation of the Buddhist-Yogic-Vedic Sutras (sacred healing texts), from correct pronunciation of the Sanskrit alphabet (Devanagari script) through recitation of each of the 40 aspects of the Vedic Literature. Based on the auditory introduction students begin learning the written alphabet and root meanings associated with Ayurvedic Anatomy and Physiology and with the various Mantras of Buddhist-Yogic-Vedic healing practice. Each of our courses in Ayurvedic Medicine, Yoga and Buddhism will add new concepts and the related Sanskrit vocabulary to the students' body of knowledge.  During the course of your studies at the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute, you will become familiar with the following Ayurvedic Sanskrit classics:

The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute describes Sanskrit, the language of Buddhist-Yogic-Vedic Sutras, as a spiritual language, which promotes absolute order in the ever-evolving universe. The Sanskrit language is the spoken language nearest to the language that the Buddha used and reveals the wisdom of the Buddhist-Yogic-Vedic teachings. Reading or chanting Sanskrit creates an influence of orderliness to the functioning of the brain. It enlivens the awareness, and cultures thought, speech, and behavior to spontaneously flow in the direction of Bodhi (liberation).

Certificate diploma-seeking students of the Institute are required to successfully complete the Sanskrit courses and are tested at the end of the program to assess their learning. Hence, it is essential that students spend some time each day outside of class studying, chanting and reviewing the Sanskrit vocabulary material so as to develop the study habits so crucial to learning this beautifully subtle and orderly language. Presentation of the language is systematic and cumulative. Moving ahead requires mastering the fundamentals step-by-step at a pace that is challenging and stimulating to the mind.

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Prerequisites: High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.)

A survey course of the key concepts of Sanskrit: The Devanagari Alphabet; Transliteration into the Roman alphabet for pronunciation; Diacritical marks for most accurate pronunciation; Chanting the Alphabet as Mantra; The student will acquire an understanding of the Sanskrit language, a working vocabulary, and practical guidelines for the usage of primordial sounds (bija mantras) in healing; The Sanskrit Alphabet Mantras and their Relationship to Marma Acupressure Points; The Avatamsaka Sutra Sanskrit Syllabary Mantra; The Medicine Master Buddha Mantra (Bhaisajya Guru Mantra); The Great Compassion Mantra (The Avalokiteshvara Maha Karuna Kaya Dharani - see explanation); The Shurangama Mantra – Ultimately Stable (1st 4 lines, Five Hearts, End Heart, Healing, explanation of the Mantra); The Heart Sutra Mantra (Prajna Paramita Mantra); The Six Syllable Sanskrit Mantra of Avalokiteshvara Great Compassion Bodhisattva (Om Mani Padme Hum Hri); the Hanuman Chalisa; Nama Japa (Chanting the names of the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Gods – Shakyamuni / Vairochana Buddha, Amitabha Buddha / Amitayus Buddha, Bhaisajya Guru Buddha / Akshobhya Buddha, Ratnasambhava Buddha, Amoghasiddhi Buddha, Vipashin Buddha, Shikhin Buddha, Vishvabhu Buddha, Krakucchanda Buddha, Kanakamuni Buddha, Kashyapa Buddha, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (Namo Guan Shi Yin Pu Sa, Guan Yin Pu Sa), Simhanada-Lokeshvara Bodhisattva, Ekadasha-Mahakarunika-Lokeshvara Bodhisattva, Sahasrabhuja-Lokeshvara Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva, Maitreya Bodhisattva, Samantabadhra Bodhisattva, Mahastamaprapta Bodhisattva, Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva, Bhaisajya Raja Bodhisattva, Maha Bhaisajya Bodhisattva, Vajrapani Bodhisattva, Nagarjuna Bodhisattva, Ratnapani Bodhisattva, Visvapani Bodhisattva, Sweta Tara, Harit Tara, Brahma, Vishnu, Narayan, Khrisna, Radha, Govinda, Gopala, Vittala, Laxmi, Shiva, Nataraj, Shakti, Parpati, Kali, Durga, Dhanvantari, Ganesha, Ganapatiye, Saraswati, Ram, Hanuman, Indra, Babanam Kevalam).

Organized around the Ayurvedic Glossary and the appendix of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I, around the Sanskrit Flashcards of Nicolai Bachman and around the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as the Venerable Buddhist Master Hsuan Hua, Dr. Ron Epstein, Dharma Master Heng Sure, Dr. Vasant Lad, Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Jai Hanuman Fournier, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) and Buddhist, Yogic and Hindu Sutras combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires short written term paper and exam or a self-made chanting audio tape or MP3 / WMA file of your pronunciation of the alphabet and the Sanskrit mantras to be submitted to the instructor or oral exam via telephone or in-person.  Students must memorize the following Mantras, Prayers, Chants and Transferences by chanting them 108x per day or 108x per week or 108x per month depending on their affinities and inclinations.

• The Shurangama Mantra – Ultimately Stable  - it is not necessary to memorize the entire Shurangama Mantra, just the 4 core parts of it shown here: 1st 4 lines, Five Hearts, End Heart, Healing.
• The Great Compassion Mantra (The Avalokiteshvara Maha Karuna Kaya Dharani) in Mandarin or Sanskrit or Tibetan.
• The Heart Sutra Mantra (Prajna Paramita Mantra)
• The Medicine Master Buddha Mantra (in Sanskrit, Tibetan or Mandarin)
• Dedication and Transference of Merit and Blessings (in English or Chinese)

"Introduction to Sanskrit" Course at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery

Click here to listen to this 2 hour introductory Sanskrit class by Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur on March 24 at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery / Institute for World Religions.
(14 MB download)

Click here to listen to Ayurvedic Doctor Vasant Lad chanting the Ganesh Mantra (Wisdom Prayer) in Sanskrit.  We chant these healing mantras as part of our core Ayurvedic curriculum at the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute.
(861 KB download)
 

Click here to listen to Ayurveda students chanting the Ganesh Mantra and Saraswati Memory Mantra and the Guru Student Prayer in Sanskrit.  We recite these therapeutic mantras as part of our foundation Ayurvedic program at the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute.  (331 KB download)

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A survey course of the key concept of Ayurvedic Sanskrit: Review of the Devanagari Alphabet and its transliteration for Pronunciation using Diacritical Marks; The Vimsheti Gunas, the Sapta Dhatus, Agni, Ojas-Tejas-Prana, the Srotamsi.

Organized around the Ayurvedic Glossary and the appendix of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I, and around the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Jai Hanuman Fournier, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires short written term paper and exam or a self-made chanting audio tape or MP3 / WMA file of your pronunciation of the Sanskrit vocabulary to be submitted to the instructor or oral exam via telephone or in-person.

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Prerequisites: SKT108, AYR241

A survey course of the key Ayurvedic Sanskrit vocabulary terms: Review of the Devanagari Alphabet and its transliteration for Pronunciation using Diacritical Marks; pronunciation and definition of over 475 Ayurveda Sanskrit vocabulary words, plus more than 100 Buddhist-Yogic-Hindu Sanskrit vocabulary words using the transliteration into the Roman alphabet .

Organized around the Ayurvedic Glossary of world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad’s Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I, around Dr. Ron Epstein and the the Venerable Buddhist Master Hsuan Hua's Buddhism A to Z, around Dr. S.K. Ramachandra Rao’s Encyclopaedia of Indian Medicine (Volumes I, II and III) and around the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as , Dr. Partap Chauhan, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Dr. David Frawley, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Jai Hanuman Fournier, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires short written term paper or written exam or a self-made chanting audio tape or MP3 / WMA file of your pronunciation of the Sanskrit vocabulary to be submitted to the instructor or oral exam via telephone or in-person.

Click here for the directory to download and listen to numerous sample readings from Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur from Dr. Epstein's wonderful Buddhist Dictionary.  (3 MB download)

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The actual prerecorded audio lectures for this course involve approximately 15 hours of lectures and prerecorded audio of actual Sanskrit Sutra verse and Sanskrit vocabulary chanting sessions. 

Click here for a sample of the many Ayurvedic Sanskrit vocabulary word you will learn the meanings and pronunciations of using Dr. Vasant Lad's Ayurvedic Glossary from his

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Prerequisites: High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.)

An in-depth course of the key concepts and practices of Yoga from an Ayurvedic perspective (Ayur-Yoga), a Buddhist, a Hindu and a Christian perspective. The purpose of the Ayur-Yoga (Sanskrit for "Life-Union") Level I course is to deepen the appreciation of Ayurveda, Buddhism and Hinduism via the practice of Hatha Yoga and by grasping the specific healing effects that Yoga has upon imbalance of the constitution (vikruti of vata, pitta, and kapha) and upon particular illnesses. This course was developed to motivate and support those desiring to create either a home or a clinical therapeutic Yoga practice. Those who are already accomplished Yoginis (advanced female Yoga practitioners) and Yogis (male practitioners) will expand and augment their perception of Yoga by understanding the doshic effects (on vata, pitta, or kapha doshas). The course will cover the classic energetically heating Surya Namaskar Asana (Sun Salutation Pose) and the lesser known yet very potently cooling Chandra Namaskar Asana (Moon Salutation Pose). Also covered will be around thirty basic asanas (exercise poses or postures), specific health restorative postures, a range of pranayama (breathing practices - like Qi Gong), and dhyana (meditation). Special focus on learning about vata, pitta and kapha with respect to Yoga are taught as well as other aspects of Ayurveda as they relate to and are found in Yoga. Discussion of Astanga Yoga – the classical eight limbs of Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Tantra Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Integral Yoga, Bhikram Yoga, and other types. Introduction to the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, following moral precepts (yama and niyama), mantras (dharani, prayers and chants), mudras (symbols) and bandhas (locks) are also taught. Mudras will include Dharmachakra, Bhumisparsa, Varada, Dhyana, Abhaya, Namaskara, Vitarka, Tarjani, Vajrahumkara, Jnana, Karana, Ksepana, Uttarabodhi, Shurangama Platform Mudras and others. Students are required to practice Yama (Five Precepts), Niyama (spiritual practices), yoga asanas, mantras and mudras on a daily basis, and will be tested at the end of the program for both their intellectual, spiritual and practical understanding of Yoga. Will examine Yoga and its relationship to Ayurvedic Marma Acupressure Points.

Organized primarily around long standing experience of Betheyla, formerly on the Yoga Faculty of the Ayurvedic Institute and her teacher the world-renowned Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad and his Complete Book of Ayurvedic Home Remedies and Textbook of Ayurveda Volume I. Secondarily the course is based on the Sutra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings (Simplicity, Generosity and Compassion), on The Sutra Discourse on the Ten Wholesome Ways of Action, on Chandragomin’s Twenty Verses on the Bodhisattva Vow, on Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, on Dharma Realm Buddhist Association’s (www.drba.org) Handbook of Bodhisattva Precepts for the Laity, on H.H. the Dalai Lama’s Healing Anger – The Power of Patience from a Buddhist Perspective, on B.K.S Iyengar’s Yoga The Path to Holistic Health, on Dr. David Frawley’s (Pandit Vamadeva Shastri) Yoga and Ayurveda: Self-Healing and Self-Realization, on the Sivananda Companion to Yoga, on Dr. J.T. Shah’s Therapeutic Yoga, on Dr. G.D. Singhal’s Surgical Ethics in Ayurveda, on S. Metha’s Yoga the Iyengar Way, on Eon Eknath Easwaran’s Meditation and on Ajahn Pasanno and Ajahn Amaro’s Broad View, Boundless Heart. We also make use of the materials of several distinguished Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic and Chinese physicians and healers such as the Venerable Buddhist Master Hsuan Hua, Dr. Ron Epstein, Dharma Master Heng Sure, Swami Satchitananda, Dr. Partap Chauhan, Betheyla, Dr. P.H. Kulkarni, Dr. K.N. Udupa, Dr. R.H. Singh, Dr. Robert Svoboda, Dr. Baghwan Dash, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Dr. Lapsang Rapgay, Dr. Yeshe Donden, Dr. Bill Celentano, Mike Dick, Bri Maya Tiwari, Robert Sachs, Dr. Bob Flaws, Dr. Giovanni Maciocia, Dr. Barry Clark, Swami Sada Shiva Tirtha, Jai Hanuman Fournier, Tom Billings, Losang Jinpa and others and around the Ayurvedic Classic Texts (Sutras) and Buddhist, Yogic and Hindu Sutras combined with additional book readings, lectures, handouts and audio-visuals.

Requires short written term paper and exam or a self-made chanting audio tape or MP3 / WMA file of your pronunciation of the alphabet and the Sanskrit mantras to be submitted to the instructor or oral exam via telephone or in-person.

Prerequisites: High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.)

A comprehensive writing course on the history or philosophy of Ayurveda, Buddhism, Yoga or Hinduism. The student will demonstrate an understanding of Ayurvedic or other Shad Darshan philosophy or history through a series of narrative writings, critiques and rewritings. The student will develop and be evaluated on narrative writing skills and demonstrate organization, grammar, syntax, and spelling using the English language. Requires medium length written term paper and telephone or in-person oral or written exam. Term paper must use APA or MLA footnotes, endnotes and bibliographic citations.

The term paper shall act as the final written exam for the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute’s Certification Level I: "Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.)" Diploma.

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