CAH - Clinical Ayurveda
Herbalist Therapist
Distance Learning Program of
Medicine Buddha Healing Center's www.Ayurveda-Berkeley.com
(1) 510-292-6696
Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute

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Please help support this ongoing labor of love, by being sure to make regular monthly contributions (tithing) where possible to support our non-profit seva work.

Words of advice when you begin to first fathom the vastness of Buddhist Ayurveda Dharma studies: "Ayurveda is beyond beginning and ending. A science of eternal healing, it is compared to a vast ocean, and studying Ayurveda to swimming across. A true teacher can teach one how to swim, but the swimming is up to the student; …it is a lifelong journey." Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana, Chapter Thirty

August 19, 2008 Student News Update:

Clinical Apprenticeship Seminar-Class Dates:
1. No Saturday OR Sunday August 16-17 class due to Relic Tour "monk duty" for Ven. Losang (www.maitreyaproject.org/en/relic) at Tse Chen Ling - click here for Relic Tour schedule. August 16-17 seminar was rescheduled among the attending students on Tuesday night August 12th at 7:30 PM at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery.
2. August Seminar #1: Sunday August 24, 2008: 1 PM to 6 PM.   Must R.S.V.P. and PREPAY - MUST PRE-REGISTER VIA TELEPHONE! Click here for questions. Tentative based on prepaid registrations expected. $130
        200 A.D. Sushruta Samhita Ayurveda Classic Text Seminar
        in celebration of the Birthday of Arya Monk Nagarjuna Bodhisattva of Nalanda, compiler of Sushruta Samhita.
3. August Class: Nagarjuna Nalanda Lineage Yoga Puja Commentary with
  Tsog Puja will be on Tuesday, August 26, 7:30 - 9:30 PM. Must R.S.V.P. - click here
4. September Seminar: Avicenna's 1025 A.D. Canon of Medicine Compared with Indian and Chinese Medicine:
  An Exploration of Buddhist - Hindu - Taoist - Confucian - Islamic Medicine. In celebration of the late September birthday of Confucius.
  Saturday September 20 and Sunday, August 21: 1 PM to 6 PM. Must R.S.V.P. - click here
5. July Seminar Recordings: HDTV and DVD-Quality Downloadable Videos now available!!
  Was Saturday July 26 and Sunday, July 27 8 hours of WMV videos and iPod audio.
  
  New Ayurveda Video Recordings!
  Click here to download and watch the Ayurvedic videos Lectured July 26 - 27, 2008, Saturday and Sunday by Ven. Losang Jinpa (of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center / Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute / Ksitigarbha Buddhist Monastery) at the Gompa Shrine of Ksitigarbha Buddhist Hermitage.
6. July Class: Avicenna's 1025 A.D. Canon of Medicine: Islamic (Unani-Tibbi-Greek-Persian), Ayurvedic and Tibetan Medicine Comparisons: The 7:30 PM Tuesday night, July 29th class will be held at 2210 McKinley instead of the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
  since the Monastery will be closed that day. Classes at the Monastery will resume on Tuesday August 5. Must R.S.V.P. - click here
  Please read and explore in advance at: http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/projects/saab/avicenna/contents-eng.html
See the new Oral Exam Sample Study Questions - Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist Certification Tests (CAH):
HRB331-Heart-Disease, HRB332-Diabetes, HRB337-Asthma-Cough-Bronchitis-Sore-Throat-Flu-Common-Cold,
HRB342-Menstrual-Problems-Womens-Health-Dysmenorrhea-PMS-Menopause,
HRB343-Constipation-Diarrhea-IBS-Irritable-Bowel-Colitis-Crohns-Disease, HRB350-Allergies-Allergy, HRB352-Fever,
HRB366-Emotional-Mental-Health-Problems-Disorders, HRB371-Parasites-Worms-Candida-Candidias
All students new to Ayurveda, after you have purchased Doctor Vasant Lad's Textbook of Ayurveda, Volume 1 (Lad, 2001) and have it in hand,
then proceed directly to here: Vata Dosha Audio Intro. Please refer to the Detailed Syllabus for page number correspondences with Dr. Lad's Textbook and the Course Codes. Click here to download that Detailed Syllabus in Adobe PDF format. Click here to download that Detailed Syllabus in Microsoft Excel format.
The latest review class VIDEO was lectured July 29, 2008, Tuesday by Ven. Losang Jinpa (of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center / Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute / Ksitigarbha Buddhist Monastery) at the Gompa Shrine of Ksitigarbha Buddhist Hermitage. The topic was the Treatment for Vata and the Qualities of a Great Doctor according to Indo-Tibetan Ayurveda as taught in Buddhist Ayurveda or Tibetan Medicine - Vata Dosha (Space and Air) - Lectures from the "Four Tibetan Medical Tantras" ("rGyud - bzhi" in Tibetan, pronounced "Ju Shee" --- "Si-Bu-Yi-Dian in Mandarin --- in Sanskrit it is called the "Amrta-hrdaya-astanga-guhyopadesa-tantra" or Amrita Hridaya Astanga Guhyopadesha Tantra). Visit here to download the four 30 minutes high definition videos:
Last Week's Class New Recording!
http://www.archive.org/details/AYR220_Vata_Treatment_01_Ayurveda_Tibetan_Medicine,
http://www.archive.org/details/AYR220_Vata_Treatment_02_Ayurveda_Tibetan_Medicine,
http://www.archive.org/details/AYR220_Vata_Treatment_03_Ayurveda_Tibetan_Medicine,
http://www.archive.org/details/AYR220_Vata_Treatment_04_Ayurveda_Tibetan_Medicine.
A recent review class VIDEO was lectured July 23, 2008, Tuesday by Ven. Losang Jinpa (of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center / Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute / Ksitigarbha Buddhist Monastery) at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery / Institute for World Religions. The topic was the types of agni. Thyroid discussion of manda-agni for hypothyroid and others. Read this link.
Please read the Latest updates to HRB343 Constipation and Diarrhea (Atisara), Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Colitis, Crohn's Disease
Six Session Guru Yoga: Note to all students who have recently take Bodhisattva Precepts and Highest Yoga Mantra Samaya Vows with Venerable Buddhist Monk Choden Rinpoche of Tibet: As you know, you are required to do Six Session Guru Yoga verses and meditations 6x per day. Click here to listen to the excellent explanations on this practice by the Venerable Monk Geshe Tashi Tsering and Venerable Geshe Ngawang Dakpa. JUST UPDATED on July 21: Click here for the latest fully hyperlinked commentary on the Six Session Guru Yoga. Don't forget, as part of your Samaya Vows, you must perform Tsog Puja Ceremony on July 27, August 11, and August 26, 2008 (twice per month). We will be putting up the Ceremony Text with hyperlinked commentary this month.
Herbal Summary -- for CAT Oral Exam - click here for the "80-20 Rule" of Herbal Formulas. Key Material.
Latest Consultations - click here for the most recent consultation of Losang's patient visits
New font being used throughout the website is called: Calibri.
If you have Microsoft Office 2007, you already have this font installed on your computer.
If not, then you can: Download Calibri Font Download Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2007 which includes the ClearType Collection.

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When you call us, where possible, be sure you are calling from the telephone number that is on file with us so that our Caller ID can identify us to you to ensure that we are most likely to pick up your call. We receive many calls daily from patients, students and others. Although no one is turned away due to lack of funds, we give Priority Support to enrolled registered paying students and to graduated practitioners. Remember, this is not a traditional correspondence course. Although we use modern e-learning multimedia techniques, we want interactive personal telephone or in-person communication with you where possible -- to hear your voice and you to hear ours. We are not only a virtual school, but are also an in-person apprenticeship.

Transcriptions of Patient Consultation Intake Forms and Prescription Forms:

Thanks to the hard work of our kind student Anita Silver, we are now offering "medical transcriptions" of our Ayurveda Patient Consultation MP3 audios. These useful summaries of each consultation's medical record (transcribed from the MP3 audio electronic medical record) are offered in two file formats: 1. Hyperlinked Web (HTML) and 2. MS Word (.DOC). The MS Word versions of the Patient Consultation Summaries use exact same long filename as the consultation MP3-WMA digital audio and JPG tongue diagnosis picture files.

In keeping with the medical ethical restraints of safeguarding Protected Health Information, none of the 18 identifiers specified in the U.S. HIPAA Act as personally identifying information are revealed about the patient in these MP3 audio files. Permission was obtained in advance from the patient to record for educational and research purposes.

After remaining here for 3 months, they will be moved under their respective categories below under the heading of the chief complaint such as chronic fatigue, constipation, diabetes, heart disease, insomnia, etc. Usually these headings will in the Herbal Therapeutics Courses between course code range HRB331 and HRB372.

Here are the latest ones:

TASK: PASTE IN ON AUGUST 20 the MS WORD DOCS

Clinical Intake Form - Patient Medical History Intake Interview Questionnaires:

Please patiently keep track of each of the MP3 patient consultations as if they were your very own patients.
Use the short two page version of the Intake Form below -- 1st page is for Health Assessment-History and 2nd page
is for the Customized Herbal Formula Recommendations. Be sure to print off at least 108 copies of the forms.
To pass your Oral Exam for Level 1 to receive a Certificate you are required to listen to and document on paper
more than 100 hours of MP3 consultations or 108 individual MP3 recording of 108 patients -- which ever comes first. While commuting, traveling or during other opportunities, it is useful to listen to as many MP3 consultations as you can by doing "mobile learning" via your digital audio player or other mobile device (comparison of portable players on the market).

The Intake Form is key during the medical history and clinical examination since it helps to categorize the chief complaint, and all of the myriad symptoms and clinical signs into an Ayurvedic diagnosis along the lines of vata, pitta, kapha, ama-agni, seven dhatus, three mala (urine, feces, sweat), ojas-tejas-prana and other key classifications.

AYR220_Ayurveda-TCM_Counseling_History_Short_Standard_Form_02212008_Rev6.doc

Here is the 43 page long version which has commentary and details for clinical assessment.
AYR220_Ayurveda-TCM_Counseling_History_Long_Explanatory_Form_02212008_Rev6.doc - contains Herbs for the Dhatus

Key for Beginners: Please be aware as you listen to the MP3 clinical patient consultations of how Dhatu Dushti is manifesting in the patients -- what stage of tissue disturbance is clinically manifesting (click here for a full explanation for beginners). This means that excess vata, and/or pitta and/or kapha dosha (may be all three doshas in serious cases) enters into the tissue systems and their respective organs causing disturbance in agni (metabolism - vata vishama, pitta tikshna, or kapha manda), creation of ama (toxins and undigested qualities in a vata, pitta and/or kapha form), and disease due to excess or inappropriate build-up of the doshas attributes and their effects (guna-karma) of vata-pitta-kapha.

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Hyperlinked Tie-in with en.Wikipedia.org, NIH's Medline Plus and www.Nalanda-University.com

In addition to our own extensive audio-visual educational materials, and in order to better educate you, we have built on the already extensive work done in Wikipedia, National Institute of Health's Medline Plus (www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus) and the Buddhist Sanskrit Encyclopedia offered for free at www.Nalanda-University.com. Where possible and reasonable as a broadening addition to our own MP3-WMA-WMV-DOC-PDF files, we are in the process of completing hyper-linking of large amounts of our Ayurveda interactive web pages to the above three websites and others where appropriate.

http://nalanda-university.com/buddhist-ayurveda-encylopedia/!An-introduction-to-Buddhist-dictionary-glossary-dictionary_sanskrit-tibetan-chinese -buddhism-terms.htm Inspired by the ancient Nalanda University of revered Ayurvedic Doctor Monk Nagarjuna Bodhisattva.

How to "Right-Mouse-Click Download" Ayurveda Audio-Video-Word-PDF Document Files to your Computer:

Windows Media Audio (.WMA files) and Windows Media Video (.WMV files) require the Microsoft Windows Media Player
Download the latest version at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx?displang=en&qstechnology=

Audio-Video-File Download Directions for PC Windows Users:
This program is made up of large amounts (many gigabytes) of Ayurveda MP3-WMA audios and WMV-MPEG videos and many Ayurveda documents in Microsoft Word - Excel - PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat PDF documents that are meant to be downloaded to your local PC or Macintosh to be listened to or watched or read-viewed on your computer or on a portable media player. Wherever you see this small blue icon with the little arrow on the right: it means to "Right-Mouse-Click Download" the audio or video file (rather than left mouse click which will not download the file) for future listening or viewing.
So please right mouse click on filename and choose "Save Target As" (with Internet Explorer) or
"Save Link As" (with Mozilla Firefox). Then save it (download it) into a folder where you will easily find it -- such as in
a folder called "Buddhist-Ayurveda" under the "My Documents" directory -- to listen to in the future.

In Summary: Point to a MP3 audio, WMA, audio, WMV video, XLS Excel, PDF Acrobat or DOC MS Word file
and right mouse click on it until the popup menu comes up,
then click on "Save Target As..." (in Internet Explorer or Opera Browsers), "Save Link As..." (in Mozilla Firefox)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/default.aspx

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/10/default.aspx

Audio-Video-File Download Directions for Macintosh users:
Point to a file and hold down the mouse button until the popup menu comes up,
then click on "Save Target As..." (in Internet Explorer or Opera Browsers), or "Save Link As..." (in Mozilla Firefox)

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/mac/mp9/default.aspx

Then navigate into a folder you create called "Ayurveda" and click on "Save". Then double click on the file to open it.

To download the latest updates for the Apple Macintosh to allow it to work with Windows Media Video (WMV) and Windows Media Audio (WMA) and the new MS Word 2007 format, please visit Mactopia at: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx

Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X

Windows Media Player 7.1 for Mac

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You should use a WMA compatible MP3 Player, visit here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/devices/topdevicepicks.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/devices/default.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/10/devicesupport.aspx

http://www.iriveramerica.com/prod/ultra/clix/clix_2gb.aspx - IRiver Clix Gen2 Video-Audio Player (2GB)
http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Catalog(1226)-SanDisk_Sansa_Express_MP3_Players.aspx - Sansa Express MP3 Player 2GB

For Adobe Acrobat PDF documents, use the Reader:

Clarifying Fair Use and Copyright for Adobe Acrobat PDF Scan of "Student Readers" of Required Reading List Books

Priority A:
AYR108_Fair-Use-Vasant-Lad-Ayurveda-Chinese-Medicine-Dharma-Dedication-of-Merit.mp3
10 MB - 22 minutes long MP3 Audio discussion for new students on Educational Fair Use, Copyright (Copyleft), Footnotes Bibliographic citations:

Fair Use Citation: Paraphrased, quoted and/or commented on (deconstruction, close reading, criticism) in the Shastra or Atthakatha tradition using Fair Use for Non-Profit Educational and Religious purposes only from Lad, 2001: p. 45.

Student Welcome Letter

from the Primary Teacher Ven. Losang Jinpa - Listen to this First:

AYR108_Intro_to_Clinical_Ayurveda_Therapist_Course_CAT_Distance_Learning_10032007.mp3
14 MB - 28 minutes long

Dedication-for-New-Ayurveda-Distance-Learning-Correspondence-Course-Students_CAT_5-28-06_1232pm_Rev6.doc
This is a Puja or Ceremony to auspiciously commence your studies with the proper motivation (Bodhichitta - Bodhi Resolve - see
http://www.nalanda-university.com/buddhist-ayurveda-encylopedia/bodhi_resolve_bodhichitta_bodhicitta.htm). Proper motivation means "Benefit others more than your self." -- It also means "Relentless joyful service!"
3 MB Microsoft Word document - Needs MS Word or Word Viewer 2003 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads

Establishing the Proper Motivation to Study Ayurveda:
AYR190_Using-Sickness-for-the-Spiritual-Path_Ven-Lama- Zopa-Rinpoche-Advice-to-a-Student-with-Cancer.pdf

Study Guide for the Clinical Ayurvedic Therapist Program:

AYR190_Review-for-CAT-Only_02-14-2008_rev-24.doc - This is the Official Study Guide for the Clinical Ayurvedic Therapist Program
3 MB Microsoft Word document - Needs MS Word or Word Viewer 2003 - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads

Introduction to Indo-Tibetan-Ayurvedic-Chinese Herbology:

Since the Clinical Ayurveda Therapist and Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist Programs are very clinical oriented, it is important for you to begin studying herbs and their uses as soon as possible. Please begin immediately to read and reference the following file:

Chapter 19 of the Ayurvedic Herbal Handbook

HRB108_Ayurvedic-Herbal-Handbook_19_Applied-Herbology_Chinese-Herbs_06182008_Rev17.doc

HRB108_Ayurvedic-Herbal-Handbook_01_History-of-Herbalism_MBHC-2008.doc
400 KB - MS Word document with embedded Sanskrit diacritical mark transliteration fonts.

Required Texts:
Dick, Michael, M.S., Ph.D., compiler and editor, Ayurvedic Herbology Handbook, Berkeley, California: Medicine Buddha Healing Center: 2006. www.Medicine-Buddha.org 510-292-6696 or www.Ayurveda-Florida.com via Dhanvantari Ayurveda Center -- This is the best source to order this
most excellent detailed text.

Please visit www.Ayurveda-Florida.com to purchase the latest greatly expanded printed version directly from the author Michael Dick, Ph.D.
The extensive commentarial MP3 audio lectures have been built around the 2004 electronic edition from Michael. His latest version is 2008. It is well worth the investment as an upgrade. The cost of the new version is not part of the Clinical Ayurveda Therapist tuition.

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Guidelines for Meditation and Contemplation of Ayurveda:

Since their are three types of wisdom -- called Prajna (1. Literary Prajna, 2. Contemplative Prajna, 3. Real Prajna),
it is important everyday to contemplate (meditate on) what you have studied (listened to, watched, read, recited).
This way the knowledge will go from literary (intellectual) to contemplative (mind) to "heart" (beyond words).
These file below is the Guidelines that Medicine Buddha Healing Center uses with each patient since September 2007.
So all the MP3 patient consultations below that have October 2007 or later in the "date stamp" of the filename
will include such recommendations being discussed with the patient.

AYR220_Ayurveda-TCM_Counseling_7-Point-AM-Meditation-Mind-Training-Health-Guidelines_02212008_Rev6.doc

Recent Suggested Seminars:

Please listen to our latest March 15-16 2008 weekend seminar lecture as a great review of the details of Ayurveda:
HRB355 - Diagnosis of Pain-Trauma-Suffering according to Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine.

New Usernames and New Search Engine Feature:

User names and password are now working again after having moved to a new Web Hosting Provider. If your username and password do not, please CALL US at 510-292-6696 to resolve the problem. We have more than 80 GB of student course files (especially patient visit consultations) available in all five levels of the program and thus been forced to transfer all of our MP3-WMA-WMV audio-video files to a much larger server on a different ISP-Web-Hosting company. We are sure that you will like the improvements and organization. The very detailed descriptive long MP3 file names will remain the same so as to ensure your ability to keep track of which files you have already downloaded and listened to.

We have added a search feature to all of the MP3-WMA-WMA audio-video files.
Please click here to use the Search Engine for the Classes.
Please click here to use the Search Engine for the Consultations

Program Brochure:

California_Ayurveda_College_of_Buddhist_Ayurvedic_Herbs_Brochure_2008.doc
1 MB - 2 pages long description of our Distance Learning and In-Person Clinical Ayurveda Apprenticeships - Microsoft Word

Herbology Materia Medica Update:

Here are the latest updates on the core required herbs:

Amalaki (Emblica offinalis) - with extensive commentary.

Recommended Movies (use NetFlix.com):

There are many excellent videos (on-demand) we recommend you watch online as supplementary materials for our Buddhist Ayurveda Studies Programs. In order to do so, you must subscribe to NetFlix.com (via http://www.netflix.com/Register) with the following affordable monthly subscription: 1 at-a-time (Unlimited) for $8.99 -- Unlimited rentals - up to 1 movie out at a time with unlimited time to watch instantly for a flat monthly fee of $8.99.

Netflix Suggested Movie On-Demand:
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/I_Remember_Me/60037852

HD-TV Ayurveda Videos - Films - Movies - Documentaries (use Archive.org):

Background

Frequently Asked Questions

The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in the Presidio of San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections. They provide us with hundreds of gigabytes of free high speed storage of our HD-TV Ayurvedic Videos provided we offer them free to the public via Creative Commons License.

http://www.archive.org/details/Ayurveda__art_of_being (2001)

Libraries exist to preserve society's cultural artifacts and to provide access to them. If libraries are to continue to foster education and scholarship in this era of digital technology, it's essential for them to extend those functions into the digital world.

Many early movies were recycled to recover the silver in the film. The Library of Alexandria - an ancient center of learning containing a copy of every book in the world - was eventually burned to the ground. Even now, at the turn of the 21st century, no comprehensive archives of television or radio programs exist.

Priority of Study for Buddhist Ayurveda MP3 Audios - Videos-Films-Movies:

The videos - movies or audios in these Ayurvedic E-Learning - Distance Learning Program courses - seminars are ranked in order of importance to your overall studies and clinical practice of Ayurveda healing:

Priority A - Don't miss - Required viewing. Priority B: Useful.
Priority C: Interesting background to India, Tibetan, Chinese, or Japanese history or culture, background to healing and medicine.

Syllabus of all the Ayurveda Study Programs with Details:

Downloadable Detailed Program Syllabus

Enrolled students should refer to the Excel spreadsheet Syllabus of the Courses listing Course Codes that match the downloadable audio and video files.
Click here to view it:
1 MB - http://bhaisajyaguru.com/Ayurvedic_Correspondence_Course_Distance_Learning_Classes_Program_Hours.xls

The Syllabus requires Microsoft Excel to be installed on your computer or if not, then download and install the Excel Viewer 2003 - Open, view, and print Excel workbooks, even if you don't have Excel installed. This download is a replacement for Excel Viewer 97 and all previous Excel Viewer versions.

CAT (Clinical Ayurveda Therapist) Course Menu:

AYR108 The Five Elements and Their Attributes: Space, Air, Fire, Water, Earth and their Qualities and Effects
HUM108 Shad Darshan: The Six Philosophies of Indian Medicine: Including Buddhism, Yoga, Vedanta, and others
HIS108 History of Medicine and Religion - Medicines of World Cultures: World Models of Herbal Medicine
AYR220 The Doshas and Their Subtypes: Physical Assessment Skills/Constitutional Analysis: Vata, Pitta and Kapha
AYR230 Agni, The Digestive Fire in Ayurveda: Understanding Asian Medicine Concepts and Philosophical Perspectives in Nutrition
AYR240 Dhatus (Bodily Tissues) - I: Rasa, Rakta and Mamsa Dhatus: Blood Plasma and Lymphatic Tissue, Blood Tissue, Muscle Tissue
AYR241 Dhatus (Bodily Tissues) - II: Meda, Asthi, Majja & Shukra/Artava Dhatus: Adipose, Osseous, Nervous System, Male-Female Reproductive Tissue
AYR250 Srotamsi (Bodily Channels and Systems)
AYR260 Ojas, Tejas and Prana: Understanding Immune System and its Connection to Generosity, Healthy Behaviors, Patience, Energy, Focus and Wisdom
NUT108 Ayurvedic Digestion and Nutrition Therapeutics I: Practical applications of Asian Medicine for nutrition, digestion, absorption, and elimination.
HRB108 Ayurvedic Herbology I - 40 Herbs
AYR190 Conclusions of the Basics of Ayurveda
SKT108 Sanskrit Level I: Devanagari Alphabet, Transliteration, Mantras
SKT210 Sanskrit Level II: Ayurvedic Gunas-Dhatus-Agni-Ojas-Tejas-Prana-Srotas
SKT220 Sanskrit Level III: Ayurvedic-Buddhist-Yogic-Hindu Words and Definitions
YOG108 Ayurvedic Perspectives on Yoga Therapeutics: Body, Sensations-feelings, Mind-memory-intellect-Meditation, Behaviors-habits and Consciousness
ENG108 English Composition I: Ayurvedic, Shad Darshan Philosophy / History

Course Code	Total Units	Total Class Hours	Course Titles:
		15

			Level I: “Clinical Ayurveda Therapist” (“C.A.T.”) 225 hours / 15 units

AYR108	0.50	7.5	The Five Elements and Their Attributes: Space, Air, Fire, Water, Earth and their Qualities and Effects on Body, Emotions, Mind, Behaviors and Consciousness AYR108_Ayurvedic-Medicine-Intro_01_Distance-Learning_5-Skandhas_Buddhist-Ayurveda_640x480_1000kbps.wmv 272 MB - 34 minutes long video (Windows Media Video)
			Required Textbook: Textbook of Ayurveda: Fundamental Principles, Volume One By Vasant D. Lad, B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc. This textbook conveys the philosophical and fundamental principles of Ayurveda in a dynamic and inspirational way, providing a detailed foundation upon which to pursue deeper knowledge. http://www.ayurveda.com/products/books.html Lad, Vasant, Dr., B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc., Textbook of Ayurveda, Vol I, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Ayurvedic Press, 2001, 368 Pages, ISBN: 1883725070. (800-863-7721 or 505-291-9698) www.Ayurveda.com, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1883725070/ref=ase_medicinebuddh-20
HUM108	2.00	30	Shad Darshan: The Six Philosophies of Indian Medicine: Including Buddhism, Yoga, Vedanta, and others Priority A Netflix Suggested Movie On-Demand: http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Tibet_Cry_of_the_Snow_Lion/60032579 Tibet Cry of the Snow Lion: Ten years in the making, this feature-length documentary was filmed during nine remarkable journeys throughout Tibet, India and Nepal. Taking viewers to the long-forbidden "rooftop of the world" with an unprecedented richness of imagery, the film powerfully chronicles the dark secrets of Tibet's recent past through interviews, personal stories and archival images. Martin Sheen narrates; Susan Sarandon and Ed Harris provide voice-overs. 100 minutes long. 2003. HUM108_Tibet-Cry-of-the-Snow-Lion_01_Tibetan-Buddhism_Culture-Intro_HH-Dalai-Lama_Vajrayana-Himalayan.wmv 72 MB - 10 minutes long video clip - Part 1 HUM108_Tibet-Cry-of-the-Snow-Lion_02_Tibetan-Buddhism_Culture-Intro_HH-Dalai-Lama_Vajrayana-Himalayan.wmv 79 MB - 10 minutes long video clip - Part 2 HUM108_Tibet-Cry-of-the-Snow-Lion_03_Tibetan-Buddhism_Culture-Intro_HH-Dalai-Lama_Vajrayana-Himalayan.wmv 79 MB - 10 minutes long video clip - Part 3 HUM108_Tibet-Cry-of-the-Snow-Lion_04_Tibetan-Buddhism_Culture-Intro_HH-Dalai-Lama_Vajrayana-Himalayan.wmv 79 MB - 10 minutes long video clip - Part 4 ADD THE REST IN JULY HUM108_Class-01_Intro-to-Ayurveda_Sankya-Philosophy_Orientation.htm
HIS108	0.50	7.5	History of Medicine and Religion - Medicines of World Cultures: World Models of Herbal Medicine Read about Physican and Medicine then History of Medicine History of traditional Chinese medicine Islamic medicine Medicine in ancient Greece List of epidemics Heroic medicine Prehistoric medicine History of cancer chemotherapy Medical museums Timeline of antibiotics Timeline of medicine and medical technology Timeline of vaccines HIS301_Doctors_History-of-Scientific-Medicine-Revealed-Through-Biography_1_TTC_Sherwin_Nuland.wmv 134 MB - 43 minutes long video. HIS301_Doctors_History-of-Scientific-Medicine-Revealed-Through-Biography_2_TTC_Sherwin_Nuland.wmv 136 MB - 43 minutes long video. HIS301_Doctors_History-of-Scientific-Medicine-Revealed-Through-Biography_3_TTC_Sherwin_Nuland.wmv 136 MB - 43 minutes long video. HIS301_Doctors_History-of-Scientific-Medicine-Revealed-Through-Biography_4_TTC_Sherwin_Nuland.wmv 137 MB - 43 minutes long video. HIS301_Doctors_History-of-Scientific-Medicine-Revealed-Through-Biography_5_TTC_Sherwin_Nuland.wmv 49 MB - 16 minutes long video. Priority B Netflix Suggested Movie on DVD for Rental via Mail: http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Dalai_Lama_The_Soul_of_Tibet/70033668 Dalai Lama the Soul of Tibet: Exiled from his Tibetan homeland since 1959, the Dalai Lama remains a tireless humanitarian and the spiritual and secular leader of Buddhism. Through interviews with His Holiness, activists and Chinese scholars, this biography chronicles the story of the man believed by his people to be Buddha's reincarnation. The documentary includes footage of some of the Dalai Lama's key life events, including his 1989 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech. 60 minutes long. 2005. Priority A Netflix Suggested Movie On-Demand: http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Knowledge_of_Healing/70038141 Tibetan Medicine: The Knowledge of Healing: This fascinating Swiss documentary visits with the Dalai Lama and his personal physician, Tenzin Choedrak, in his home in the foothills of India, as well as with Tibetan doctor Chimit-Dorzhi Dugarov in eastern Siberia. Subsequent interviews with physicians, scientists and other practitioners in Austria, Switzerland and Israel reveal the tried-and-true science behind the 2,000-year-old art of Tibetan medical thinking. 89 minutes long. 1997. Priority C Netflix Suggested Movie On-Demand: http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Seven_Years_in_Tibet/1179053 Seven Years in Tibet: Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt) journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. When World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama (Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk) -- whose friendship ultimately transforms the self-seeking Harrer. 136 minutes. 1997 Priority B Netflix Suggested Movie on DVD for Rental via Mail: http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Tibetan_Book_of_the_Dead/60033634 Tibetan Book of the Dead: You'll feel instantly at peace with this chronicle of one of the most unique books of Buddhist spirituality, narrated by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. Sit back and explore the rites prescribed by the text and see how they're applied by people around the world. Two parts -- "A Way of Life" and "The Great Liberation" -- are included. 90 minutes long. 2003. Priority A: SUT315_Tibetan-Book of the Dead_Read-by-Richard-Gere_1.mp3 10 MB - 41 minutes long. Priority A: SUT315_Tibetan-Book of the Dead_Read-by-Richard-Gere_2.mp3 6 MB - 13 minutes long. Priority A: SUT315_Tibetan-Book of the Dead_Read-by-Richard-Gere_3.mp3 11 MB - 22 minutes long. Priority A: SUT315_Tibetan-Book of the Dead_Read-by-Richard-Gere_4.mp3 9 MB - 38 minutes long.
			Priority C Netflix Suggested Movie on DVD for Rental via Mail: http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Kundun/1181470 A change of pace for director Martin Scorsese, this biopic about the life of the Dalai Lama was filmed with a cast of unknowns in Morocco when film crews were forbidden to enter Tibet. The Lama's escape during the Chinese invasion, meetings with Chairman Mao and eventual exile in India are vividly depicted with Oscar-nominated cinematography (by Roger Deakins), music (by Philip Glass), costumes and art direction. 135 minutes long. 1997.

AYR220	0.50	7.5	The Doshas and Their Subtypes: Physical Assessment Skills/Constitutional Analysis: Vata, Pitta and Kapha and their 15 manifestations in the senses and organ systems. Diagnosis of imbalance and its causes. Priority A: CLN301_V3P2K1_V4_Hair-Loss-Weight-Loss_Anxiety-Insomnia_Irregular-Menstruation_Interesting-Case_06042008.mp3
AYR230	0.50	7.5	Agni, The Digestive Fire in Ayurveda: Understanding Asian Medicine Concepts and Philosophical Perspectives in Nutrition, Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination.
AYR240	0.50	7.5	Dhatus (Bodily Tissues) - I: Rasa, Rakta and Mamsa Dhatus: Blood Plasma and Lymphatic Tissue, Blood Tissue, Muscle Tissue
AYR241	0.50	7.5	Dhatus (Bodily Tissues) - II: Meda, Asthi, Majja and Shukra/Artava Dhatus: Adipose Tissue (Fat), Osseous Tissue (Bone), Nervous System Tissue, Male and Female Reproductive Tissue
AYR250	0.50	7.5	Srotamsi - the Bodily Channels and Systems
AYR260	0.25	3.75	Ojas, Tejas and Prana: Understanding the Immune System and its Inseparable Connection to Generosity, Healthy Behaviors, Patience, Energy-Vigor, Clear Mindful Focus, and Wisdom
NUT108	0.50	7.5	Ayurvedic Digestion and Nutrition Therapeutics I: Practical applications of Asian Medicine and philosophical methods for optimal awareness of nutrition, digestion, absorption, and elimination. Examines various diets and foods from an energetic vata-pitta-kapha, sattva-rajas-tamas, five element, heating and cooling perspectives. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_food_therapy

HRB108	4.00	60	Ayurvedic Herbology I - 40 Herbs New Materia Media Compilations: HRB108_Phyllanthus-niruri-fraternus-amanus_Bhumyamalaki_Feather-foil_Ayurvedic-Herb-Distance-Learning.pdf 9 MB - 44 pages long Adobe Acrobat document

AYR190	0.25	3.75	Conclusions of the Basics of Ayurveda
SKT108	0.50	7.5	Sanskrit Level I: Devanagari Alphabet, Transliteration, Mantras Modern Devanagari Sanskrit Language Intro, Ancient Siddham Sanskrit Intro
SKT108	0.50	7.5	Sanskrit Level II: Ayurvedic Gunas-Dhatus-Agni-Ojas-Tejas-Prana-Srotas
SKT220	1.00	15	Sanskrit Level III: Ayurvedic-Buddhist-Yogic-Hindu Words and Definitions
YOG108	0.50	7.5	Ayurvedic Perspectives on Yoga Therapeutics: Understanding the body, its sensations-feelings, the mind-memory-intellect, daily behaviors-habits and consciousness as "the observer." Examines Yoga as Union - simultaneous union of the bliss of compassion with the wisdom knowing the interconnectedness of all of existence. Looks at what Yoga asanas poses (exercises) and what meditation - mindfulness techniques are best suited to constitutional ailments and imbalances. Video: Yogis of Tibet: YOG108_Yogis-of-Tibet_768Kpbs_Tibetan-Buddhist-Monks-and-Tantric-Yogis-Varjayana.wmv 425 MB - 1 hour, 16 minutes long Priority A Netflix Suggested Movie on DVD for Rental via Mail: http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Yogis_of_Tibet_A_Film_for_Posterity/70030152 77 minutes long. 2003.
ENG108	2.00	30	English Composition I: Ayurvedic, Shad Darshan Philosophy / History

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