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The Institute of Buddhist Studies also offers six certificate programs which may be completed concurrently within a degree program to focus one’s studies and certify competence in a particular field of study, or may be completed as stand-alone programs: Certificate in Buddhist Studies (online) Certificate in Shin Buddhist Studies (online)
The curriculum is divided in accordance with the four main geographical areas within which Buddhist studies originate: South and Southeast Asia, Inner Asia, East Asia, and Pan-Asian Buddhist Culture. Within this curriculum, classes on the history, philosophy, culture, practice, art, literature, etc., are offered to students. Annually, famous ...
The Royal Dhamma Studies Office at Wat Bowonniwet Vihara The logo of the Thai Sanam Luang Dhamma Studies Examination Board. The Royal Dhamma Studies Office [1] (Thai: สำนักงานแม่กองธรรมสนามหลวง) or The Sanam Luang National Dhamma Studies Examination Curriculum is a three tier system used throughout Thailand for training in theoretical ...
The college offers Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctoral programs in Buddhist Studies conducted in English language. The programs are focused on studying Pali language and Pali literature although main schools of Mahayana Buddhism are also studied within the curriculum.
Students also study Classical Chinese and Sanskrit, thereby familiarizing themselves with the original languages of many of the texts they are studying. [15] The MA in Buddhist Classics is a two-year program focusing on primary Buddhist texts and equipping students with skills in language and hermeneutics. For language study, students may ...
The college offers two master's degrees—an M.A. in Buddhist Studies, and a Master of Divinity. The M.A. consists of 2–3 years of full-time study, culminating in a thesis or final exam. The Master of Divinity program is a 3-5 year program, depending on the rate of study, oriented towards in-depth spiritual development and professional ...
Shedra is a Tibetan word (Tibetan: བཤད་གྲྭ, Wylie: bshad grwa) meaning "place of teaching" but specifically refers to the educational program in Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and nunneries. It is usually attended by monks and nuns between their early teen years and early twenties.
In 2016, the Central Government, on the advice of the University Grants Committee (UGC), declared that the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (CIBS), Choglamsar, Leh (Ladakh) was ‘deemed to be university’ [4] for the purpose of the UGC Act, 1956, but provisionally for a period of five years under the de novo category, from the date the CIBS disaffiliated its courses / programmes from ...