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Buddhism is not simply a religion in the usual sense of the word, but equally a science of mind that allows us to work skillfully with the positive potentials and negative energies of our own mind. The teachings of the Hinayana represent the most original and fundamental instructions of the Buddha, which are central to everything that follows. Hinayana studies, therefore, are the foundation for Buddhist learning.
In the Nalandabodhi study path, Hinayana studies introduce us to
Buddhism as a science of mind. Studies of the Hinayana continue for
one year, divided into two courses: The first course covers the
ground or view of Hinayana, and the second covers the Hinayana path
and its fruitions.
The first course, Hinayana view, introduces the Hinayana as the
indispensable foundation of the three-yana system (Hinayana,
Mahayana and Vajrayana). The main elements of the Hinayana view are
then presented in a detailed examination of the building blocks of
the Buddhist science of mind.
The second course, Hinayana Path and Fruition, shows how the view
is applied dynamically through the practices of the Hinayana path,
where techniques of mindfulness, concentration, and insight are
explored in detail.
The Hinayana courses also present the core principles of Buddhist
ethics and society, and the relations of the Hinayana to the other
teachings of Buddhism which are studied in the 300 and 400 levels
of the Nalandabodhi study path.
Hinayana Series: The Path Of The Noble Ones
| HIN 1 | The Hinayana View |
| Freedom, Renunciation, and the Three
Trainings |
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| The Sixteen Aspects of the Four Noble Truths and
the Five Skandhas |
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| Skandhas, Ayatanas and Dhatus |
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| Dependent Origination (the Twelve Links) |
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| Practicum: Analytical Meditation on the The Sixteen
Aspects of the Four Noble Truths |
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| The Views of the Vaibhashika and Sautrantika
Schools |
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| HIN 2 |
The Hinayana Path and its Fruitions |
| Setting Out on the Path and the Practice of
Nonviolence d |
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| Types and Techniques of Buddhist Meditation |
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| Practicum -Analytical Meditation on the Four
Reminders |
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| The Foundations, Types, and Obstacles of Shamatha
and Vipassana |
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| Practicum: Analytical Meditation on the Five
Skandhas Not Being a Personal Self |
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| The Paths of Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas |