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Learning Strategies to Best Support Contemporary Buddhist Monastic Teachers
In today’s complex socio-religious landscape, Dharma centers and traditional monastic communities face challenges in how best to present the teachings.
Supporting the Next Generation: Applied Studies & Monastic Teacher Training Programs
SINI’s newest initiative, the Applied Studies Program, empowers monastics to create or direct their own project in areas of interest to them. Select students are invited to submit a project proposal in order to receive mentorship, collaboration, and modest seed...
New Friends for the Colloquial and Classical Tibetan Courses
Franziska Oertle (Switzerland), Juan Garcia (Columbia), Anastasia Stoliarova (Russia) Lhakpa Tsering (India) and many native-speaking Tibetan tutors are working together across time zones and countries to offer the wonderful Colloquial Tibetan program. Since starting...
English for Dharma Purposes Begins a New Chapter
We are excited to have completed the first year of our EDP Program using SINI’s own EDP curriculum and textbook. SINI’s Associate Director of the English for Dharma Purposes Program and textbook series author, Eden Merritt, completed the EDP Year One Textbook earlier...
An Update on the Kagyur Karchag Project
By Patrick Dowd When I arrived to SINI's Summer Program in Manali, both students and staff overwhelmed me with kindness and hospitality; I drank more cups of tea in the past week than I have in the preceding year. More importantly, I feel like I stepped into a vast,...
New Classical Tibetan Reading & Pronunciation Practice Course
Sun Jul 3, 2022 — Sun Aug 28, 2022 We are pleased to announce our new program, Classical Tibetan Reading & Pronunciation Practice. In 9 weekly online sessions, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of pronunciation according to a central Tibetan dialect....
New Colloquial Tibetan Online Classes Starting in September 2022
The Heart of Tibetan Language Online Colloquial Tibetan Language Courses We offer 2 course options to fit different learning styles. Both provide students with a solid foundation of Colloquial Tibetan. Ms. Giraffe Track (7-month intensive course) Ms. Giraffe is a...
2022 Yeshe De Text Offering
This year’s offering, while more modest in size than our usual distribution, provides a glimpse of the breathtaking scope of the Tibetan text tradition. Authors from four major Tibetan schools are included, including the collected works of the brilliant 19th-century...
33rd Nyingma Monlam World Peace Ceremony
February 12th marked the successful conclusion of the 33rd Nyingma Monlam World Peace Ceremony, founded by Tarthang Tulku. Learn more about the history of this auspicious event, the texts distributed this year, and food offerings made to local residents in Bodhgaya.A...
Classical Tibetan Language Pilot Classes
We are pleased to announce that SINI is in the early stages of developing a new classical Tibetan language department and offer the following upcoming pilot classes.
Upcoming Programs and New Courses
We are happy to announce new dates for Manjushri Namasangiti Global Sanskrit Chanting program and The Four Noble Truths Online Seminar.