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Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
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English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Important dates
Course Commencement Date
Start Date : 15 Jan, 2025
Certificate Exam Date
Start Date : 18 May, 2025
Courses and Certificate Fees
The fees for the course Buddhist Philosophy is -
Head | Amount in INR |
Exam fees | Rs. 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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