• Introduction to Vinaya both as Theory and Practice

• Study of the various parts of the Vinaya as rules of Moral Discipline

• Vinaya as "The Life blood of Dhamma"

• Importance of disciplined conduct in Theravada.

• The background stories of Vinaya rules reveal their spiritual importance.

• The practical Handbook called Patimokkha as the essential core of the monastic discipline.

• Violation of monastic conduct in the form of the seven 'Offences - apattis'

• A general review of the concept of Sikkhapada - Vinaya discipline and apattis their violations.

• Sutta pitaka uses conventional languages to enunciate and practice the Dhamma as distinct from Abhidhamma's non-conventional, paramattha ultimate terms.

• Introduction to the SuttanataPitaka and how it differs from the Vinaya and Abhidhamma Pitakas.

• Dhammacakkapavatana Sutta - Basic teaching of the Buddha on four Noble Truths.

• Topics of Dhammacakkappavattana sutta. The two extremes.

• The Middle Path was distinct from the two extremes.

• The Three phases and twelve ways of the Wheel of truth Sutta.

• Digha, Majjhima, Kuddaka, Anguttara, SamyuttaNikayas-study of selected suttas

Introduction to the Abhidhamma Pitaka and how it is distinct from Vinaya and Sutta Pitakas. The distinction between pannatti (conventional) and paramattha (ultimate) dhammas. The various categories of analysis of paramatthaCitta, consciousness analyzed into 89 or 121 states Cetasikas constitute mental factors of consciousness. What is cetasika. The four characteristics of cetasika as it functions as an associate of citta. What is the nature of Citta (interpretation). How to associate citta and cetasika dhammas - sampayoga. How cetasikas are associated with cittas - sahagata. How cetasikas function as associates of a citta.

Introduction to the Abhidhamma Pitaka and how it is distinct from Vinaya and Sutta Pitakas. The distinction between pannatti (conventional) and paramattha (ultimate) dhammas. The various categories of analysis of paramatthaCitta, consciousness analyzed into 89 or 121 states Cetasikas constitute mental factors of consciousness. What is cetasika. The four characteristics of cetasika as it functions as an associate of citta. What is the nature of Citta (interpretation). How to associate citta and cetasika dhammas - sampayoga. How cetasikas are associated with cittas - sahagata. How cetasikas function as associates of a citta.

• The significance of the 3 Ratanas, The three ways of paying homage.

• The highest attributes of the threefold refuge.
• The basic concepts that everyone should understand. What is wholesome, (Kusala), unwholesome, (Akusala) - Good and Bad, they are the actual qualities and knowledge.

• The ten meritorious and the ten de-meritorious actions form one's conduct, thus making life upward-moving or downward-moving the mental development.

• The threefold basic principle : Dana, Sila, Bhavana and Sila, Samadhi, Panya

• The ten perfections - Paramis.

• Understanding the significance of kamma and its result in life

• The common pali sutta chanting and elaboration of these chanting

• Four sublime states - Brahma Viharas - Metta, Karuna, Mudita, Uppekkha How to radiate and how they differ from each other.

• Benefits of meditation in Theravada Buddhism

• Samatha and Vipassana Meditation.

• Meditation and its 40 subjects.

• Buddha's birth and early life

• Various early life events - Mahabhinikkhamana

• Buddhas' struggle for enlightenment - 6 years of penance

• The basic fallacies of self-mortification and sensual indulgence.

• The struggle for Enlightenment - Bodhi a detailed study

• Setting in motion the Wheel of Truth - Dhammacakkappavattana

• The spreading of the Dhamma - Establishment of Sangha

• Formation of the holy order of Nuns - Bhikkhunis

• The Great Demise - Mahaparinirvana.

• To learn pali canonical language

• Pali Grammar

• Pali language history

• Pali literature
• Pali works