This course is oriented towards reading Tibetan Buddhist texts and literature. It uses Tokmé Zangbo’s famous 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva (རྒྱལ་སྲེཨ་ལག་ལེན་སོ་བདུན་མ།) as the basis for developing familiarity with Tibetan grammar and developing reading skills. Interesting and important grammatical points are explained in the context of specific passages. Opening and closing chants are done in Tibetan. Students are encouraged to practice reading aloud to learn the rhythms and feel of the phrasing of the language and train in the traditional discipline of jor-lo (sbyor klog) — “reading the connections.”

Faculty: Mark Seibold

Dates and Times: Monday mornings September 20 – December 6, 2021, from 8:30am – 10:00am Pacific time.

Prerequisites: Students who did not take Semester 1 of Reading Tibetan Buddhist Literature or who did take it but did not fill out a Tibetan Language Evaluation are required to complete that evaluation.  Instructor’s permission is required to take this course.