The curriculum consists of four years of study. The TBI offers one course per year, with 2023-2024 covering year one’s books. For convenience, we refer to them as year one through four, but students may enter the course in any year. Completing the course involves successfully completing four years of studies that cover the curriculum of all four years.
The book list for all four years can be seen on the DTO’s website. Following is the year one list:
Curriculum Year 1
Primary Books
- Old Path, White Clouds
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Buddha
- Karen Armstrong
- Heart Of The Buddha’s Teachings
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- The Four Noble Truths
- Ajahn Sumedho
- The Noble Eightfold Path
- Bikkhu Bodhi
- A Concise History Of Buddhism
- Andrew Skilton
- History of Vietnamese Buddhism
- A handout that will be made available
- Zen Keys
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Women In Buddhism
- Diana Y. Paul
Supplemental Texts (Subject to revision)
- The Tree of Enlightenment
- Peter Della Santina
- The Miracle of Mindfulness
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- Peace is Every Step
- Thich Nhat Hanh
- The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path
- Sangharakshita