NEWS & RESOURCES FOR CURRENTLY-ENROLLED PROGRAM & CONTINUING EDUCATION STUDENTS AT MAITRIPA COLLEGE
SPRING 2012 SCHEDULE & CURRENT ACADEMIC CALEDAR
THE MAITRIPA COLLEGE RESEARCH LIBRARY

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Spring 2012
January 30: Spring 2012 semester begins
February 13: Last day to add/drop classes for Spring 2012 semester
March 19-April 1: Spring break
May 21: Registration opens for Fall 2012 semester
June 2: Spring semester ends

Fall 2012
August 27: Fall 2012 semester begins
September 10: Last day to add/drop classes for Fall 2012 semester
November 19-25: Thanksgiving Week
December 3: Registration opens for Spring 2013 semester
December 16: Fall 2012 semester ends


Maitripa College currently holds over 3,000 titles in print and multi-media materials! Approximately 2,000 titles are English books, and 1,000 additional titles include videos of teachings and films, audio media for Tibetan language study, magazines and journals, as well as Tibetan, Sanskrit and Chinese works.

Currently enrolled full-time students may access the library Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM during the school semester; call or email for access in summer.

Visit the Library web page for complete information and resource links.

SPRING 2012 COURSE READING LISTS

PHL 302 Foundations of Buddhist Thought II: Medium & Great Scope

Required texts

The Bodhisattva Vow, Geshe Sonam Rinchen, Snow Lion Publications, 2000.

Practicing the Path, Yangsi Rinpoche , Wisdom Publications, 2003.

The Way of the Bodhisattva, Shambhala Publications, 2006/2008.

The Vajra-cutter Sutra, available online for download by donation at http://www.fpmt.org/shop/product1.aspx?SID=1&Product_ID=587&Category_ID=8

To be provided in class:

Abhidharmakosha – The Treasury of Knowledge, Vasubandhu, PDF by email

The Eight Categories and Seventy Topics, Jetsun Chogyi Gyalsten, PDF by email

Course Reader

(one of the below texts will also likely be required – TBD)

Mind in Tibetan Buddhism, Lati Rinbochay, Snow Lion Publications, 1980.

Buddhist Psychology, Geshe Tashi Tsering, Wisdom Publications. 2006.



PHL304 – Madhyamaka II: A Dose of Emptiness

A Dose of Emptiness, Jose Cabezon, SUNY Press, 1992.

Cutting Through Appearances, Geshe Lhundub Sopa, Snow Lion Publications, 1989.

Mind & Mental Factors, Yeshe Gyeltsen, PDF to be distributed by email.

Course Reader to be handed out in class


PHL450 Theories and Methods

Course reader to be distributed in class



TIB102

A Primer for Classical Literary Tibetan, John Rockwell.



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