Dipolma & B.A

Buddhist University (Mandalay & Rangon)

The aim of our Budddhist University (Mandalay & Rangon) is to teach the monks, nuns and laypeople to skilful not only in English, Pali and Sanskrit, but also in Buddhism and other religions, for both academic and missionary purposes. There are nine Departments in our Buddhist University, namely- (1) Dept. of Vinaya-pitaka, (2) Dept. of Suttanta-pitaka, (3) Dept. of Abhidhamma-pitaka (4) Dept. of Pali and Philosophy, (5) Dept. of Sanskrit and Prakrit, (6) Dept. of English, (7) Dept. of History and Philosophy, (8) Dept. of Hindi and Chinese, (9) Dept. of Buddhist Missionary. Each Department has its own Head and Assistant teachers.

We have adopted three programmers for academic and missionary purposes as shown below.

Programme III

Eight year course for Diploma, B. A. M. A

(Buddhist Missionary)

(This (second) Programme is adopted for the monks and nuns who have not passed the Pathamagyi (or matriculation) examination, and even for lay people who have little or no knowledge of Pāli and Buddhism. To let them have a good knowledge of Pāi and Buddhism, the preliminary or one-year extra course, called Basic Diploma (P.A.B. E) Course, is arranged before they are permitted (allowed) to attend the University classes proper.)

M.A Course

(5) M.A Course (fifth year)

501- - Visuddhimagga’ : Vol. l-pp. 1-370:- (i) Translation of the text; (ii) Explanation of Dhamma contained therein.

502- - ‘ History’:- History of Buddhism and Pāli literature of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

503- - ‘ Philosophy’:- (i) The four Vedas, Brāhmanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads and Vedantas; (ii) The Vedic civilization and religious thought; (iii) The Philosophical thoughts of the different schools of religion flourished in India.

Dipolma & B.A

Buddhist University (Mandalay & Rangon)

The aim of our Budddhist University (Mandalay & Rangon) is to teach the monks, nuns and laypeople to skilful not only in English, Pali and Sanskrit, but also in Buddhism and other religions, for both academic and missionary purposes. There are nine Departments in our Buddhist University, namely- (1) Dept. of Vinaya-pitaka, (2) Dept. of Suttanta-pitaka, (3) Dept. of Abhidhamma-pitaka (4) Dept. of Pali and Philosophy, (5) Dept. of Sanskrit and Prakrit, (6) Dept. of English, (7) Dept. of History and Philosophy, (8) Dept. of Hindi and Chinese, (9) Dept. of Buddhist Missionary. Each Department has its own Head and Assistant teachers.

We have adopted three programmers for academic and missionary purposes as shown below.

The method of teaching Pali

Indo-Āryan or Indian Languages comprise many different local dialects (desī-bhasā), but very close to one another. There are two main groups (or families) of Indian Languages, namely, Sanskrit and Prākrit, which are very similar to each other.