Ayurvedic Correspondence Course, Ayurvedic Distance Learning and In-Person Classroom-based Ayurvedic Education: Om Namo Medicine Master Buddha! Sangye Menla! - the Patron Buddha of our Indian Medicine - Tibetan Herbal Medicine Herbal Correspondence Course and Ayur-Veda School. In the Tibetan Medicine Tantras (Four Tantras or rGyud bzhi), Shakyamuni Buddha describes Medicine Master Buddha as an Supremely Enlightened Being who has special powers of healing. The special healing blessings of Medicine Buddha may be obtained by reciting his name or mantra. In Tibetan chant "Om Namo Baghawate Bhaghandze Guru Bhadurya Prabah Raja Tathagataya Arhate Samkya Sam Buddhaya Tayatha Om Bheghandze Bheghandze Maha Bheghandze Raja Samudgate Soha". In Sanskrit chanting "Aum Namo Bhagavaté Bhaisajya Guru Vaidurya Prabaha Rajaya Tathagataya Arhaté Samyaksambodhi Tadyata Aum Bhaisajé Bhaisajé Bhaisajya Samudgaté Svaha". For centuries, Buddhists have been reciting this mantra prayer, to bring an ultimate healing of spiritual disease, as well as cures for everyday problems of the body and mind. This graphic is either reprinted with permission or is made available under the "fair use" provision (17 USC §107) of the U.S. Copyright Act for research and non-profit educational and religious purposes only. Picture source: www.tibetmedicine.org -- The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute has no relationship whatsoever with the California College of Ayurveda - www.ayurvedacollege.com. Do not confuse our Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.) Program or Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist Specialist (C.A.H.S.) Program with Marc Halpern's CCA Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist (C.A.S.) Program.Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute
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Ayurvedic Herbalists Code of Ethics

(Click here to listen to the audio of this page)

Students, teachers and graduates of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute's Ayurvedic Distance Learning (Ayurveda Correspondence Course) and in-person classroom-based Ayurvedic Training Programs agree to follow the ethical guidelines of the American Herbalists Guild, the American Ayurvedic Association, the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) The California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine (CAAM) and both the classical and modern version of the Hippocratic Oath.


"Why is it that people of the present era develop all of these strange and bizarre diseases? To put it in a single statement,
it comes from the killing of beings. If you kill beings, then beings will come and demand that you repay the debt with
your life. These sorts of strange disorders are such that a physician's hands are tied and he has no useful strategy. What
can one do about something like that? This is something with respect to which one must employ a genuine mind of
repentance and proceed to change one's faults and renew oneself. One should perform more merit of the sort which
benefits beings. Then one will be able to melt away the karma manifesting from previous existences." -- Venerable Master Hsuan Hua of the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (www.DRBA.org and http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/VenHua/RecordedSayings.htm) --

This quotation from Master Hua is in keeping with the Hippocratic Oath: "Do No Harm".

 

American Herbalists Guild -- Modified Code of Ethics for Ayurvedic Herbalists

Language below is adapted and modified from the "Herbalists Code of Ethics" adopted by American Herbalist Guild (AHG) members at the 1996 General Meeting in Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. The Ayurvedic Herbal Correspondence Course and Ayurveda Distance Learning Programs of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute accords with the Educational and Ethical Guidelines of the American Herbalists Guild allowing graduates of our certificate programs to apply to the AHG for Master Herbalist (M.H.) Certification. This graphic is either reprinted with permission or is made available under the "fair use" provision (17 USC §107) of the U.S. Copyright Act for research and non-profit educational and religious purposes only. Picture source: http://www.AmericanHerbalistsGuild.com

 

Informed Consent / Full Disclosure

American Herbalist Guild (AHG) members and all students, faculty and graduates of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center and its Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute shall provide clients and potential clients with informed consent / full disclosure information outlining scope of practice, services rendered, experience, training, client expectations, practitioners expectation, payment structure, disclosure of financial interests if they can present a conflict in practice, and information about client redress in the event of a disagreement between client and practitioner. Client redress can take the form of an informal review by the AHG Grievance Committee, or a review by appropriate state associations where the member is operating under a state license. In addition those graduates practicing in California must, in following the newly passed California law SB 577, as California-based CAM (Complementary Alternative Medicine) practitioners disclose to his or her client in a written statement the following: "that he or she is not a licensed physician; that the therapy is an alternative to those licensed by the state; and that CAM therapies are not licensed by the state." Also, the client must state in writing that he or she has been provided with the above information prior to treatment.

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Confidentiality

Personal information gathered in the herbalist/client relationship will be held in strict confidence by the American Herbalist Guild (AHG) members and all students, faculty and graduates of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center and its Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute unless specifically allowed by the client. In a nutshell, follow the spirit of the Fourth Precept by not gossiping.

 

Professional Courtesy

American Herbalist Guild (AHG) members and all students, faculty and graduates of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center and its Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute shall present opinions about and experiences with other practitioners and healing modalities in an ethical and honorable manner and in the spirit. In a nutshell, follow the spirit of the Fourth Precept: "No lying, no harsh speech, no divisive speech, no gossip, no frivolous speech."

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Professional Networking

Clients shall be encouraged to exercise their right to see other practitioners and obtain their botanicals and remedies from the source of their choosing.

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Practitioner as Educator

American Herbalist Guild (AHG) members and all students, faculty and graduates of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center and its Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute and shall assume the role of educators, doing their best to empower clients in mobilizing their own innate healing abilities and promoting the responsibility of clients to heal themselves.

Remember, now that California SB 577 has become law, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners in California can now legally offer their services as medical practitioners. However, they still cannot:

1. Conduct surgery on a patient

2. Administer or prescribe X-rays

3. Prescribe drugs or controlled substances

4. Recommend discontinuing medication prescribed by a physician

5. Willfully diagnose or treat a person with a mental or physical condition that may worsen the condition

6. Set fractures

7. Treat lacerations or abrasions through electrotherapy

8. Indicate, advertise or imply that he or she is a physician or surgeon

Again remember that those graduates practicing in California must as California-based CAM (Complementary Alternative Medicine) practitioners disclose to his or her client in a written statement the following: "that he or she is not a licensed physician; that the therapy is an alternative to those licensed by the state; and that CAM therapies are not licensed by the state." Also, the client must state in writing that he or she has been provided with the above information prior to treatment.  This is not required if the Practitioner is an ordained Buddhist Ayurvedic Pastoral Counselor ministering Ayurveda as her/his religious duty and religous practice.

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Peer Review

American Herbalist Guild (AHG) members and all students, faculty and graduates of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center and its Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute shall welcome a peer review of their publications, lectures, and/or clinical protocols. Peer review is a primary means of enhancing our level of knowledge and expertise and should be encouraged. Again, please follow the spirit of the Fourth Precept by encouraging the truth to be revealed. "Speak the truth".

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Referring Out

American Herbalist Guild (AHG) members and all students, faculty and graduates of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center and its Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute shall recognize their own limitations when they feel a condition is beyond their scope of expertise and practice as a Ayurvedic Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) practitioner and herbalist, or when it is clear that a client is not responding positively to therapy.

In a nutshell, follow the spirit of the First Precept: No killing – do no harm. And also remember Master Hsuan Hua’s Guidelines for the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas founded: "No fight, No greed, no seeking, no pursuing personal advantage, and no lying."

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Avoiding Needless Therapy

Recommendations shall be based solely on the specific needs of the client, avoiding excessive or potentially needless supplementation. Again, Master Hua’s words ring true, "No greed, no seeking, no pursuing personal advantage, and no lying."

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Environmental Commitment

American Herbalist Guild (AHG) members and all students, faculty and graduates of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center and its Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute should acknowledge that individual health is not separate from environmental health and should counsel clients to embrace this same Earth-centered awareness.

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Sexual Harassment

American Herbalist Guild (AHG) members and all students, faculty and graduates of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center and its Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute shall not use their position as teachers or consultants to seek sexual encounters with students or clients. In a nutshell, follow the spirit of the Third Precept by not committing sexual misconduct – do not cause one’s sexual desire to break the relationships of others or to harm or manipulate others. In order to effectively keep this Third Precept, both the Buddha and our teacher Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Vasant Lad recommend that we also vow to follow the Fifth Precept: No taking drugs, alcohol or other substances which make the mind unclear, are addictive or which harm the body and mind. This policy is also in keeping with the common Buddhist-Yogic-Vedic tenet of not consuming substances (alcohol, tobacco or recreational or other drugs) that dull, cloud, confuse or negatively affect the mind, body and emotions.

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Source: http://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/ethics.htm

In summary, as the Venerable Buddhist Master Hsuan Hua says, "No fighting, no greed, no seeking, no pursuing personal advantage, and no lying."

 

Audio Lectures Explaining More Deeply the Roots of Ayurvedic Herbalist Ethics

For a greater explanation of the Code of Ethics, click here for the directory to download and listen to numerous sample readings from Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur from Dr. Epstein's wonderful Buddhist Dictionary. 

The following sample audios require the Microsoft Windows Media Player. Our Ayurvedic Correspondence Courses use highly compressed audio and video seminars recorded using the WMA format and played with the Windows Media Player.

For a full listing of our sample audio seminars, visit our online
Medicine Master Buddha Library. 

 

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Ayurvedic Creed of the American Ayurvedic AssociationGraduates of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute may apply for D.Ayur certification with AAA. Michael Reid Kreuzer, D.Ayur, was one of the first Ayurvedic Herbalists to be awarded the Diplomate of Ayurveda (D.Ayur) status in 2000 by the American Ayurvedic Association (AAA). Members of AAA may apply for Diplomate status in Ayurveda. Primary health care providers may apply for Diplomate status in Ayurvedic Medicine. To achieve these credentials, a comprehensive application and written examination along with supporting documentation, e.g., resume, work history, are utilized in concert to validate a member's experience with Ayurvedic principles. This graphic is either reprinted with permission or is made available under the "fair use" provision (17 USC §107) of the U.S. Copyright Act for research and non-profit educational and religious purposes only. Picture source: http://www.AyurvedicAssociation.org

Students, teachers and graduates of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute's Ayurveda Correspondence Course (Ayurvedic Distance Learning) and classroom-based in-person Ayurveda Training Programs agree to live by the following ethical guidelines of the American Ayurvedic Association and their D.Ayur Certification.

 

Source: http://www.AyurvedicAssociation.org/about.htm

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The Conduct of All Ayurvedic Herbalists from the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute

The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute insists that all students and teachers uphold, protect and embody the Conduct Guidelines as described on the following three web pages:

1. "Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute Student Agreement"

2. "Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute Student Conduct"

3. "Medicine Buddha Healing Center Ayurvedic Herbalist Code of Ethics"

4. "Definition of a Clinical Ayurveda Therapist (C.A.T.) Practitioner"

And the student and teacher should at least endeavor to follow either the Buddhist 5 Precepts, and/or the Yogic Yama-Niyama and/or Sri Charaka's Ayurvedic Moral Guidelines for Students, or the Ten Commandments of the Bible (a.k.a. Decalogue) unless these wisdom guidelines somehow conflicts with their religious beliefs. 

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See the Buddhist - Yogic Precepts

See the Code of Ethics for the School

See the Code of Ethics for Ayurvedic Practitioners

See the Buddhist Ayurvedic Five Precepts Sacrament

 

See the True Meaning of Taking Refuge

A detailed explanation by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua's City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (www.DRBA.org) of the Buddhist Three Refuges and Five Precepts Sacrament

 

The Greatest Thing In Life- Taking Refuge with the Triple Jewel

A Turn of the Head Is the Other Shore- Taking Refuge with the Triple Jewel

Those Who Take Refuge with the Triple Jewel Should Observe the Precepts

You Should Not Take Refuge Just to Join the Crowd

Quickly Walking in the Path to Buddhahood

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Hippocratic Oath -- Classical Version

"I swear by Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfill according to my ability and judgment this oath and this covenant:

To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to live my life in partnership with him, and if he is in need of money to give him a share of mine, and to regard his offspring as equal to my brothers in male lineage and to teach them this art - if they desire to learn it - without fee and covenant; to give a share of precepts and oral instruction and all the other learning to my sons and to the sons of him who has instructed me and to pupils who have signed the covenant and have taken an oath according to the medical law, but no one else.

I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgment; I will keep them from harm and injustice.

I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy. In purity and holiness I will guard my life and my art.

I will not use the knife, not even on sufferers from stone, but will withdraw in favor of such men as are engaged in this work.

Whatever houses I may visit, I will come for the benefit of the sick, remaining free of all intentional injustice, of all mischief and in particular of sexual relations with both female and male persons, be they free or slaves.

What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself, holding such things shameful to be spoken about.

If I fulfill this oath and do not violate it, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and art, being honored with fame among all men for all time to come; if I transgress it and swear falsely, may the opposite of all this be my lot."


Translation from the Greek by Ludwig Edelstein. From The Hippocratic Oath: Text, Translation, and Interpretation, by Ludwig Edelstein. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943.   Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/doctors/oath_classical.html

 

Hippocratic Oath -- Modern Version

"I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:

I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.

I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.

I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug.

I will not be ashamed to say 'I know not,' nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery.

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.

I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.

I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help."


Written in 1964 by Louis Lasagna, Academic Dean of the School of Medicine at Tufts University, and used in many medical schools today.
 

Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/doctors/oath_modern.html


 

 

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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
$1250 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
$1,950 Donation for Berkeley Classes
 
Level II Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist (C.A.H.)
Distance Learning Diploma		 750
audio/video class hours		 50 units
$950 Donation for
Distance Learning
 
Level II Clinical Ayurvedic Herbalist (C.A.H.)
In-Person Classroom-based Diploma		 750
in-person classroom hours		 50 units
$5,500
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
$1,300
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
$1,900
 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 $1250, 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.

 

 

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"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: January 29, 2008