BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY: A Year In-Depth with Professor Jay Garfield

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Picture spending a year delving into Buddhist philosophy with one of the most renowned experts on it, Professor Jay Garfield.

Imagine a world where these profound teachings are at your fingertips, supporting your spiritual journey as you study at your own pace.

Visualize having direct access to this timeless wisdom whenever you seek guidance.

Can you envision it? 

We could, which is why we created the Wisdom Experience. Designed to bring Buddhists practitioners, scholars, and the curious even closer to the heart of the Buddha’s teachings, a membership to the Wisdom Experience means stepping into a world where profound wisdom is accessible, where community thrives, and where your journey on the path is nurtured and celebrated.

Our Buddhist Philosophy: A Year In-Depth with Professor Jay Garfield program within our In-Depth membership takes that even further and provides a year of comprehensive Buddhist philosophy. And our non-profit mission means we’re committed to reinvesting every membership contribution into sharing the Dharma, supporting teachers, and expanding our library of exceptional Buddhist content. By becoming a member, you become a vital part of this process. Continue reading to explore everything our Buddhist Philosophy: A Year In-Depth with Professor Jay Garfield entails, or simply click “Join” to embark on this transformative path now.

Discover a deeper learning experience and go even further into Buddhist philosophy.

The Wisdom Experience is pleased to announce the early launch of our new membership, In-Depth. Can you envision where you could be in your practice or studies after spending a year delving into one topic and exploring it across traditions while being lead by an expert on the subject? Through your In-Depth membership, you can do just that. We’ve developed a program as part of your membership that is specifically designed to help you spend the next year with Jay diving deeply into a comprehensive study of Buddhist philosophy.

*By joining the Buddhist Philosophy program are NOT locked into these four courses. Should wish to change any, or all, of the courses and select a different course from the Wisdom Experience Course Catalog you may do so by emailing us at [email protected].

This program will provide you with a thorough understanding of Buddhist philosophy across time and traditions.

When you sign up for your In-Depth membership, you’ll embark on an extraordinary journey with renowned philosopher, translator, and author Professor Jay Garfield as he guides you through the rich philosophical fabric of Buddhist thought that has evolved over two and a half millennia, within a variety of cultures, epochs, and geographies. You’ll come away with a clear, unified vision of Buddhist philosophy across traditions and a greater understanding of the texts, scholars, and practices that make up these expansive traditions.

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Wisdom is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which means we’re committed to reinvesting every membership contribution into sharing the Dharma, supporting teachers, and expanding our library of exceptional Buddhist content. By becoming a member, you become a vital part of this process. Thank you for supporting our mission to share the Dharma!

*By joining the Buddhist Philosophy program are NOT locked into these four courses. Should wish to change any, or all, of the courses and select a different course from the Wisdom Experience Course Catalog you may do so by emailing us at [email protected].

Meet Your Teachers

Jay Garfield is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Logic Program and of the Five College Tibetan Studies in India Program at Smith College; Visiting Professor of Buddhist Philosophy at Harvard Divinity School; Professor in the graduate faculty of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts; Professor of Philosophy at Melbourne University; and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies. He teaches and pursues research in the philosophy of mind, foundations of cognitive science, logic, philosophy of language, Buddhist philosophy, cross-cultural hermeneutics, theoretical and applied ethics, and epistemology. He is the author, editor, and translator of several books on these subjects, most recently The Essential Jewel of Holy Practice, a co-translation of verses written by Patrul Rinpoche (Wisdom 2017).

Guy Newland  co-teachers the Wisdom Academy Course The Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma. He is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Central Michigan University, where he has taught since 1988. He has authored, edited, and translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism, including the three-volume translation of The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment and Introduction to Emptiness. In recent years he has expanded his teachings at Dharma centers to include the topics of death, dying, and grief; he is the author of A Buddhist Grief Observed (Wisdom 2016).

¹ In-depth members have access to exclusive video content such as multiple 8-week retreats with Lama Alan Wallace, one-day retreats, concerts, etc. They also have access to our entire catalog of movies and documentaries, lecture series, Thupten Jinpa’s Masterclass: The art of Translating Tibetan, and more.
² Wisdom Academy Courses are created by the Wisdom Academy, on branch of Wisdom, and are their own unique products. Newly released courses from Wisdom Academy are not included in the offering for In-depth members.
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