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
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).
 

            Sri - means Revered or Auspicious or Beautiful - May these qualities manifest in your life. Om Syi Dan Dwo Bwo Da La. Man Dwo La Ba Two Ye Swo Po He.

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

Letter from the Director of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute

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The spiritual vow underlying the formation of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute (part of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center) is to help us realize the original Buddha Nature, the God-Consciousness, the Tao of Nature.  We wish to benefit others in a day-to-day way from understanding and application of the time-honored Asian healing principles of Qi - Yang - Yin, of Vata - Pitta - Kapha, of Prana - Tejas - Ojas, of Rajas - Sattva - Tamas, of Catabolism - Metabolism - Anabolism, of GOD (Generator - Operator - Destroyer –– also known as Brahma - Vishnu - Shiva respectively).  We desire to propagate the understanding of the Asian spiritual principles of the Oneness of the Universal, the Earth, and the Human being, and to transmit the deepest meanings of classical Asian culture (Indo-Sino-Tibetan). 

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Because the United States of America was formed by uniting people from a variety of cultures into a multifaceted society, we have the opportunity to select and synthesize from among diverse cultural heritages and medical-philosophical-spiritual traditions, from the essence of time-tested wisdom.  Such revered knowledge, when combined with modern developments, constitutes the major course of study of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute.  Thus, the programs offered are a synthesis of medical, cultural, philosophical, spiritual, and religious wisdom of India, Nepal, Tibet and to some degree China as well.  Hence we teach the Indo-Sino-Tibetan Healing Arts with a focus on Ayurveda since “Ayurveda hugs all aspects of life.” 

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Medical knowledge exists in order to relieve the sufferings of humanity and all living beings, whether physical, mental, or spiritual.  While the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute's principle purpose is to enable students to successfully practice the Indo-Tibetan Ayurvedic healing arts, it does not stop there.  The programs we offer encourage the philosophy that through the healing of oneself one can understand how to heal others – this is the essence of the Bodhisattva[1] Vow in Buddhism.  The emphasis is on cultivation of precepts (ethics and right living), right action based on a calm contented heart, compassion, intellect, wisdom, and the comprehension of human nature. 

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In the long river of cultural development of the Indian, Nepalese, Tibetan and Chinese civilizations, medical science stands out as a bright and shining pearl.  It embodies the rich experience and discipline developed by more than 2.47 billion persons (India, Nepal, Tibet, and China), existing on a region of the planet 6.2 million square miles in area (the USA is only 3.5 million square miles in area), and represents more than five thousand years of every day "clinical trials", understanding and effort against disease and suffering.  Placing this time-tested wisdom and knowledge in the context of the United States of America - the foremost leader in modern science and technology - enables us to continue moving forward towards a bright future.  We can make happen this future by seeing the limits of both modern and age-old paradigms and concepts while integrating the best proven methods of both the old and the new. 

Our aim is to realize, through the medium of study of the Indo-Sino-Tibetan healing arts, the worthy ideal of making a significant contribution to the betterment and spiritual, mental and physical body prosperity of humanity and all living beings.

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The Bodhisattva Way of Relieving Living Beings of Sicknesses and Sufferings

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The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute and its parent, the Medicine Buddha Healing Center, teaches a path of physical and spiritual cultivation that involves benefiting, rescuing, and enlightening both oneself and all beings.  The Bodhisattva Way is the foundation of the Great Vehicle (Mahayana) Buddhist teaching and bases itself on the Five Vast Vows:

1.     Living beings are boundless, I vow to save them all.

2.     Afflictions are endless, I vow to cut them all off.

3.     Dharma-doors are infinite, I vow to study them all.

4.     The Buddha Way is unsurpassed, I vow to realize it.

5.   I vow to be reborn by Lotus-bloom transformation in this very next life in Amitabha Buddha's Land of Utmost Happiness
to study the Bodhisattva Path, and to then return to this Saha Land to rescue living beings more than Ganges River sands.

 

Om Namo Amitabha 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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One of our two main Ayurvedic Professors and Practitioners and a Himalayan Herbalist, Rev. Michael Reid Kreuzer, D.Ayur, Ph.D. was formally trained in a 6-Year Apprenticeship in the USA and India with world-famous Indian Ayur-Vedic Doctor, Dr. Vasant Lad, B.A.M.S. (graduated 1964), M.A.Sc. (post graduate degree 1974), from Pune, India with 33 + years of clinical experience in Indian Medicine. A 1998 graduate of the Ayurvedic Institute’s Ayurvedic Studies Program, since 1999 Michael continued his advanced “Gurukula” clinical study, where he has clinically observed his teacher Dr. Lad, treating over 1900 patients in the San Francisco Bay Area, India and New Mexico. Michael was honored to served on the faculty at the Institute where he taught Ayurvedic Materia Medica and Tibetan Medicine Seminars. Michael’s 8 years of diligent scholarship included Indo - Sino - Tibetan Medicine theory and two intense Tibetan Ayurvedic Medicine study trips to H.H. the Dalai Lama’s Tibetan Medicine & Astro Institute in the Himalayas (tibetan-medicine.org), where Michael studied with Tibetan Vaidya Dr. Kelsang Dorje. In the year 2000, Michael was one of the first Himalayan Ayurvedic Herbalists to be awarded Diplomate of Ayurveda (D.Ayur) by the American Ayurvedic Association. Michael's primary Buddhist healing practice is chanting Buddhist mantras such as this Medicine Buddha Mantra, the Great Compassion Mantra and the Shurangama Mantra so as to potentize the complementary medicine therapies of Ayur-veda, panchakarma, ayurvedic herbal medicine, Ayurvedic aromatherapy, chromotherapy and ayur-vedic nutrition based on the ancient Indian Ayur-Veda teachings of the Maharishi Charaka, Sushruta and Vagbhata, and Patanjali Yoga.

 

Sincerely,

Ven. Losang Jinpa, D.Ayur, M.A.H., Ph.D

Co-Founder, Director

Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute (Medicine Buddha Healing Center)

mkreuzer@ayurveda-california.com

 


 

[1] Bodhisattva means “a living being with a great mind for ‘the Path’… and with a resolution to save both oneself and others from cyclical suffering caused by the karma of the three poisons of greed, hatred, and ignorance.

 

 

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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.

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Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute is a  non-profit 501(c)3 educational project of
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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