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ASST 101 Buddhist Studies India Program: Elementary Hindi
An introduction to basic colloquial Hindi speaking and writing skills for everyday interactions in Northern India. Essential grammar is introduced and reviewed in morning meetings, and conversational and reading abilities are developed in afternoon practice. Students are encouraged to practice speaking and listening comprehension by conversing with Hindi speakers outside of class.
Open only to participants in OCS GEP India Program
- Fall 2025
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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ASST 101 Buddhist Studies in India Program: Elementary Tibetan
This course seeks to develop students’ level of proficiency in spoken Tibetan for basic communication, as well as the ability to read and write simple sentence constructions. Learning is grounded in written Tibetan, covering the alphabet, pronunciation, grammar, and basic vocabulary. Reading and comprehension skills are enhanced through direct translation of essential texts such as the Heart Sutra and a prayer of Manjushri. Students gain facility with spoken Tibetan through classroom drills and informal practice with Tibetans in Bodh Gaya. Students will also improve their understanding of Tibetan culture and society through this course.
Open only to participants in OCS GEP India Program
- Fall 2025
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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ASST 103 Buddhist Studies India Program: Intermediate Hindi
This course builds on the student’s previous training in spoken and written Hindi language. Students will gain the ability to initiate and sustain conversations with Hindi speakers, read and write in Hindi about personal and social situations, as well as extract the main idea and information from descriptive and narrative texts. Students will apply their language learning and deepen their understanding of Indian culture through interaction with local residents and participation in seasonal festivals and other activities.
Open only to participants in OCP GEP Buddhist Studies India Program
- Fall 2025
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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ASST 255 Buddhist Studies in India Program: Introduction to Field Methods and Ethics 4 credits
This course introduces students to the skills and ethics needed to conduct fieldwork for their independent study project in South Asia. In consultation with their adviser, students generate an independent study proposal (ISP) concerned with some aspect of Buddhist Studies (philosophy, ritual, meditation, the arts, culture, etc.) utilizing the unique resources available in India and neighboring countries. The ISP proposal outlines the topic, research methods, and resources located/developed by the student. Topics covered in the course include: introduction to research ethics; conducting a literature review; design and implementation of data collection protocols, interviewing, and survey questionnaires; summary, analysis and presentation data.
Open only to participants in OCP GEP Buddhist Studies India Program
- Fall 2025
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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ASST 319 Buddhist Studies India Program: History of South Asian Buddhism
This course provides students with an introduction to the history of South Asian Buddhism. Using primary and secondary sources and resources available to us in Bodh Gaya, we evaluate competing perspectives on the history of Buddhism and debate significant historical and ethical questions. How did Buddhism relate to other ancient Indian religions? What was the relationship between Buddhism and ancient Indian political, social, and economic structures? How did Buddhism change during its 2000 years in India? What impact did South Asian Buddhism have on the ancient and medieval world? What is the relationship between modern Buddhism and ancient Buddhism?
Open only to participants in OCS GEP India Program
- Fall 2025
- IS, International Studies No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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PHIL 318 Buddhist Studies India Program: Buddhist Philosophy
This course introduces students to major trends in Buddhist philosophy as it developed in India from the time of the Buddha until the eleventh century CE. The course emphasizes the relationships between philosophical reasoning and the meditation practices encountered in the Buddhist Meditation Traditions course. With this in mind, the course is organized into three units covering the Indian philosophical foundations for the Therav?da, Zen, and Tibetan Vajray?na traditions. While paying attention first and foremost to philosophical arguments and their evolution, we also examine the ways in which metaphysics, epistemology and ethics inform one another in each tradition.
Open only to participants in OCP GEP Buddhist Studies India program
- Fall 2025
- IS, International Studies No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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RELG 359 Buddhist Studies India Program: Buddhist Meditation Traditions
Students will complement their understanding of Buddhist thought and culture through the study and practice of traditional meditation disciplines. This course emphasizes the history, characteristics, and approach of three distinct meditation traditions within Buddhism: Vipassana, Zazen, and Dzogchen. Meditation practice and instruction is led in the morning and evening six days a week by representatives of these traditions who possess a theoretical as well as practical understanding of their discipline. Lectures and discussions led by the program director complement and contextualize the three meditation traditions being studied.
Open only to participants in OCP GEP Buddhist Studies India Program
- Fall 2025
- IS, International Studies No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.
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SOAN 322 Buddhist Studies India Program: Contemporary Buddhist Culture
This course introduces students to the complexity and plurality of Buddhist traditions that have flourished in diverse societies and cultures in the modern era. This course enables students to sympathetically understand and critically investigate various Buddhist traditions and their historically and culturally specific configurations of philosophical beliefs, cultural values, everyday practices, social institutions, and personal experiences. Focusing on Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia, Japan, and Tibet, we explore topics including syncretism and popular religion, monasticism, gender, economic development, social movements, political violence, and religious revival. Students expand their research skills in anthropology through field assignments in Bodh Gaya.
Open only to participants in OCP GEP Buddhist Studies India program
- Fall 2025
- IS, International Studies No Exploration
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Acceptance in the Carleton OCS Buddhist Studies in India program.