PPT-Introducing Tibetan Buddhism

Chapter 8 Tibetan Buddhism as practical religion Main topics covered Introduction Practical religion in Indian Buddhism Practical religion in Tibet Lamas monks and monasteries as fields of karma. The “middle way of wisdom and compassion”. A 2500 year old tradition that began in India and spread and diversified throughout the Far East. A philosophy, religion, and spiritual practice followed by more than 300 million people. Chapter . 10: . Tibetan Buddhism, . women . and . gender. Main topics covered. . Introduction. Gender in Tibetan . society. Women’s religious roles within Indian Buddhism. Women religious roles within Tibetan Buddhism. Chapter 6:. Ethics and Tibetan Buddhism. Main topics covered. Introduction. Bases for Buddhist ethics. Alternative moral dimensions in Tibetan Buddhist society. Historical dimensions. Key points 1. Chapter . 7:. Lamas and . other religious practitioners. Main topics covered. Lamas and lay practitioners. The two propagations of the teachings. Hereditary lamas. Visionary lamas (. tertön. ). Reincarnate lamas. Engagements with Social Justice: . A . comparison . between . exiled . Tibetan Buddhists . in . Dharamsala. . and . Dalit. Buddhists of . Pune. .. Tamsin. Bradley & Zara Ramsay. Focus on two Indian locations: . The “middle way of wisdom and compassion”. A 2500 year old tradition that began in India and spread and diversified throughout the Far East. A philosophy, religion, and spiritual practice followed by more than 300 million people. Chapter 5:. Tibetan Buddhism as a system of knowledge. Main topics covered. . Introduction. Basic understandings of the universe. The Indian monastic universities, their curriculum and its adoption by the Tibetans. One of the world’s most complex religions. Tibetan Buddhism. It borrows from many faiths.. It is practiced at many levels.. It evolves.. It has no definitive canon of scriptures. . It has many branches and spokespersons. . Chapter 2:. The development of Buddhism in Tibet. Main topics covered. . Indian Buddhism and the transmission of Buddhism to Tibet. The establishment of Buddhism in Tibet and the development of the main Buddhist traditions of Tibet. Chapter . 8:. Tibetan Buddhism as . practical religion. Main topics covered. Introduction. Practical . religion . in Indian Buddhism. Practical . religion . in Tibet. Lamas, monks and monasteries as fields of karma. Chapter . 7:. Lamas and . other religious practitioners. Main topics covered. Lamas and lay practitioners. The two propagations of the teachings. Hereditary lamas. Visionary lamas (. tertön. ). Reincarnate lamas. Chapter 5:. Tibetan Buddhism as a system of knowledge. Main topics covered. . Introduction. Basic understandings of the universe. The Indian monastic universities, their curriculum and its adoption by the Tibetans. Chapter 11:. The Bon religion of Tibet. Main topics covered. Introduction. Yungdrung Bon. Bonpo narratives and teachings. Bonpo history and the relationship with Buddhism. The history of . Bon . Chapter 12:. Tibetan Buddhism today . and tomorrow. Main . topics covered. Introduction. Tibetan Buddhism in the People’s Republic of China. Tibetan Buddhism in the Himalayas and the Tibetan . diaspora.