Bachelor degree / Eastern philosophy.

Curriculum :

FIRST YEAR:

Intensive learning of English - 2 modules
Intensive learning of Chinese - 3 modules
Buddha Sakyamuni, his life and his teaching - 4 modules
Meditation by the Rector - 3 modules
Buddhist logic (pramanavarttikam of Dharmakirti) - 5 modules

SECOND YEAR :

Buddhist meditation in theory and practice.
(2 hours per week: 2hrs / w)

Introduction to Buddhism ( how to teach common Buddhist lessons) ( 2 hrs/ w)

The research methodology on buddhism.( 2 hrs/ w)

History of buddhism in India.( 2 hrs/ w)

History of buddhism in China and Tibet.( 2 hrs/ w) 

History of Buddhism in the world (Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Tibet, South East Asia, Europe, America, Australia, Africa) (10 hrs /w)

History of Indian  philosophy including Islam.(2 hrs/ w)

History of Chinese and Tibetan philosophies(excluding Buddhism)
(2 hrs/ w)

THIRD YEAR :

History of Indian Buddhist philosophy.(2 hrs/ w)

History of Chinese and Tibetan Buddhist philosophies.(2 hrs/ w)

Essentials of the Agama Sutra.(1 hr/ w)

Essentials of Buddhist studies.(2 hrs/ w)

Essentials of Buddhist rules and disciplines.(2 hrs/ w)

The different schools of Indian Buddhism.(2 hrs/ w)

Brief overview of the different schools of Chinese Buddhism.
(2 hrs/ w)

 

4rth Year :

The origin of the Sunyata school after the Agama Sutra, The Mahaprajna Paramita Sutra, the Diamond Sutra, the Platform of the 6th Patriarch Sutra.( 1 hr/ w)

Essentials of the Mahaprajna Paramita Sutra ( The buddha’s teaching on the true nature of the phenomena ). ( 1 hr/ w)

The buddhist view on the true nature of the phenomena after the Mahaprajna Paramita texts.( 2 hrs/ w)

Buddhist logic (Nyayadvaratarkasastra  and Madhyamikakarika)
( 4 hrs/ w)

Buddhist phenomenology  after the consciousness school.( 1 hr/ w)

Introduction to phenomenology after the consciousness school.
( 4 hrs/ w)

The phenomenology ( as of the form ) of the consciousness school.
( 2 hrs/ w)

The True Permanence school after the Surangama Sutra, the Perfect Enlightenment Sutra and The awakening of faith on Mahayana.
( 4 hrs/ w)

Tathagatha garbha : The hidden buddhahood. ( 2 hrs/ w)

Buddhist Centre Management ( 2 hrs/ w)

Languages :( every year students are expected to learn French and one classic language such as Pali or Sanskrit):             French, Pali, Sanskrit, Classic Chinese, Tibetan and Japanese.

The Eastern philosophies Bachelor Degree course lasts 4 years. During their 1st year, students are expected to learn mainly English and Chinese ( so that they may follow later the lectures directly in these two languages) while taking other subjects of the above curriculum. Details of the subjects will be advised by the teaching staff at a later stage.