MAITRIPA COLLEGE COURSE CATALOG 2020 – 2021 ACADEMIC YEAR Maitripa College is a non-profit corporation authorized by the State of Oregon to offer and confer the academic degrees described herein, following a determination that state academic standards will be satisfied under OAR 583-030. Inquiries concerning the standards or school compliance may be directed to the Office of Degree Authorization, Higher Education Coordinating Commission, 3225 25th Street SE, Salem, OR 97302. TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................ 1 THE MISSION ....................................................................................................................... 1 THE VISION .......................................................................................................................... 1 THE EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY ......................................................................................... 2 DEVELOPING THE WISDOM TO SUSTAIN COMPASSION ................................................................ 2 STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM ................................................................................... 2 OUR HISTORY ...................................................................................................................... 3 FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION ................................................................ 4 ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE ............................................................................................. 4 BOARD OF TRUSTEES .............................................................................................................. 4 SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR .............................................................................................................. 4 PRESIDENT ............................................................................................................................. 4 FACULTY ................................................................................................................................. 5 ADJUNCT FACULTY .................................................................................................................. 5 ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................................................... 5 PRIMARY CONSULTANTS .......................................................................................................... 5 ACADEMIC CALENDAR ................................................................................ 6 FALL 2020.................................................................................................... 6 SPRING 2021 ................................................................................................ 6 SUMMER 2021 ............................................................................................... 6 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS................................................................................ 7 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES ......................................................................................... 7 DEGREE STUDENTS ............................................................................................................... 7 FULL-TIME DEGREE STUDENTS ............................................................................................ 7 PART-TIME DEGREE STUDENTS ........................................................................................... 8 CONTINUING EDUCATION STUDENTS .................................................................................. 8 VISITING RESEARCH PROFESSOR ........................................................................................ 8 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS ............................................................................. 9 ARP502 ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT – I (2 CREDITS) .......................................... 9 ARP504 ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT – II (2 CREDITS) ........................................ 9 CS002 COMPASSIONATE SERVICE: BUILDING BRIDGES (1 CREDIT).......................... 9 CS003 COMPASSIONATE SERVICE: CONFLICT AND DIVERSITY, WISDOM AND METHOD (1 CREDIT) .................................................................................................. 10 Maitripa College Course Catalog 2020-2021 iv CS009 INTERFAITH LITERACY AND LEADERSHIP: A PERSPECTIVE AND TOOLS FOR OUR TIMES (1 CREDIT) ......................................................................................... 10 CS104 ETHICS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM: BASIC GOODNESS AND SERVICE ON THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT (1 CREDIT) ............................................................... 10 CS301 FOUNDATIONS OF BUDDHIST SERVICE (2 CREDITS) ................................... 10 CS302 FINDING YOUR VOICE: COMMUNICATION AND CONTEXTS (2 CREDITS) ........... 10 CS303 CHAPLAINCY AND MODELS OF SPIRITUAL CARE (2 CREDITS)........................ 11 CS304 SERVANT LEADERSHIP IN BUDDHIST/SPIRITUAL COMMUNITIES (2 CREDITS) 11 CS500 FIELD EDUCATION PLACEMENT (3 CREDITS) ............................................. 11 CST001 WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE SERVE: PERSONAL THEOLOGY AND FOUNDATIONS OF ENGAGEMENT (1 CREDIT) ............................................................................ 11 CST131R CONTEMPLATIVE CARE AND COUNSELING SKILLS (1 CREDIT) ................... 12 CST132R TOPICS IN CHAPLAINCY, PASTORAL COUNSELING, AND CONTEMPLATIVE CARE AS SERVICE (1 CREDIT) .................................................................................. 12 CST135 SPIRITUAL AND PASTORAL CARE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE (1 CREDIT) ....... 12 CST142R SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP AND APPLIED BUDDHIST THEOLOGY (1 CREDIT) .... 12 CST237 SURVIVAL AND LIBERATION: THE COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRAUMA AND DHARMA (1 CREDIT) .................................................................... 13 CST317 EXPRESSING THE BODHISATTVA VOW THROUGH SKILLFUL RELATING: AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION (1 CREDIT) .......................... 13 CST318 COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION AND BUDDHISM (1 CREDIT) ................. 13 HIS301 HISTORY OF BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY: INDIA AND TIBET (2 CREDITS) .......... 14 HIS317 BUDDHA: STORIES, SONGS, THEORIES, DEVOTION (1 CREDIT) ................... 14 MDT301 INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST MEDITATION (2 CREDITS) ......................... 14 MDT302 TECHNIQUES OF BUDDHIST MEDITATION: THE MEDIUM AND GREAT SCOPE (2 CREDITS) ..................................................................................................... 14 MDT303 TECHNIQUES OF MEDITATION: MADHYAMAKA (2 CREDITS) ....................... 15 MDT304 MADHYAMAKA MEDITATION: PREPARATION FOR VAJRAYANA (2 CREDITS) ... 15 MDT308 TECHNIQUES OF MEDITATION: MAHAMUDRA (2 CREDITS) ......................... 15 MDT330 MEDITATIONS ON EMPTINESS (1 CREDIT) ............................................. 15 PHL301 INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHIST THOUGHT (2 CREDITS) .............................. 16 PHL302 FOUNDATIONS OF BUDDHIST THOUGHT: THE MEDIUM AND GREAT SCOPE (2 CREDITS) ..................................................................................................... 16 PHL303 MADHYAMAKA PHILOSOPHY: WHERE IS THE MIDDLE WAY? (2 CREDITS) ..... 16 PHL304 MADHYAMAKA PHILOSOPHY: A DOSE OF EMPTINESS (2 CREDITS)............... 16 PHL308 MAHAMUDRA: REALIZING THE NATURE OF MIND (2 CREDITS) .................... 17 PHL321 MINDFULNESS AND COMPASSION: MIND TRAINING (2 CREDITS) ................ 17 PHL322 THE GOOD HEART: THE SPIRITUALITY AND SCIENCE OF MOTIVATING AND SUSTAINING POSITIVE CHANGE (2 CREDITS) ...................................................... 17 PHL323 THE GOOD HEART: CULTIVATING PATIENCE AND JOYOUS EFFORT, REDUCING ANGER AND APATHY (2 CREDITS) ..................................................................... 18 Maitripa College Course Catalog 2020-2021 iiv PHL324 THE GOOD HEART: ADVICE FOR LIVING, LIBERATION, AND LEADERSHIP (2 CREDITS) ..................................................................................................... 18 PHL325 THE GOOD HEART: MIND TRAINING TO TRANSFORM OUR LIVES (2 CREDITS)18 PHL403 INTRODUCTION TO TANTRA (2 CREDITS) ............................................... 19 PHL404 FUNDAMENTALS OF THE VAJRA VEHICLE (2 CREDITS) ............................... 19 PHL450 THEORIES AND METHODS OF BUDDHIST STUDIES (2 CREDITS) ................... 19 PHL500 MASTERS THESIS/COMPREHENSIVE EXAM (4 CREDITS) ............................ 19 PHL501 MASTERS THESIS/COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS (1 CREDIT) ............................ 20 THL007 APPLIED BUDDHIST THEOLOGY: DIFFICULT TOPICS (2 CREDITS) ................ 20 THL 305 ENGAGED BUDDHISM: NON-VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN BUDDHIST THOUGHT AND PRACTICE (2 CREDITS) ............................................................... 20 THL 320 CONTEMPORARY BUDDHIST THOUGHT AND THEOLOGY (2 CREDITS) ............ 20 THL325 UNDERSTANDING WORLD RELIGIONS: CONCEPTS OF AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO JUSTICE AND PEACE (2 CREDITS) ...................................................................... 21 THL330 MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE OF WESTERN SPIRITUALITY: COMPARATIVE RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS IN THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE (2 CREDITS) ......................... 21 THL336 SKILLFUL MEANS WITH REACTIVE PATTERNS (1 CREDIT) .......................... 21 THL337 EMPATHY, LISTENING, AND MINDFUL COMPASSIONATE DIALOGUE (2 CREDITS) ..................................................................................................... 22 THL338 INSIGHT DIALOGUE: INTERPERSONAL MEDITATION (1 CREDIT).................. 22 THL339 MINDFUL COMPASSIONATE