Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

a. Required Modules

M1: Philology and Methods

M2: Textual Hermeneutics

• 140128 UE [ en ] Candrakirti's Madhyamakavatarabhasya
• 140181 UE [ en ] Reading selected discourses of the Mahaparinirvana-sutra in Mahayana

b. Alternative Required Module 3

APM3a: Introduction to an Additional Language of the Cultural Area of Buddhism

APM3b: Advanced Philology

• 140164 UE [ bo en ] Advanced Modern Tibetan I
• 140166 UE [ bo en ] Advanced Modern Tibetan II
• 140299 UE The Therigathas together with their Atthakatha Selected for an Introduction to Pali

c. Required Modules

M4: Special Lecture on Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

• 140122 VO [ en ] Reevaluating the significance of Mahayana sutra literature in Buddhist studies - with a focus on their methodologies

M5: Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Tibet and Buddhism I

• 140154 SE [ en ] SE-MATB

M6: Literature, History, and Culture of Tibet and Buddhism

• 140144 SE Meditation and Philosophy in Late Indian Mahayana-Buddhism

M7: Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Tibet and Buddhism II

d. Master-Module

M8: Master's Colloquium in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

M9: Master's Thesis in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

M10: Master's Examination in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies