这门课程不定时开设。学生需要向宗教研究系研究生部询问所开设课程的内容。

在所有的藏传佛教宗派中 – 宁玛派、噶举派、萨迦派、格鲁派 – 其修行主要可分为经和咒两道。所有这四派都有介绍经和咒的文典。本课程将概观有关经的最详细的指南:《菩提道次第广论》。它是由格鲁派创始人宗喀巴大师(1357-1419)所造。同时还将参照其它宗派相应的典籍。这本论著覆盖了为三类根性(下根、中根和上根)的人修行的三种道路，以及对止和观的分别处理。

天城体字母和书写体、连声法（内部和外部）、数字（序数和基数）、现在陈述句中词干动词变格I至X、元音变换、前缀和后缀、元音、辅音词尾的三性的名词和代词的变格形式、梵语合释介绍（相违释、依主释、持业释、有财释、邻近释等）、名词、形容词、副词、关系代词及无语尾变化词、过去被动分词、反身语态动词形式、被动语态结构、未来时、不定式、祈使句、祁使语态和祈愿语态。派生动词、未完成过去式、条件时态、未来时、位格和属格独立结构、未来被动分词（动形词）、现在分词、所有格和名词后缀、过去主动分词。

天城体字母和书写体、连声法（内部和外部）、数字（序数和基数）、现在陈述句中词干动词变格I至X、 元音变换、前缀和后缀、元音、辅音词尾的三性的名词和代词的变格形式、梵语合释介绍（相违释、依主释、持业释、有财释、邻近释等）、名词、形容词、副词、 关系代词及无语尾变化词、过去被动分词、反身语态动词形式、被动语态结构、未来时、不定式、祈使句、祁使语态和祈愿语态。派生动词、未完成过去式、条件时 态、未来时、位格和属格独立结构、未来被动分词（动形词）、现在分词、所有格和名词后缀、过去主动分词。

The course is designed to give an understanding of historical and philosophical significance of the Madhyamaka system of Nāgārjuna. The emphasis will be on understanding the philosophy of emptiness by reading the Mūlamadhyamaka-kārikā of Nāgārjuna.

The doctrine of the ālaya-vijñāna is one of the most important and distinguishing doctrines of the Yogācāra. This course focuses on the early Indian development of the doctrine. Its main content includes:

The course will consist of a study of the following themes : (1) the literary and philosophical treatises of such authors as Asvaghoṣa, Āryadeva, Asańga, Nāgārjuna, Vasubandhu, etc. (2) Prajñāpāramitā literature : its origin and development ; life and teachings of the Buddha as represented in works such as Buddhacarita, Mahāvastu, Lalitavistara, Saddharmapuṇḍarīka and the Avadāna Literature; Bodhisattva concept and the related notions as found in Jātakamālā, Bodhicaryāvatāra, Bodhisattvabhūmi, Samādhirāja Sūtra and Raṣtrapālaparipṛccha; a brief introduction to the Dhāraṇīs and Tantras.

A historical and critical survey of the origin and development of Pāli literature. An introduction to Theravāda Tipiṭka, with an emphasis on a historical survey of the division of the Buddha’s Teachings into Tipiṭaka, aa the system of transmission of the Tipiṭaka from time to time, structure and main points of the Tipiṭaka. Special topics in Vinaya, Suttanta and Abhidhamma Piṭaka are included.

The purpose of this course is to increase students’ familiarity with Pāli idiom. It enables them to understand the Buddhist Sūtras compiled in Pāli. The course is devoted to the understanding and translating of selected Pāli Sūtras and to build up sufficient vocabularies for the students along with improved understanding of the grammar.

The Buddha’s teachings recorded in the Pāli literature will be the main focus on this study. Attention is drawn to the definition of Theravāda Buddhism and the differences existing between Theravāda Buddhism and Early Buddhism, Early Buddhism and Pāli Buddhism. Candidates are expected to study the basic concepts of Theravāda Buddhism in comparison with the concepts of early Indian culture.