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

Spiritual Mission of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute

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The mission of the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute is to teach the sagely Bodhisattva Path of Ayurveda, the ancient Science of Self Healing, using a traditional Buddhist-Vedic-Yogic approach including the sister disciplines of Sanskrit, Yoga, Vipassana and Buddhism.  Our style of teaching comes from the time-honored oral tradition of Asia.  Our educational approach is one that integrates modern multimedia (Internet and CD-based audio-video) distance learning (for those wanting such an option), with an array of well chosen textbooks and learning aids, combined with the option of in-person classroom-based instructor-led learning and clinic-based traditional apprenticeship where the student learns with the teacher who shares knowledge and experiences that aid the student in developing a theoretical framework and essential practical knowledge of Ayurveda.

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Our aim is to immerse the student in the principles and practices of Buddhist Ayurveda that, when integrated into one's lifestyle, bring peace and harmony to the body, mind and spirit.  The traditional Buddhist-Vedic-Yogic teaching style utilized is founded on self-awareness and growth through daily spirituality.  The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute is dedicated to creating a nurturing fun environment in which our students can discover the freedom to learn and make choices that encourage self healing and bring one into balance with the universe in which she or he lives.  The goal being to create grounded compassionate and skillful healers committed to relieving the suffering of all living beings, from the individual, to the family, the community, the nation, the Planet, even to the entire Universe (the Dharma Realm).

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Before us lie uncharted worlds of opportunity for healing individuals, the community, the nation and the planet.  As a premiere learning enterprise, the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute must be the bridge between old and new, between East and West, that provides open access to intellectual challenge, self-discovery, and fulfillment of dreams.  Students pursue their quests for lifelong learning through high quality, affordable education.  Students benefit from a caring approach to teaching and learning that provides personal attention and encourages individual growth.  Through their education at the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute, students are empowered with leading-edge knowledge and skills for their healing journeys into tomorrow.

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The Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute was established to carry out its non-profit religious purpose as stated in the notarized founding Articles of Association and Organization of the Medicine Buddha Healing Center.  These can be summarized as:
 

1.  To systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to the society at large and to educate all people in the techniques of spiritual life and to “be” peace in the world.

2.  To provide religious and educational training in Ayurvedic-Buddhist-Yogic-Vedic culture for its members and society at large, and to grant Buddhist Ayurveda religious degrees (with optional ordination ceremonies) for completion of training and merit to qualified Pastoral Counselors (Ministers).

3.  To promote religious tolerance -- the right of people to hold religious beliefs that are strange to us, without hindrance, or oppression. To this end, the Ayurveda Healing Arts Institute supports the Creed of the United Religions Initiative (www.URI.org):