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Program Structure

One textbook-based diploma organized into three six-month stages.

The 2026-2027 academic plan moves from Citta, Cetasika, and Pakinnaka to Vithi, Vithimutta, and Rupa, then to Samuccaya, Paccaya, and Kammatthana.

Academic Rhythm

Each level keeps the same pattern: teaching months, revision pressure, then one formal promotion examination.

First Level

May to October 2026

Students read Citta, Cetasika, and Pakinnaka during the teaching months, build their first Abhidhamma glossary, and sit the first promotion examination in October 2026.

Second Level

November 2026 to April 2027

Students enter Vithi, Vithimutta, and Rupa, compare more difficult doctrinal relationships, and sit the second promotion examination in April 2027.

Third Level

May to October 2027

Students complete Samuccaya, Paccaya, and Kammatthana, bring earlier learning together, and finish the full diploma course in October 2027.

Level-by-Level View

Each level carries its own doctrinal sequence, study habit, and examination point.

Level 1

Citta, Cetasika, and Pakinnaka form the first disciplined reading of Fundamental Abhidhamma.

Level 1 trains new students to read key Abhidhamma categories carefully, distinguish consciousness from mental factors, and build the vocabulary needed for later levels.

Teaching runs from May to September 2026, followed by the first promotion examination in October 2026.
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Level 2

Vithi, Vithimutta, and Rupa develop the student’s analytical reading of process and matter.

Level 2 helps students follow cognitive process, process-freed states, and material phenomena with greater precision, comparison, and exam readiness.

Teaching runs from November 2026 to March 2027, followed by the second promotion examination in April 2027.
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Level 3

Samuccaya, Paccaya, and Kammatthana complete the full diploma sequence.

Level 3 gathers the major doctrinal categories, conditional relations, and meditation foundations so students can finish the course with integrated understanding.

The third-level course runs from May to October 2027, and successful completion leads to the Abhidhamma Diploma under University of Abhidhamma.
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