This “Dhamma Studies: The Fundamentals” course, based on the curriculum of the Thai Nak Tham standardized exams, leads students through a stepwise enumeration of groups of Dhammas similar to that found in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. The Course is broken up into Eight Units with each unit providing enough material for a suggested two weeks of in-depth study resulting in a four-month introductory syllabus. Each Unit features numbered lists of Dhammas in progressive ordering. Thus, Unit 1 contains several Dhamma lists featuring, two, then three items. Unit 2 features further Dhamma lists of three and four items, etc. The course discussion forum hosted through Discord can be reached through the link to the right.

Unit 1.1

Groups of Two

• I – Mindfulness and Clear Comprehension (sati & sampajañña)
• II – Protectors of the World (hiri & ottappa)
• III – Graceful Dhammas (khanti & soracca)
• IV – Rare People (pubbakārī and kataññūkatavedī)
• V – Wholesomeness and unwholesomeness (Kuala and akusala)

Groups of Three

• I – The Three Gems (Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha)
• II – The Three Characteristics (aniccatā; dukkhatā; anattatā)
• III – The Three Trainings (sīla; samādhi; paññā)