LANGUAGE COURSES

English for Dharma Purposes

The English for Dharma Purposes program empowers monastics to develop their English-language skills through the lens of the Dharma. This program serves as a foundation for monastics who wish to contribute to the urgent effort to translate Tibetan texts and provide skillful Dharma teachers globally.

This unique three-year residential program provides a foundation of language and skills for Dharma service in the world. Communication skills, including listening and reading comprehension, speaking, and writing, are developed under the guidance of our team of qualified English teachers who are skilled at tailoring their teaching methods to serve the Dharma community. For the monastics, most of whom are learned lopons and khenpos, studying English gives them the opportunity to transmit their knowledge and experience of Dharma to a new audience.

Students practice conversation in natural settings, take field trips to sacred and historical Buddhist sites, make Dharma presentations, and experience innovative teaching methods. In our community environment, students live, eat, and work with native English-speakers, which include teachers, volunteers, and guests. Students who join SINI's EDP program may further progress to different specializations: translation studies, advanced academic English studies, and Dharma teaching and humanitarian work.

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