Venerable Geshe Thupten Dorjee

Spring 2007 Classes

HUMN 3923H (Honors Humanities Colloquium): Tibetan Philosophy and Culture
Course Number: 15287
Instructor: Venerable Geshe Thupten Dorjee

Until the time of the Chinese invasion in the 1950’s, Tibet had maintained
one of the richest cultural and religious traditions in the world. Now,
with many of its citizens living in exile, Tibetans have been striving to
maintain abroad the same traditions that were native to their
homeland. This course will examine many of those traditions and offer the
student a unique opportunity to participate in them under the guidance of
an extraordinary teacher: a Tibetan Buddhist monk who has received the
highest degree awarded by an Indian institution in Buddhist studies and
who has passed examinations administered by His Holiness the Dalai
Lama. Students will not only learn about the major traditions of Tibetan
Buddhism from an acknowledged authority, but they will also have an
opportunity to participate in many of the activities that are central to
the culture. Students, for example, will construct a simple sand mandala
as well as work side-by-side with Geshe Dorjee in preparing authentic
Tibetan cuisine. Students will also study Tibetan chanting and construct
simple religious objects, such as the prayer flag, while gaining an
understanding of the place each of these objects occupies in the Tibetan cosmology.

 

PLSC 400V(Course Number 15288) /HIST 398V (15371)
Mahatma Gandhi and the Dalai Lama: The fate of non-violence in the 21st Century
Course Number: 15371
Tuesday, 6-8:50 PM
MAIN 319

Taught by Geshe Thupten Dorjee, a Tibetan Buddhist monk, this course will examine the history of
non-violence in the 20th-century as well as the philosophy’s relevance for our own century. 
The readings will be drawn from the work of Mahatma Gandhi,
the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King, Jr.

To enroll, sign up for PLSC 400V or HIST 398V and enter “3” for three hours of credit.