About Discovering Buddhism

Discovering Buddhism is an FPMT foundational education program set out in fourteen modules. It can be studied at many FPMT centers and can also be done online. This program provides a solid footing in the understanding and practice of Mahayana Buddhism as taught in the Tibetan tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa. Participants gain a taste of the Buddha’s teachings, hands-on experience with meditation and short retreats, and skills to make their lives meaningful. This program is specifically intended to radically transform one’s life, rather than as a mere academic study of Buddhism.

The fourteen modules cover the following topics:

1. Mind and Its Potential
2. How to Meditate
3. Presenting the Path
4. The Spiritual Teacher
5. Death and Rebirth
6. All About Karma
7. Refuge in the Three Jewels
8. Establishing a Daily Practice
9. Samsara and Nirvana
10. How to Develop Bodhichitta
11. Transforming Problems
12. Wisdom of Emptiness
13. Introduction to Tantra
14. Special Integration Practices

About Module 14 - Special Integration Practices

Module 14 consists of intensive practices for the purification of negative karmaand the collection of merit. Specifically, in this module you learn why and how to do:

• the preliminarypractice of 100,000 prostrations to the Thirty-Five Buddhas
• the preliminarypractice of 100,000 recitations of the long Vajrasattva mantras
• a two-week lamrim retreat to review the whole path to enlightenment
• a Nyung Ne, a two-day retreat related to the buddha of compassion, Chenrezig

This module is offered free of charge on the Online Learning Center. Unlike the first thirteen modules, this module does not include audio recordings and transcripts of teachings and guided meditations. Instead, it consists of instructions for undertaking the preliminary practices of 100,000 prostrations and 100,000 Vajrasattva mantras, as well as for doing a Nyung Ne retreat. Discovering Buddhism students can begin these practices at any time in their study of the first thirteen modules.

About the Reading Materials for Module 14. Special Integration Practices

In addition to the instructions included in the complimentary online module, the following reading materials are necessary to complete Module 14. These reading materials are available here in a single package but can also be purchased individually (click on the individual links below):

1. The Preliminary Practice of Prostrations PDF & ebook
2. The Preliminary Practice of Vajrasattva PDF & ebook
3. Nyung Na PDF & ebook
4. Abiding in the Retreat: A Nyung Na Commentary eBook

These books contain the actual practices of Prostrations to the Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas, a Heruka Vajrasattva sadhana, and the Nyung Ne sadhana, as well as commentary and advice on how to do them.

Note: An Order Confirmation with the link to download above titles should arrive to your email shortly after you have placed your order. For an explanation of eBook formats and how they work, click here.