The Online Learning Program at RYI/CBS Kathmandu University's Centre for Buddhist Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Institute is currently offering several courses online, in four different course formats.
This year’s courses include Knowledge—Root of the Middle Way (Mūlamadhyamakakārikā), an exposition of Nāgārjuna’s seminal work on Madhyamaka philosophy, the Bodhicaryāvatāra by Śāntideva, which teaches the preciousness of bodhicitta and its application in our lives, and a five-week course on Buddhist Ethics.
The two philosophy courses are taught by Jampa Donden, a Tibetan Khenpo (Professor) at Ka-Nying Shedrup Ling monastery, and the Buddhist Ethics course is taught by Prof. Stephen Jenkins of Humboldt State University. | Course Name | Course Type | Semester | Enrollment Starts | Format
Click on the links below to go to the format description | Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Part 1 Bodhicaryāvatāra
Part 1 | Philosophy | Year Round | Anytime from
July 1st 2010 *
| Self-Study | Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Part 2 Bodhicaryāvatāra
Part 2 † | Philosophy | Year Round | Anytime from
July 1st 2010 *
| Self-Study | Buddhist Ethics
| Philosophy Note: The course
runs for just five
weeks.
| Year Round
| Anytime from
July 1st 2010 *
| Self-Study
| * The Bodhicaryāvatāra (Part 1) and Buddhist Ethics will be available online August 30, 2010. † The Bodhicaryāvatāra course (Part 2) will be available online January 10, 2011. | Course Name | Course Type | Semester | Enrollment Starts | Format
Click on the links below to go to the format description | Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Part 1 Bodhicaryāvatāra
Part 1 | Philosophy | Year Round | Anytime from
July 1st 2010 *
| Self-Study Plus | Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Part 2 Bodhicaryāvatāra
Part 2 † | Philosophy | Year Round | Anytime from
July 1st 2010 *
| Self-Study Plus | * The Bodhicaryāvatāra course (Part 1) will be available online August 30, 2010. † The Bodhicaryāvatāra course (Part 2) will be available online January 10, 2011. | Course Name | Course Type | Semester | Enrollment Starts | Format
Click on the links below to go to the format description | Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Part 1 Bodhicaryāvatāra
Part 1 | Philosophy | First Semester | Enrollment open from July 1 to August 30, 2010
 | Interactive | Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Part 2 Bodhicaryāvatāra
Part 2 | Philosophy | Second Semester | Enrollment open from November 15, 2010 to January 4, 2011* | Interactive | * This option is only available to those who have successfully completed the First Semester. Course begins January 10, 2011. | Course Name | Course Type | Semester | Enrollment Starts | Format
Click on the links below to go to the format description | Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Part 1 Bodhicaryāvatāra
Part 1 | Philosophy | First Semester | Enrollment open from July 1 to August 30, 2010 
| Interactive For-Credit | Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
Part 2 Bodhicaryāvatāra
Part 2 | Philosophy | Second Semester | Enrollment open from November 15, 2010 to January 4, 2011* | Interactive For-Credit | * This option is only available to those who have successfully completed the First Semester. Course begins January 10, 2011. The courses follows RYI/CBS’s academic calendar. The Fall semester begins August 30, 2010, and the Spring semester begins Monday, January 10, 2011. Online students in the Interactive courses progress through the online course materials week by week, together with the Moderator. Online students in the Self-study courses proceed at their own pace. A trial week of each of the Khenpo’s philosophy courses is available for viewing by clicking here . Why is studying Tibetan Buddhism online with Rangjung Yeshe Institute at www.shedra.org/moodle such a good idea? See what these students of the Institute have to say, click here . For more information accessed directly from
the CBS Online Course Site,
Click Here. |
