Starting from March 14, 2008
Time: 8am to 9 am
The course is specially meant for students who have either completed their elementary education in the Tibetan language or who have a strong background knowledge of Tibetan language and culture. The class is taught in Tibetan and covers a wide range of topics including Tibetan language, literature, culture, history and religion. Students, mostly graduates from colleges and universities, are introduced to a higher level of Tibetan studies. There are six different courses of two months, each with their own grammar and literature texts.
Courses
(April - May)
- Thupten Chogdup's Bod kyi sgra rig pa'i gnas la dpyod pa gsal ba'i me long.
- Gendun Choephel's Sing ga la yi lo rgyus skor.
(June - July)
- Ngulchu Yabsae's
- Legs bshad ljon dbang.
- dKa' gnad gsal ba'i me long.
- Si tu'i zhal lung.
- Zatul Ngawang Tenzin Norbu's rGyal sras lag len so bdun gyi 'grel pa gzhung dang gdams ngag zung 'jug bdud rtsi'i bum bzang
(August - September)
- Tendar Lharampa's Yi ge'i bshad pa mkhas pa'i kha rgyan.
- Chamdo Sherab's 'Bras ring chu bo dal bab.
(October - November)
- dGe 'dun chos 'phel gyi rab byed.
- Chos rgyal mya ngan med kyi lo rgyus.
(December - January 2009)
- Ngulchu Yabsae's
- Legs bshad ljon dbang.
- dKa' gnad gsal ba'i me long.
- Si tu'i zhal lung.
- Rakra Rinpoche's mKhas dbang dge 'dun chos 'phel dang mjal skabs kyi gleng mol.
Teacher
Sangye Tandar Naga holds an Acharya Degree in Buddhist Philosophy from the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies , deemed University, Varanasi . He joined the LTWA in 1991. He is the author of Bod kyi brda' sprod nagtik, a research work on Tibetan grammatical literature. He translated Gandhi's Hind Swaraj and His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Compassion and the Individual and Global Community and Universal Responsibility into Tibetan. He has also translated Muge Samten's A History of Traditional Fields of Learning into English. His research papers have been published in Tibet Journal and other Tibetan literary journals. He was the editor of the Science Journal (Tibetan) and has assisted in many workshops pertaining to Tibetan language and culture. At present, he is head of the Cultural Research and Tibetan Publication Department and the editor of Tam-Tsog (Tibetan).
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