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Scholarly and Philosophical events in Triratna

Mon, 15 Jul, 2019 - 09:41

Scholarly and Philosophical events in Triratna

Mon, 15 Jul, 2019 - 09:41

Some information on two scholarly and philosophical events coming up in our Triratna Buddhist community:

Triratna Scholars Network study retreat Sunday 15 Dec–Thursday 19 Dec 2019 at Adhisthana (ending after lunch on the Thursday), led by Sāgaramati, Dhīvan and Śraddhāpa. Please book through the Adhisthana website, or contact Dhivan (thomas [at] dhivan.net) with questions. Open to Order members and mitras. The theme will be:
Early Perfection of Wisdom. The Aṭṭhakavagga or Chapter of the Eights, from the Sutta Nipāta of the Pāli canon, presents an early version of...
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Advanced Pali reading course

Fri, 21 Jun, 2019 - 12:56

Advanced Pali reading course

Fri, 21 Jun, 2019 - 12:56

(Posted on behalf of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies:)

This summer, Prof. Gombrich will run another Advanced Pali reading course in Oxford in August. The dates for this course are as follows: arrive Wednesday evening, 14th August, depart Friday morning 23rd August. There will be no class on Sunday 18th August. This course will be unlike the introductory course.  It will mainly consist of reading texts together in class.  This year that will include poetry and commentaries; some texts will be distributed in advance.

As in previous years,...
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Online Pāli School

Thu, 6 Oct, 2016 - 11:17

Online Pāli School

Thu, 6 Oct, 2016 - 11:17

Prof Richard Gombrich is running another of his online Pāli schools, this coming 7–26 November, recommended as an introduction to the Pāli language. Full details at http://ocbs.org/courses/pali-online-school/.
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2016 E-learning Course on Asian Buddhist Women

Tue, 16 Feb, 2016 - 11:58

2016 E-learning Course on Asian Buddhist Women

Tue, 16 Feb, 2016 - 11:58

Once again, Ven Anālayo has organised an online lecture course, this year on the theme of ‘Asian Buddhist Women’. Last year’s lectures were very informative and often interesting, bringing scholars from around the world into our living rooms via the internet. The whole course is without charge. Here are the details:

‘The Numata Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Hamburg, in cooperation with the Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts, offers an E-learning Course on Asian Buddhist Women. The course consists of...
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Women in Early Buddhism

Fri, 20 Feb, 2015 - 10:27

Women in Early Buddhism

Fri, 20 Feb, 2015 - 10:27The Numata Centre for Buddhist Studies at Hamburg University is offering a free online lecture study course on Women in Early Buddhism. This will offer top-class scholarship on an important and developing topic. See
http://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/E-Learning-Bhikkhuni.course_bh…
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Fri, 14 Sep, 2012 - 17:45

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Fri, 14 Sep, 2012 - 17:45

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