Course Content:

• The development and its implication of Buddhist thoughts over time from the era of Shakyamuni Buddha, through the Buddhist sectarian period, and onto the formation of three distinctive thought schools in Mahayana Buddhism.

• The exploration of the teaching of Emptiness.

• The study of major Prajnaparamita scriptures-sutras and sastras.

Date and Time

Dates:

2021 First Semester(12 sessions): September 11, 18, 25; October 2, 16, 23, 30; November 6, 13, 20; December 4, 11

2022 Second Semester (12 sessions): February to mid-May (TBC)

Time:

Saturdays, 1:00PM – 3:00PMET / 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT

Description

• This course is offered online. Participants must have access to computers or electronic devices with internet connection.

• Participants will be contacted and receive course-related information before the course starts.

• This course is offered free of charge. Voluntary donations to support the Centre will be highly appreciated.

Registration

• Registration is open for up to two weeks after the course start date. Any request to join the program after the cut off date will not be accepted.

• If a participant has more than 3 absences in the first semester (2021), they will not be able to continue in the 2ndsemester in 2022.

• All lectures are offered in Mandarin with simultaneous interpretation into English.