NIT 1: Mind and Its Potential
Examine what is "mind", its nature and function, and how it affects our experience of happiness and suffering. Come explore the differentiation between mind and brain, mind as the creator of our experiences, and the implications of possessing a mind that has no beginning and no end. In addition, learn methods to transform destructive thoughts and attitudes and create a positive and joyous mind.

UNIT 2: How to Meditate
Basic meditation techniques. Learn the definition and purpose of meditation, how to sit properly, how to set up a meditation session, the different types of meditation techniques one may employ, and how to recognise and deal with obstacles to meditation.

UNIT 3: Presenting the Path
Overview of the entire Buddhist path to awakening, the lam rim, or "graduated path to enlightenment". Hear about the life story of the Buddha and study the basic teachings of Buddhism. Discover the unique and complete system for putting Buddhist philosophy into practice.

UNIT 4: The Spiritual Teacher
Take the time to investigate the role of the teacher on the spiritual path: the need for a teacher, the qualities of a teacher, the qualities of a student, and how to relate to a teacher for greatest benefit in one's spiritual life. Consider the challenges we face when thinking of entering into a "guru-disciple" relationship and learn how to overcome these skillfully.

UNIT 5: Death and Rebirth
Explore the process of death and rebirth and its impact on how we live our lives. Be guided in skillful reflection on the meaning of death and what to expect at death time. In this way, fulfill your purpose in life, resolve conflicts, and develop the skills to help both yourself and others at the time of death.

UNIT 6: All About Karma
Learn the essential facts about the internal law of cause and effect - karma - and generate a clear understanding about how karma works. Discover effective tools to accumulate merit - the cause of happiness and success - and purify mistaken actions done in the past. In addition, explore ways to become adept at dealing with life most effectively and thereby take control of your future.

UNIT 7: Refuge in the Three Jewels
Get informed about what it means to take refuge in the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha), and the practices of refuge. Learn the essential qualities of any refuge that can show us the way to end our suffering forever, and find out what makes an object a valid and reliable refuge. Find out more about the advantages of taking lay vows and their role in enhancing our spiritual growth.

UNIT 8: Establishing a Daily Practice
Assemble the tools you need to develop a successful daily practice. Become familiar with the elements necessary to generate realisations in the mind. Also, receive some tips for making every action of the day meaningful - what to do when our whole life seems consumed by mundane activities?

UNIT 9: Samsara and Nirvana
Develop the determination to be free from suffering (samsara, or cyclic existence), and empower yourself with practical tools to deal with and eliminate disturbing emotions forever (nirvana). We learn how to meditate on the Four Noble Truths, the first teaching of the Buddha. These are: to recognise suffering; to stop the causes of it; that it is possible to eliminate suffering forever; and the path showing us how to do this. We will also study the Twelve Links and the Three Higher Trainings of concentration, meditation and wisdom.

UNIT 10: How to Develop Bodhicitta
Come discover the clear meditation instruction available in Tibetan Buddhism that enables us to develop our innate qualities of loving kindness and compassion. Become skilled at applying these techniques to generate the mind of bodhicitta, the wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of others, known to be the heart of Buddha's teachings.

UNIT 11: Transforming Problems into Happiness
Be guided in the special techniques of mind training to transform problems into happiness. Investigate the advantages of cherishing others more than ourselves, and learn how to actually like problems as much as ice-cream! We investigate the eight worldly concerns, the shortcomings of anger and desirous attachment, and how to take happiness as our path to enlightenment.

UNIT 12: Wisdom of Emptiness
Realising emptiness (the way things actually exist) is crucial for attaining liberation and enlightenment. Learn how to meditate upon emptiness and develop calm abiding. Accumulate merit and purify obstacles - indispensable for generating realisations in the mind.

UNIT 13: Introduction to Tantra
Learn the difference between sutra and tantra, how tantra works and why it is such a powerful form of practice. Get a broad overview of the four classes of tantra. Learn how to decide if you are ready for an initiation, how to chose a guru, and how to do a deity retreat.