Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute
of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center

Your Californian College of Clinical Ayurvedic Therapies
from the Buddhist - Yogic - Vedic Tradition

Home Page - www.Ayurveda-California.com
Visit our future site: www.Ayurveda-Institute.org

2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 (1 minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART 1 block west of Martin Luther King, between Allston and Bancroft across from Bank of America Public Parking Lot - Click here for directions), Berkeley, California, 94703 USA
(1) 510-292-6696 - Please CALL US, no e-mail available (Namo AT Shurangama.com).

"Om Namo Aryavalokiteshvaraya Bodhisattvaya Mahasattvaya Maha Karunikaya Om Sarva Abhaya!"

Admissions Statement

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The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute is committed to a policy of equal opportunity. Admission is open to all qualified applicants who show a strong desire to learn and spread the Ayurveda Healing Dharma to relieve living beings from suffering. Equal educational opportunities will be provided to all persons, regardless of race, religion, gender, national origin, marital status, sexual preference, age, or physical handicap.

The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute seeks applicants who wish to study Traditional Ayurvedic Medicine (TAM) within its original spiritual context of Asian philosophy and religion (Buddhism, Yoga and the Vedas). A personal commitment to the study and practice of the ancient medical arts, combined with a sound academic background, are qualities common to the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute students.

The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute programs support the professional / spiritual development of working adults by offering the option of either full-time or part-time studies in three formats:

1. In-Person Classroom-based Instructor-Led Learning $150 per trimester unit Trimester Unit ($10.00 per hour)

2. Distance Learning (Correspondence Course) $10 per unit Trimester Unit (66 cents per hour)

The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute accepts applicants who submit completed application packets. Candidates for admission are considered in the order in which their applications are completed. Applications are dated upon receipt. As soon as our classes for that semester are filled, applicants who submit completed application packages are placed on a waiting list. This does not apply to students who wish to pursue the Distance Learning (Correspondence Course) method of study. The Admissions Committee does not grant full admission to an applicant until a suggested donation along with all required information has been received by the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute. Prospective students are encouraged to visit the school in downtown Berkeley, California (San Francisco Bay Area) and discuss educational plans with the Institute.

Students study at the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute from all over the world for many different reasons. Some come to study Ayurveda for use in their professional practice, and others for self-healing. The students who make up the classes also have many different backgrounds. Some are health care professionals, others are just beginning their professional careers, and some students have no health care background at all. To accommodate these differences we offer the first level Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.) Diploma Program. The Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.) program is a general overview of the science of Ayurveda, at a level appropriate to all students. This 225 hours, 15 trimester unit credits program is thorough enough to satisfy the requirements of health professionals seeking to integrate basic Ayurvedic philosophy and practices into their health care practice. And yet the Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.) program is helpful to those interested in immersing themselves in an Ayurvedic atmosphere to assist in adopting a more healthy Ayurvedic lifestyle. For those desiring more advanced and rigorous study we offer three additional levels of Diploma Certification training.

The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center offers the following four comprehensive Ayurvedic Diploma Certificate Programs:

Mastery Level	Diploma Certificate Program	Program Hours	Trimester Unit Credits	Tuition Donation
Level I	Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.) Diploma	225 hours	15 units	$3350
Level II	Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist (C.A.H.) Diploma	750 hours	50 trimester units	$8990
Level III	Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist Specialist (C.A.H.S.) Diploma	1,200 hours	80 trimester units	$12962
Level IV	Master Ayurvedic Herbalist (M.A.H.) Diploma	1,800 hours	120 trimester units	$16482

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See the Bodhisattva Way - click here to listen to a lecture on "Path of the Bodhisattva".

See the Buddhist - Yogic Precepts - click here to listen to a lecture on "Ten Good Deeds of the Bodhisattva".

See the Code of Ethics for the School - click here to listen to a lecture on "Karma".

See the Code of Ethics for Ayurvedic Practitioners - click here to listen to a lecture on the concept of "Outflows".

See the Buddhist Ayurvedic Five Precepts Sacrament - click here to listen to a lecture on "Path of Following Precepts".

See the Seven Guidelines for Recognizing True Teachers - click here to listen to a lecture on "What is a Bodhisattva?"

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The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center offers the following four comprehensive Ayurvedic Diploma Certificate Programs:

Mastery Level	Diploma Certificate Program	Program Hours	Trimester Unit Credits	Tuition Donation
Level I	Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.) Distance Learning Diploma Includes 10 CD-ROMs and Michael Dick's 5th Edition of the Ayurvedic Herbology Handbook	225 audio/video class hours	15 units	$3350 Donation for Distance Learning
Level I	Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.) In-Person Classroom-based Diploma Includes unlimited weekly clinical apprenticeship with Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, M.S. Buddhist Ayurveda and all weekly classes and monthly seminars in Berkeley, California. Also includes 10 CD-ROMs for use as homework study and printed version of Michael Dick's 5th Edition of the Ayurvedic Herbology Handbook	225 in-person classroom hours	15 units	$4100 Donation for Berkeley Classes
Level II	Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist (C.A.H.) Distance Learning Diploma	750 audio/video class hours	50 units	$8990 Donation for Distance Learning
Level II	Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist (C.A.H.) In-Person Classroom-based Diploma	750 in-person classroom hours	50 units	$11108 Donation for Berkeley Classes
Level III	Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist Specialist (C.A.H.S.) Diploma and Associate of Applied Ayurvedic Science Degree (A.A.A.S.)	1,200 audio/video class hours	80 units	$12962 Donation for Distance Learning
Level IV	Master Ayurvedic Herbalist (M.A.H.) Diploma and Bachelor of Buddhist Ayurveda: B.S. Buddhist Ayurveda Degree. "Buddhist Healing Ayurveda"	1,800 audio/video class hours	120 units	$16482 Donation for Distance Learning

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Full Course Details for All Four Ayurvedic Certificate Programs (click here to download detailed Excel spreadsheet)

2006-2007 Class Schedule in Excel format (click here for full schedule)

Free Downloadable Sample Audio Lectures from the Actual Course Material - Over 20 hours of free sample material.

Required Books and Audio or Video Tapes for Clinical Ayurveda Therapist Program

Approximate Costs for Required Books for the Clinical Ayurveda Therapist Program

Program Costs and Online Registration for the Clinical Ayurveda Therapist Program - Only $60 per trimester unit, 66 cents per hour!

Remember, no student is EVER turned away due to lack of funds. So, if you cannot afford the initial $3350, please sign up for the course by making the donation that is within your budget. ($108 is the minimum suggested donation unless you have been indigent for some time.)

NOTE: The suggested Tuition Donation above includes a combination of refundable Tuition donation (based on the per trimester unit rate) and the non-refundable $108 application and registration fee donation ($54 each respectively). For more details on our refund policies, click here. For more info on our Application - Registration Fees and Exam Fees, click here.

For our In-Person Class Tuition details and information on the cost per trimester unit (per 15 hours of learning), click here.

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Om Namo Amitabha Vipashina Ratnasambhava Amoghasiddhi Buddha! Om Namo Bhaisajya Guru Buddha! Om Namo Avalokiteshvara Great Compassion Bodhisattva! Om Namo Ganesha! Om Jai Hanuman! We bow to and offer sincere thanks and dedication to our teachers, the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, the Venerable Ayurvedic Sage Doctor Vasant Lad, B.A.M.S. and the Clown Bodhisattva Patch Adams, M.D. and the great Nobel Peace Prize-winning doctor Albert Schweitzer.

Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute
of the
Medicine Buddha Healing Center

2210 McKinley Avenue, Unit 4 (1 block west of Martin Luther King, between Allston and Bancroft) Berkeley, California 94703 TDC USA

(1) 510-292-6696

www.Ayurveda-California.com Please CALL US, no e-mail available.

Click here for a map to the Center

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in service to all living beings by the Medicine Buddha Healing Center who Dedicates the Merit to the Dharma Realm.
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All Rights Reserved without Prejudice

Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute is a non-profit 501(c)3 educational project of
the Medicine Buddha Wholistic Ministry and its Center and Temple

We are a Buddhist Ayurveda church school,
as proven by our duly and ceremonially notarized founding Articles of Association and Organization
and are hence not under any government jurisdiction whatsoever.

"The religious Association (Church), that is to say the Ministry, Institute, Center and Temple is in no way under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, the California State Medical Board, or the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, or any other government organization, agency, or agent (federal, state or local). Any attempt by any government or private agent or agency to regulate our above described religious educational practices and spiritual practices is in violation of our now declared First, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Amendment Constitutional rights. Notice is hereby given to any person(s) who, acting under the color of the law, intentionally interferes with the free exercise of the rights retained by our Ministry, Institute, Center and Temple and its Pastoral Counselors, faculty, students, congregation, and members under the First, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Amendments, as enumerated in these Articles of Association and Organization and in our Pastoral Counselor’s Declaration of First Amendment Constitutional Rights (Section C2.14) and Pastoral Counselor’s Declaration of First, Fourth, Sixth and Ninth Amendment Constitutional Rights (Section C2.15), that they may be in violation of the Pastoral Counselor’s civil and constitutional rights, Title 42, U.S.C. 1983 et seq. and Title 18, Section 241. We hereby declare, all rights reserved without prejudice."

Last updated: March 16, 2008