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Buddhist Studies introduce students to Shakyamuni Buddha, his teachings (the Dharma), and the great masters (the Sangha) who have studied and elucidated the Dharma in a living lineage so that we, too, can walk the path to enlightenment.
DHS107 Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha
Tuesdays, 6:15-7:45 PM (June 9—July 7)
The gentleness, serenity, and compassion found in the Buddha’s path are based on a fundamental realization that self-centered grasping leads only to suffering. This five-week course introduces basic teachings and practices that lead to a more peaceful, joyful way of life.Cost: $85. Instructor: Bob Byrne.**
DHS108 Faith, Doubt, and Inquiry
Wednesdays, 8-9:30 PM (July 15 —August 12)How do we balance open-minded inquiry with the calm certainty of faith? In this five-week course we analyze the meaning of faith, inquiry, and doubt from a Buddhist perspective.
Cost: $85. Instructor: Jack Petranker.
DHS208 Deluded Mind/Awakened Mind
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:15-7:45 PM (June 9—August 13)
All the teachings of the Dharma are informed by knowledge of the inner workings of consciousness. As the mind is further cultivated, what seemed confused or difficult becomes magically workable. “Deluded mind” is no longer an obstacle: all that arises can be brought onto the path of liberation.Cost: $340. Instructors: Sylvia Gretchen and Jack Petranker. Students are encouraged to attend the associated workshops “The Perfections of Patience and Strength” on June 26-27 and “Perfect Meditation and Wisdom” on July 25. Prerequisite: DHS207 or consent of the instructors.
DHS211 Buddhist Studies Tutorial: Discerning the Way Things Are
Tuesdays, 8—9:30 PM (June 9—August 11)This course presents a classic Buddhist text, the Madhyantavibhaga, along with two Tibetan commentaries.
These profound texts analyze the nature of human being and give advanced teachings on how to discern
the unsurpassable path to enlightenment.Cost: $170, which includes the workshop “Perfect Meditation and Wisdom” on July 25.
Instructor: Barr Rosenberg.Based on Middle Beyond Extremes. Open to students
with a background in Buddhist studies.
The practice of Nyingma meditation leads to serenity and insight.
Courses provide instruction in meditation techniques and support for daily practice.
MED104 Beginning Meditation: Self-Observation
Morning Session: Tuesdays, 10-11:30 AM (June 9-August 11)
Evening Session: Thursdays, 6:15-7:45 PM (June 11-August 13)
The focus of this course is on observing the mind, emotions, and feelings. Students will learn how to stay mindful in a relaxed, but concentrated manner. Basic meditation practices are presented in a way that help make wholesome self-discovery a way of life.Cost: $170. Instructor: Robin Caton. For beginners and those wishing to review basic techniques.
MED204 Intermediate Meditation: Discovering Mind
Morning Session: Wednesdays, 10-11:30 AM (June 10-August 12)
Evening Session: Thursdays, 8:00-9:30 PM (June 11-August 13)
Through meditation the mind is experienced as alive, sensitive, and brilliant. In this class, students will be led through contemplative practices that reveal deeper levels of mind than are ordinarily recognized.Cost: $170. Instructors: Jack Petranker (mornings); Hugh Joswick (evenings). Prerequisite: one year of meditation experience.
MED304 Advanced Meditation: Essential Mind Training
Mondays, 6:15-7:45 PM
(June 8-August 10)A heart-teaching of Buddhist masters through the centuries, mind training (Lo Jong) carries us naturally to a more awakened state. We will study and practice the Seven Essentials of Mind Training, approaching meditation as an ongoing activity that brings all situations onto the path to liberation.
Cost: $79 per month, which includes the workshop “Transforming Adversity” on July 18. Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen. Prerequisite: three years of meditation experience and consent of the instructor.
Nyingma Psychology and Practices offer unique insight into the human situation
and innovative ways to ease emotional discomfort.
NPS102 Transforming Negative Emotions*
Mondays, 8—9:30 PM (June 8—August 10)
Introspective practices and insights from the Buddhist tradition can transform the destructive power of "everyday" negative emotions. Based on Tarthang Tulku’s Openness Mind, this course gives specific antidotes for anger, fear, anxiety, and attachment.Cost: $170. Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen.
NPR103 Dream Yoga and Authentic Communication*
Thursdays, 8—9:30 PM (July 16-August 13)
Dream yoga can heighten awareness and enhance our ability to communicate more fully, helping us to contact the deeper truths in our lives. Class sessions in this five-week course include instruction, practice, and discussion.
Cost: $85. Instructors: Robin Caton and Santosh Philip. Based on Openness Mind.
The gentle movement, massage, and breathing practices of Kum Nye
promote physical and emotional health
as they bridge the gap between the material and the spiritual.
KNR103 Beginning Kum Nye: Releasing Tension and Restoring Balance*
Wednesdays, 6:15—7:45 PM (June 10—August 12)
Kum Nye movement and awareness exercises help release physical and emotional tension. Practices in this course will focus on giving students tools to restore balance to their lives and deepen their spiritual awareness.Cost: $170. Instructor: Jack van der Meulen.
KNR203 Intermediate Kum Nye: Stimulating Inner Energy
Wednesdays, 6:15—7:45 PM (June 10—August 12)
When inner energy is flowing smoothly, there is health and vitality. This course works with exercises that stimulate the free flow of inner energy.Cost: $170. Instructor: Donna Morton. Prerequisite: one year of Kum Nye practice.
KNR301 Advanced Kum Nye: Focus on Mind
Mondays, 8—9:30 PM (June 8-August 10)
Advanced Kum Nye practice reaches inward toward subtle aspects of embodiment. Exercising mind and senses though harmonizing breath, awareness, and sensation leads naturally to serenity and insight. This course focuses especially on mind.Cost: $170. Instructors: Santosh Philip and Donna Morton. Based on Joy of Being. Prerequisite: two years of Kum Nye practice.
KNR107 Sunday Morning Kum Nye
Sundays, 10AM-noon (every Sunday)Re-awaken a spirit of ease and appreciation through gentle Tibetan Yoga pra
ctices that relax body, breath, and mind. A range of Kum Nye movement, massage, and breathing exercises is given in each session.
$15 per session. Instructors: Jack van der Meulen, Santosh Philip, and the Kum Nye teaching staff. This drop-in class is for students of all levels .
Developing a reading knowledge of classical Tibetan
gives access to a vast literature, largely unavailable in Western languages.
TIB104 Beginning Tibetan, Level IV
Thursdays, 8:00—9:30 PM (June 11—August 13)
Continued reading and grammar.Cost: $170. Instructor: Mark Henderson. Prerequisite: TIB103 or consent of the instructor.
TIB204 Intermediate Tibetan, Level IV
Fridays, 6:15—7:45 PM (June 12—August 14)
Readings from Tibetan Jataka stories.Cost: $170. Instructor: Mark Henderson. Prerequisite: TIB203 or consent of the instructor.
TIB301 Tibetan Tutorial
Fridays, 4:30—5:45 PM (June 12—August 14)
Continued reading and translation of Tibetan texts.Cost: $170. Instructors: Barr Rosenberg and Sylvia Gretchen. Prerequisite: consent of the instructors.
Central to the very heart of reality, a beautiful vision is available - when we can 'see' without adopting limiting positions.
This vision concerns Space, which is primordially peaceful, open.
In its openness, it is an open-ended accommodating of various views,
all welling up, floating, gathering within Space.
- Tarthang Tulku, Time, Space, and Knowledge.
TSK104 TSK Right from the Start!
Wednesdays, 6:15—7:45 PM (June 10—August 12)
Knowledge, as the interplay between the openness of space and the creativity of time, is accessed through dialogue and contemplative exercises. This course awakens the discerning capacity of the mind.Cost: $170. Instructors: Ken McKeon and Tom Morse.
* Courses marked with a single asterisk meet the qualifications for continuing education credit for MFT's and LCSW's as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Provider: Nyingma Institute #2513.
** Courses with no prerequisites listed are open to all interested students.
September Classes
Healing Body, Mind, and SpiritAugust 31 - September 25
DHS209 Majestic Aspirations
Tuesdays, 6:15–7:45 PM (September 1–22)
Drawing on the power of compassion, a single individual can transform the whole universe. Tarthang Tulku, Path of Heroes.The wish to free others from suffering can motivate us to overcome the obstacles to spiritual growth. For centuries Buddhist practitioners have expressed their wishes to aid all living beings through reciting a short, poetic prayer of aspiration known as the Sovereign Prayer for Enlightened Practice (Pranidhana Raja). Reading and studying this text reveals the vast scope of compassionate aspirations.
$68. Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen. Copies of the readings will be provided to students. Open to all students with a sincere interest in the Buddha’s teachings.
DHS211 Buddhist Studies Tutorial: Sovereign Prayer for Enlightened Practice
Tuesdays, 8–9:30 PM (September 1–22)
This course looks closely at the Pranidhana Raja, relying on Tibetan commentaries to shed light on its meaning. A good companion course for those attending “Majestic Aspirations.”
$68. Instructor: Barr Rosenberg. Copies of the readings will be provided to students.
Open to all students with a sincere interest in the Buddha’s teachings.
MED105 Beginning Meditation: Meditation for Healing*
Morning Session: Tuesdays, 10–11:30 AM (September 1–22)
Evening Session: Thursdays, 8–9:30 PM (September 3–24)
Many health benefits come from regular meditation practice. This course focuses on meditation practices that balance the emotions and stimulate natural healing.
$68. Instructor: Robin Caton. This course is for both the beginning student and those who wish to renew their commitment to a daily meditation practice. Based on Hidden Mind of Freedom.
MED205 Intermediate Meditation: Knowing Mind Differently
Morning Session: Wednesdays, 10–11:30 AM (September 2–23)
Evening Session: Thursdays, 8–9:30 PM (September 3–24)
Meditation opens up the field of philosophical inquiry, revealing new facets
and dimensions of mind and consciousness. In this experiential philosophy
course, ideas presented by great European and Tibetan philosophers
are investigated in the light of meditation practice.
$68. Instructors: Jack Petranker (mornings); Hugh Joswick (evenings). This course is meant as an introduction to the ways in which precise cognition and profound experience go hand in hand. Prerequisite: At least one year of meditation experience.
MED305 Advanced Meditation: Silent Appearing
Mondays, 6:15–7:45 PM (August 31–September 21)
Within the continuum of stillness, cultivate a transparent quality, as though you were preparing the silence to receive light. Tarthang Tulku, Dynamics of Time and Space.
Activating and expanding specific types of awareness allows the ground of mind to manifest as spacious light. Appearance radiates outward, all objects and thoughts partaking of a vast and silent space.
$68. Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen. Based on Tarthang Tulku’s Dynamics of Time and Space. Prerequisite: three years of meditation experience and consent of the instructor.
NPS107 Inner Psychology*
Mondays, 8–9:30 PM (August 31–September 21)
Mind rules our lives. But what is mind? Buddhist psychologists have studied this question for thousands of years. Drawing on their insights, this course examines mind, thought, and emotions and shows how impoverishing
mental patterns can be transformed into liberating growth. Includes meditation and mindfulness practices.
$68. Instructors: Mary Gomes, Sylvia Gretchen, and Erika Rosenberg. Based on Ways of Enlightenment and Tarthang Tulku's Openness Mind.
NPR108 Healing through Sacred Art
Wednesdays, 8–9:30 PM (September 2–23)
A beautiful creation of the human mind, Tibetan art precisely reveals to the contemplating mind its own true nature. Tarthang Tulku, Tibet in Pictures.
Enlightened symbols such as the form of the Buddha convey healing at a deep level of being. Accessible to our senses, their intricate shapes and colors invite us to a source of wellness that is ever-fresh and available. This course will present images of the Buddha, including the Medicine Buddha, along with practices that can help tap into their special power.
$68. Instructors: Rosalyn White and Mark Henderson.
NPS108 Education for a New World
Thursdays, 6:15–7:45 PM (September 3–24)
Of what value is our present education, in the largest sense, if it does not teach us to be free of suffering and pain? A truly comprehensive education would be based on a thorough investigation of the workings of consciousness. It would involve study of all aspects of consciousness, including our predispositions and the nature of our conditioning, so we could sort out the layers of confusion that have accumulated during the stages of our development. Tarthang Tulku, Knowledge of Freedom.
Our current times present us with an unprecedented number of questions, conflicts, and challenges. This course will focus on how we can educate ourselves to bring new currents of insight to bear on these problems, nourishing our inner being and attuning ourselves to a fundamental sense of beauty and order. We can create, as Tarthang Tulku says, “a humanistic education based on an understanding that can heal pain and confusion, and remove all obstacles to harmony and universal prosperity.” We start by educating ourselves.
$68. Instructor: Tom Morse. Based on Knowledge of Freedom and the Time, Space, and Knowledge vision.
KNR104 Beginning Kum Nye: Kum Nye to Balance Feelings*
Wednesdays, 6:15–7:45 PM (September 2–23)
Gentle movement practices expand and balance feelings, harmonizing body and mind. A sense of deep fulfillment arises as students connect more fully with their senses.
$68. Instructor: Jack van der Meulen. This gentle introduction to Kum Nye is suitable for the beginning student, but will also help the more advanced student deepen experiential understanding of the body.
KNR106 Kum Nye Self-Massage: Healing Power of Touch*
Fridays, 8–9:30 PM (September 4–25)
An introduction to self-massage. Students will learn how to sensitize the hands to feeling and how to apply the slow, flowing strokes of Kum Nye massage to face, hands, and feet.
$68. Instructor: Santosh Philip. Open to all levels of students.
KNR204 Intermediate Kum Nye: Opening the Energy Centers
Wednesdays, 6:15–7:45 PM (September 2–23)
Practices in this class stimulate awareness of the energy centers of the head, throat, heart, and belly. Tension in these areas is loosened.
$68. Instructor: Donna Morton. Prerequisite: one year of Kum Nye practice.
KNR304 Advanced Kum Nye: Generating Happiness from Within
Mondays, 8–9:30 PM (August 31–September 21)
Kum Nye offers a way to support health, happiness, and inner peace, the foundation of meaning in life and the gateway to the most sublime meditative experience. Tarthang Tulku, Joy of Being.
Advanced Kum Nye practices relieve the tension that closes the senses and deprives the mind of joyful ease. This course focuses on attuning body and mind to inner resources for meaning and satisfaction, generating
happiness that can be sustained throughout each day.
$68. Instructors: Donna Morton and Santosh Philip. Based on Tarthang Tulku’s Joy of Being. Prerequisite: two years of Kum Nye practice.
KNR107 Sunday Morning Kum Nye
Sundays, 10 AM–noon (every Sunday)
Renew a spirit of ease and appreciation through gentle Tibetan Yoga practices that relax body, breath, and mind. A range of Kum Nye movement,
massage, and breathing exercises is given in each session.
$15 per session. Instructors: Jack van der Meulen, Santosh Philip, and the Kum Nye staff. This drop-in class is for all levels of students.
TIB105 Beginning Tibetan, Level V
Thursdays, 8:00–9:30 PM (September 3–24)
Continued reading and grammar.
$170. Instructor: Mark Henderson. Prerequisite: TIB103 or instructor's consent.
TIB205 Intermediate Tibetan, Level V
Fridays, 6:15–7:45 PM (September 4–25)
Readings from Tibetan Jataka stories.
$170. Instructor: Mark Henderson. Prerequisite: TIB203 or instructor's consent.
TIB301 Tibetan Tutorial
Fridays, 4:30–5:45 PM (September 4–25)
Continued reading and translation of Tibetan texts.
$170. Instructors: Barr Rosenberg and Sylvia Gretchen. Prerequisite: reading knowledge of Tibetan and consent of the instructors.
Fall Classes
October 5 - December 11
DHS104 Teachings for Difficult Times
Tuesdays, 6:15–7:45 PM (October 6–December 8)
Throughout the ages, Buddhist masters have faced and overcome enormous
challenges. The stories of their lives can inspire and inform our own efforts to transform difficulties. This course will present meditations to calm the mind (shamatha) along with reflections on the power of mindfulness in the face of inner and outer obstacles.
$170. Instructors: Bob Byrne and Robin Caton. This course will be primarily based on Path of Heroes.
DHS103 Yogins of Tibet
Wednesdays, 8–9:30 PM (October 7–November 4)
Tibet was known for its accomplished yogins—men and women who lived simply, dedicating themselves wholly to reaching the heights of realization.
Reading their stories and writings, we understand how they won the hearts of the Tibetan people.
$85. Instructor: Bob Byrne. Course based on The Life of Shabkar and The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa among other texts.
DHS210 The World as Sacred Space
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:15–7:45 PM (October 6–December 10)
Powerful Buddhist symbols point toward a comprehensive vision in which the universe itself arises as a mandala—a sacred space in which the journey to awakening is assured. We explore this vision, studying how both inner and outer experience can be transformed.
$323. Instructors: Sylvia Gretchen and Jack Petranker. Students are encouraged to attend the associated workshops “Path of Prayer to the Land of Bliss” on October 31 and “The Power of Buddhist Symbols” on November 14. Prerequisite: DHS209 or consent of the instructors.**
**Please note that no Fall classes will be held on Thanksgiving Day.
DHS211 Buddhist Studies Tutorial: Enlightening Mind
Tuesdays, 8–9:30 PM (October 6–December 8)
This quarter we read and reflect upon the profound introductory works of two great Tibetan masters: Longchenpa and Gampopa. The course leads from the reasons why enlightenment is possible to reflections on the key role of equanimity, love, compassion, and joy on the spiritual path.
$170, which includes the workshop “Silent Mind” on November 21. Instructor: Barr Rosenberg. Based on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation and Kindly Bent to Ease Us, Vol. I. Open to students with sincere interest in the Buddha’s teachings.
MED101 Beginning Meditation: Quieting the Mind
Morning Session: Tuesdays, 10–11:30 AM (October 6–December 8)
Evening Session: Thursdays, 8–9:30 PM (October 8–December 10)
Learning to meditate is one of the best ways in which we can take care of ourselves. We develop the clarity of our minds and cultivate inner tranquility. This course presents key meditation techniques that also help balance the emotions. The focus is on quieting the stream of thoughts.
$170 (mornings); $153 (evenings). Instructors: Robin Caton (mornings); Olivia Hurd (evenings). For beginners and those wishing to review basic techniques.
MED201 Intermediate Meditation: Sustaining Meditation
Morning Session: Wednesdays, 10–11:30 AM (October 7–December 9)
Evening Session: Thursdays, 8–9:30 PM (October 8–December 10)
This class is for students who have begun a meditation practice and are ready for further guidance and inspiration. The goal is to sustain effortless meditative concentration.
$170 (mornings); $153 (evenings). Instructors: Jack Petranker (mornings); Hugh Joswick (evenings). Prerequisite: one year of meditation experience.
MED301 Advanced Meditation: Mandala Practices
Mondays, 6:15–7:45 PM (October 5–December 7)
The intricate forms of the Tibetan mandala reveal a multilayered world of meaning. Each color and image speaks in a symbolic language designed to deepen the viewer’s awareness, appreciation, and understanding. This course uses the form of the mandala as a lens through which we explore the experiential heart of the teachings that form the basis of our Nyingma curriculum. Meditations from Nyingma Psychology, Meditation, Kum Nye, Knowledge of Freedom, Time, Space, and Knowledge, and Buddhist practice will all be taught at an advanced level.
$79 per month, which includes “The Power of Buddhist Symbols” workshop on November 14. Instructor: Sylvia Gretchen. Prerequisite: three years of meditation experience and consent of the instructor.
NPS103 Working with Emotions*
Mondays, 8–9:30 PM (October 5–December 7)
Our emotions show us where to direct our attention; rather than obscuring the path, they can clarify and sharpen it. Tarthang Tulku, Openness Mind.
Emotions can be binding and painful, but they can also be great teachers. This course teaches meditation exercises for working with emotions in daily life. Learning to use mindfulness to appreciate the transient nature of emotions can free us from the tendency to cling to both pleasant and unpleasant experiences. We discover the key to transforming negative emotional energy.
$170. Instructor: Erika Rosenberg. No meditation experience required.
NPR102 Devotional Chanting with Sacred Art
Mondays, 6:15–7:45 PM (October 5–December 7)
Chanting Buddhist prayers opens the mind to new dimensions of consciousness
and meaning. This course combines chanting with viewing the powerful images found in Tibetan art and discussing their symbolic meaning. Students will be introduced to important prayers and images.
$170. Instructors: Rosalyn White and Mark Henderson.
KNR105 Beginning Kum Nye: Expanding Enjoyment and Ease*
Wednesdays, 6:15–7:45 PM (October 7–December 9)
A series of Kum Nye practices that help to reduce physical and mental tension are combined with practices that expand the enjoyment of each of the senses.
$170. Instructor: Jack van der Meulen.
KNR205 Intermediate Kum Nye: Transforming Inner Energy
Wednesdays, 6:15–7:45 PM (October 7–December 9)
Intermediate practices for this quarter activate and balance inner energy, harmonizing body, mind and environment. Practice leads to greater mental and physical vitality.
$170. Instructor: Donna Morton. Prerequisite: one year of Kum Nye.
KNR301 Advanced Kum Nye: Surrendering to Calmness
Mondays, 8–9:30 PM (October 5–December 7)
There are stages to relaxation: Like soft petals opening, calm feelings can emerge and deepen, circulating widely through body and mind. Advanced Kum Nye practices cultivate a distinctive method for finding inner peace.
$170. Instructors: Santosh Philip and Donna Morton. Based on Tarthang Tulku’s Joy of Being. Prerequisite: two years of Kum Nye.
KNR106 Kum Nye Self-Massage
Fridays, 8–9:30 PM (November 13–December 11)
A five-week “hands-on” class in Kum Nye self-massage. Students will be led through slow massage routines that promote relaxation and deepen their sense of physical presence.
$85. Instructors: Santosh Philip and the Kum Nye staff.
KNR107 Sunday Morning Kum Nye
Sundays, 10 AM–noon (every Sunday except December 19 and 26)
Renew a spirit of ease and appreciation through gentle Tibetan Yoga practices that relax body, breath, and mind. A range of Kum Nye movement,
massage, and breathing exercises is given in each session.
$15 per session. Instructors: Jack van der Meulen, Santosh Philip, and the Kum Nye staff. This drop-in class is for all levels of students.
SKM103 Skillful Means
Thursdays, 6:15–7:45 PM (October 8–December 10)
The Skillful Means approach to work integrates practical skills with positive
attitudes. Work is transformed into a dynamic learning process that is not only pleasant and invigorating, but also gets the job done. This course teaches how to apply the Skillful Means approach to your work situation.
$153. Instructors: Dave Abercrombie and Tom Mead.
TSK101 Experiencing the Dynamic of Time
Wednesdays, 6:15–7:45 PM (October 7–December 9)
At the edge of the future, time sparkles; in the richness of feeling and energy, time glows. Practices focus on finding these places and allowing them to expand and deepen. Students discover time coursing through body and mind: a dimension inseparable from their being.
$170. Instructors: Tom Morse and Ken McKeon.
A new series of beginning Tibetan courses starts in the Fall Quarter, introducing the Tibetan script, pronunciation, grammar, and syntax. The beginning courses continue through the Winter, Spring, and Summer Quarters, leading to a basic comprehension of classic written Tibetan. This year-long series is followed by four quarters of intermediate study. Once these are completed, students are admitted to the Tibetan tutorial where they develop their reading and translation skills.
TIB101 Beginning Tibetan, Level I
Thursdays, 6:15–7:45 PM (October 8–December 10)
The alphabet is introduced along with pronunciation, basic grammar, and vocabulary.
$153. Instructor: Mark Henderson.
TIB201 Intermediate Tibetan, Level I
Fridays, 6:15–7:45 PM (October 9–December 11)
Readings from the Buddha’s Sutras introduce students to works translated
from Sanskrit to Tibetan.
$170. Instructor: Mark Henderson. Prerequisite: TIB101-105 or consent of the instructor.
TIB301 Tibetan Tutorial
Fridays, 4:30–5:45 PM (October 9–December 11)
Reading and translation of Tibetan texts.
$170. Instructors: Barr Rosenberg and Sylvia Gretchen. Prerequisite: consent of the instructors.
All books mentioned in these course descriptions may be purchased at the Nyingma Institute bookstore or purchased online from the Dharma Publishing Website.
Preregistration: Please call (510) 809-1000 to preregister for programs. In order to ensure your place in retreats, classes, and workshops, send in a 20% deposit. Make checks payable to the Nyingma Institute.Payment Policy: Full payment for classes, workshops, and retreats is due prior to the first session.Refunds: If a class, workshop, or retreat is canceled by the Institute, a full refund will be made. If a student drops a class before the third session, a prorated refund will be made if requested. Attending Single Class Sessions: For a $17 fee, students may attend the first session of any evening class. Unless arranged in advance, students may not drop in after the first session.Nondiscriminatory policy: The Nyingma Institute welcomes students of any race, color, sex, national, and ethnic origin.It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational and admissions policies or any other programs that it administers.
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