{"id":332,"date":"2021-04-16T16:51:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T16:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/?p=332"},"modified":"2024-07-06T18:28:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T18:28:32","slug":"phl404-fundamentals-of-the-vajra-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/phl404-fundamentals-of-the-vajra-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"PHL404 Fundamentals of the Vajra Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><em>(2 credits)<\/em> This course will provide students with an overview to the history, theory, and ethical practice of the tantras of the Secret Mantra Vehicle as described in the works of Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelukpa lineage, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.<\/p>\n<p>The course will present a detailed description of the four classes of tantra, the differences between sutra and tantra, and a discussion of the scriptures and historical figures central to the history of the Vajra Vehicle in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. 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