Graduate Programs : Department of Central Eurasian Studies

Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC)		Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies (SRIFIAS)		Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR)		Summer Language Workshop (SWSEEL)

Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center (IAUNRC)

Sinor Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies (SRIFIAS)

Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region (CeLCAR)

Summer Language Workshop (SWSEEL)

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The History of Buddhist Tantra in Tibet
CEUS-R 379/579
Lobsang Tenzin

Course objectives

This course will introduce Students to the Tantric tradition in Tibet, how it spread, who spread it and how it this particular tradition came to be identified as one of the most important components of the Buddhist tradition Tibet inherited from India. Students will learn about the main lineages of Tantric tradition and its most well-known practitioners.

Requirements: 1 midterm, 1 final, and one short two-page essay (undergraduates only) and one ten-page paper (graduates only).
Undergraduates and Graduates will have separate examinations.