June 17 – July 30, 2010 (6 weeks)
Includes 4 days of Orientation

This intensive Sanskrit course is designed for beginning students with no prior knowledge of Sanskrit. The program provides a thorough grounding in the basics of Sanskrit, including a complete introduction to Sanskrit grammar. As such the course provides a strong foundation for the reading of Buddhist Sanskrit literature.

June 17 – July 30, 2010 (6 weeks)
Includes 4 days of Orientation

This program is offered for beginning students with no prior study of Nepali. It is designed to both facilitate and accelerate the study of colloquial Nepali for students and researchers in Nepal, and for anyone simply wishing to communicate directly with the Nepali people. The six week program will provide students with a basic command of spoken Nepali and elementary reading skills. It will also provide an essential foundation for further independent studies, research and field visits.

Includes 4 days of Orientation

This program is a full immersion into the theory and practice of Buddhism. In the unique setting of a Buddhist monastery and a traditional retreat center, students are introduced to both classical Buddhist scholarship and meditation training. In this way, the course offers students firsthand experience with many key aspects of Buddhist training, which are otherwise rarely accessible to lay-students.

 

We welcome William Waldron (Middlebury College, USA) as our main course instructor for this Summer 2010.  Professor Waldron teaches courses on the South Asian religious traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism, Tibetan religion and history, comparative psychologies and philosophies of mind, and theory and method in the study of religion. His publications focus on the Yogacara school of Indian Buddhism and its dialogue with modern thought. Professor Waldron has been teaching at Middlebury College since 1996.