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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Important dates

Course Commencement Date

Start Date : 15 Jan, 2025

End Date : 30 Apr, 2025

Enrollment Date

End Date : 28 Feb, 2025

Certificate Exam Date

Start Date : 18 May, 2025

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 750yesCentral Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath

The fees for the course Buddhist Philosophy is -

HeadAmount in INR
Exam feesRs. 750

The Syllabus

  • Diverse Philosophical views at the time of the Buddha
  • Life and the major Philosophical Views of the Buddha
  • The Buddhist Doctrine of no-self (Anattā)

  • The Law of Dependent Origination (Pratītyasamutpāda) and Twelve Links (Dvādasa Nidāna)
  • The Concept of Nirvāṇa and the Path leading to Nirvāṇa
  • The Buddha’s Social Philosophy: A Critique of the Caste System and a Move towards Gender Equality

  • Schools of Buddhism: Continuity and Harmony
  • Sarvāstivāda (Vaibhāṣika) and Sautrāntika : Chief Tenets
  • Buddhist Abhidharma according to Vasubandhu: Skandha, Āyatana and Dhātu

  • Ācārya Dharmakīrti on Momentariness: A Brief Exposition
  • Yogācāra Vasubandhu’s arguments for Mind-only thesis
  • The Doctrine of Variegated Non-dual Consciousness (Citrādvaita-vāda)

  • Vasubandhu's Doctrine of Three Natures
  • The problem of other minds: Dharmakīrti and Ratnakīrti

  • Nāgārjuna's argument in Vigrahavyāvartanī
  • Nāgārjuna's Position in Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
  • The Mādhyamika doctrine of Emptiness (Śūnyatā)

  • Prāsaṅgika and svātantrika approaches to Mādhyamika philosophy
  • Nāgārjuna’s socio-political thought in Ratnāvali
  • Candrakīrti’s Introduction to Mādhyamika Philosophy

  • Buddhist Epistemology in juxtaposition with Nyāya
  • Pramāṇa-samplava and Pramāṇa-vyavasthā

  • Diṅnāga and Dharmakīrti on perception and pseudo-perception
  • Diṅnāga’s theory of inference (1)
  • Diṅnāga’s theory of inference (2)

  • Fallacies: of Thesis, Proofs and Instance according to Diṅnāga
  • Dharmakīrti on Prameya and Pramāṇa

  • Transition from Diṅnāga to Dharmakīrti: Part I: Inference for Oneself
  • Transition from Diṅnāga to Dharmakīrti: Part II: Inference for others
  • Buddhist Approach to Language

  • Buddhism Beyond Religion: Some Modern Approaches
  • Buddhism and modern values

  • The concept of Engaged Buddhism
  • Secularist Trends in Modern Buddhism 35.  Buddhist Feminism

  • His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama as a Modern Buddhist Leader
  • Thich Nhat Hanh’s approach to Buddhism

  • Vipassanā-centric Contemporary Approach to Buddhism: S. N. Goenka
  • Sangharaksita’s approach to Buddhism 40.  B. R. Ambedkar’s interpretation of Buddhism

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