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"The Kadampa geshes have a saying:
'Meditating without having listened to teachings
is like someone without hands trying to climb a snow mountain.'"

Geshe Jampa Gyatso



FPMT MASTERS PROGRAM 2008
Residential and On-line Programs

•The Masters Program 2008 is an intensive Buddhist education inspired by the geshe studies programs in traditional Gelug monastic universities, and taught by a fully-qualified Tibetan teacher assisted by experienced Western staff.

• Organized by the FPMT, it is a uniquely inspiring and fulfilling way for both ordained and lay Buddhists to learn and practice the Dharma. It takes place at Lama Tzong Khapa Institute, Pomaia, Italy, in the heart of the Tuscan countryside.

• The full-time residential program Masters Program - five days a week, nine months a year - consists of six years of study and a total of one year of retreat.

• The FPMT Masters Program On-line - a distance learning program that makes use of modern internet technology - enables people to study the texts in parallel with the residential students from the comfort of their own homes.

• The Masters Program is an excellent opportunity for an in-depth study of texts related to both sutra and tantra, that is unlike any other Tibetan Buddhist education program existing today.

• The Masters Program is the culmination of the FPMT's Buddhist education program and is intended to train qualified non-Tibetan Dharma teachers.

• The course of study begins mid-January 2008 and ends mid-December 2013. Students who successfully complete the entire program and wish to obtain the final Masters Program Certificate must then pass the final comprehensive exam and complete a total of twelve months of retreat.

• Applications for admission to the residential Masters Program 2008 can be submitted up to one month prior to the beginning of each subject.


If you still have questions after exploring the information on this site, please contact the Masters Program Coordinator.