Metyhods used in Buddhist Education - earlist known to the present and how they evolved

Methods used in Buddhist Education - Earliest known to the present and how they evolved

Chapter One : Introduction : 3

Chapter Two : Buddhist Education - An Analysis : 4

2 .1 Foundations of the Buddhism 5

2 .2 What is meant by Buddhist education ? 8

2 .3 Debate is the special characteristic of Buddhist education 11

2 .4 Present Problems faced by Buddhist Education : 13

2 .5 Current categories of Buddhism : 14

2 .6 Recent Developments : 14

Chapter Three : Conclusion 16

Chapter Four : References 18 1 . Introduction

Buddhism had its origin

in India from the 5th century BCE until the 13th Century CE when it literally extinguished from India due to invasions by Mogul and due to disciplinary degeneration in India . Tibetan recognised the 8th century Indian Padmasambhava as the nodal person to have pioneered Buddhism in Tibet . The Indian Buddhist yogi namely mahasiddha who was frequently referred as guru with the support of then ruling king Khri-srong Ide btsan [ 756-797] was able to inculcate and teach the most obscure of Tantric Buddhist ancestry to the Tibetan citizens what was turned to be the Nyingma or old school ' of Tibetan Buddhism . This ancestry was adjoined by the principal lineages in sequence namely Karma , Kagyu , Sakya and Gelugpa [Kadamba] . As these ancestry surfaced some schools emphasized mysticism and meditation and other monastic reason and discipline . [Sonia MacPherson , 1985]

Tibetan culture is exceptionally spiritual and monasticism is exclusively focusing on intellectual life . There are also nonmonastic forms of education which is based on both religious and secular . It is a fact that the classy intellectual culture that developed in the large monastic institutions has been at the center of traditional Tibetan life for century 's .Hence , a research of the ways in which Buddhist monks are being educated can offer a significant outlook of the depth and richness of Buddhist education culture . [Corless , Roger J ,1989]

This research essay makes how the significance of Buddhist monastic education by analysing its main and central practices likes memorization , the reading of commentaries and the dialectical debate For making a complete understanding the Buddhist education culture , it is essential to understand the Buddhist education which has created many intelligent Tibetan teachers who have captured the modern imagination which is nucleus to understanding Buddhism . [Davids , T . W . Rhys ,1896]

This research essay tries to portray a nostalgic and analysis of the Buddhist education which has produced many powerful minds , an expedition into the Tibetan intellectual culture and an endeavor to re-establish its dynamism

2 . Buddhist Education - An Analysis

Buddhism in Tibet can be contextualized by dividing the history of Tibetan Buddhism into four sets or parts and they are

1] Nying -ma or old school and three new schools namely

2] Sa-gya

3] Ka-gyu . These sectarian differences in Tibetan Buddhism were mainly occurred due to various occurrences in history and political development in Tibet

Further , Tibetan scholasticism can be explained by dividing the Tibetan culture into four periods

1] The first period of assimilation that was between...