RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Špirk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Jan Trtílek (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Timetable of Seminar Groups
RLB53/Kombi01: Fri 12. 3. 10:00–11:40 J22, Fri 9. 4. 10:00–11:40 J22, Fri 7. 5. 10:00–11:40 J22, L. Bělka
RLB53/Prez01: Mon 12:00–13:40 J21, L. Bělka
Prerequisites (in Czech)
( RLA10 Buddhism I && RLA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLKA10 Buddhism I && RLKA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    The course is taught once in two years.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2019
    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Martin Špirk, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Sedlářová
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Timetable
    Fri 15. 3. 16:00–17:40 G23, Fri 12. 4. 16:00–17:40 G23, Fri 10. 5. 16:00–17:40 G23
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I && RLA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLKA10 Buddhism I && RLKA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    The course is taught once in two years.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2018
    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Martin Špirk, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Timetable
    each odd Monday 15:50–17:25 G31
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I && RLA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLKA10 Buddhism I && RLKA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    The course is taught once in two years.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2017
    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Martin Špirk, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Timetable
    Fri 10. 3. 15:50–17:25 pracovna, Fri 7. 4. 15:50–17:25 pracovna, Fri 5. 5. 15:50–17:25 pracovna
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I && RLA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLKA10 Buddhism I && RLKA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    The course is taught once in two years.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2016
    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Martin Špirk, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Timetable
    each even Monday 15:50–17:25 B2.24
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I && RLA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLKA10 Buddhism I && RLKA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    The course is taught once in two years.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2014
    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant), PhDr. Mgr. Eva Lukášová, Ph.D. (deputy)
    Guaranteed by
    doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Timetable of Seminar Groups
    RLB53/P: each even Monday 14:10–15:45 G24, L. Bělka
    RLB53/K: Fri 10. 10. 10:50–12:25 M24, Fri 7. 11. 10:50–12:25 M24, L. Bělka
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    (( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
      not specified
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    Study Materials
    The course is taught once in two years.
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2013
    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Guaranteed by
    doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Timetable
    each even Monday 12:30–14:05 J22
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    The course is taught once in two years.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2011
    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Guaranteed by
    doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Timetable
    each even Tuesday 14:10–15:45 J21
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    The course is taught once in two years.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2009
    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Kryštof Trávníček (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Timetable of Seminar Groups
    RLB53/P: Tue 10:00–11:35 zruseno D22, L. Bělka
    RLB53/K: Fri 27. 2. 10:00–11:35 J31, Fri 27. 3. 10:00–11:35 J31, Fri 24. 4. 10:00–11:35 J31, L. Bělka
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    The course is taught once in two years.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2007
    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Helena Svatoňová
    Timetable
    Fri 16. 3. 16:40–18:15 zruseno D21, Fri 20. 4. 16:40–18:15 zruseno D21, Fri 18. 5. 16:40–18:15 zruseno D21
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( Rel10 Buddhism I || RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( Rel11 Buddhism II || RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Literature
    • Žagabpa Cipön Wangčhug Dedän (Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa)(2000) Dějiny Tibetu. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny.
    • Kolmaš Josef et al. (1996) Svět tibetského buddhismu. Praha: Slovart.
    • Sönam Gjalcchän (1998) Zrcadlo králů. Tibetská kronika 14. století. Praha: Vyšehrad.
    • kol. (1999) Pravda o Tibetu, fakta a svědectví. Praha: Lungta.
    • Kolmaš Josef (1995) Buddhistická svatá písma. Šestnáct arhatů. Praha: Práh.
    • Tändzin Gjamccho (14. dalajlama) (1990) Úvod do buddhismu. Praha: Buddhistická společnost, (vyšlo i druhé vydání).
    • Slobodník Martin (1996) Tibet. Bratislava: Fidat.
    Assessment methods (in Czech)
    Podmínky zkoušky a kolokvia: referát odevzdaný v písemné podobě.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Study Materials
    The course is taught once in two years.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2006
    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Timetable
    Wed 8:20–9:55 B11
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( Rel10 Buddhism I || RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( Rel11 Buddhism II || RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
    Syllabus (in Czech)
    • Kurz podává přehled severního buddhismu. Cílem kursu je seznámit posluchače s periodizací historického vývoje jednotlivých tibetských škol, od jejich vzniku po současnost. Šíření severního buddhismu mimo Tibet (Ladak, Bhútán, Nepál, Čína, Mongolsko, Burjatsko). Podrobně je probírán současný stav buddhismu v uvedených zemích.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2003
    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( Rel10 Buddhism I || RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( Rel11 Buddhism II || RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Literature
    • Žagabpa Cipön Wangčhug Dedän (Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa)(2000) Dějiny Tibetu. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny.
    • Kolmaš Josef et al. (1996) Svět tibetského buddhismu. Praha: Slovart.
    • Sönam Gjalcchän (1998) Zrcadlo králů. Tibetská kronika 14. století. Praha: Vyšehrad.
    • kol. (1999) Pravda o Tibetu, fakta a svědectví. Praha: Lungta.
    • Kolmaš Josef (1995) Buddhistická svatá písma. Šestnáct arhatů. Praha: Práh.
    • Tändzin Gjamccho (14. dalajlama) (1990) Úvod do buddhismu. Praha: Buddhistická společnost, (vyšlo i druhé vydání).
    • Slobodník Martin (1996) Tibet. Bratislava: Fidat.
    Assessment methods (in Czech)
    Podmínky zkoušky a kolokvia: referát odevzdaný v písemné podobě.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2025

    The course is not taught in Spring 2025

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Martin Špirk, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Matouš Vencálek
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I && RLA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLKA10 Buddhism I && RLKA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Course is no more offered.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2026

    The course is not taught in Spring 2026

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Martin Špirk, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Matouš Vencálek
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I && RLA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLKA10 Buddhism I && RLKA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Course is no more offered.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2025

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2025

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant), PhDr. Mgr. Eva Lukášová, Ph.D. (deputy)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    (( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    Course is no more offered.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2024

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant), PhDr. Mgr. Eva Lukášová, Ph.D. (deputy)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    (( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    Course is no more offered.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2024

    The course is not taught in Spring 2024

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Martin Špirk, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Matouš Vencálek
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I && RLA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLKA10 Buddhism I && RLKA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    Course is no more offered.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2023

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2023

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant), PhDr. Mgr. Eva Lukášová, Ph.D. (deputy)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    (( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    Course is no more offered.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

    logo image
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2023

    The course is not taught in Spring 2023

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Martin Špirk, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Matouš Vencálek
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I && RLA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLKA10 Buddhism I && RLKA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2022

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2022

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant), PhDr. Mgr. Eva Lukášová, Ph.D. (deputy)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    (( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2022

    The course is not taught in Spring 2022

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Martin Špirk, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Matouš Vencálek
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I && RLA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLKA10 Buddhism I && RLKA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2021

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2021

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant), PhDr. Mgr. Eva Lukášová, Ph.D. (deputy)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    (( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2020

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2020

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant), PhDr. Mgr. Eva Lukášová, Ph.D. (deputy)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Sedlářová
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    (( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2020

    The course is not taught in Spring 2020

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Martin Špirk, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Sedlářová
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I && RLA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLKA10 Buddhism I && RLKA11 Buddhism II ) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2019

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2019

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant), PhDr. Mgr. Eva Lukášová, Ph.D. (deputy)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Sedlářová
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    (( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2018

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2018

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant), PhDr. Mgr. Eva Lukášová, Ph.D. (deputy)
    Guaranteed by
    Mgr. Jana Valtrová, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Sedlářová
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    (( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2017

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2017

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant), PhDr. Mgr. Eva Lukášová, Ph.D. (deputy)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    (( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakyapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Learning outcomes
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • define basic forms of religious life in Tibet and understand its basic concepts
  • know the history of Tibetan Buddhism and its Buddhist schools
  • describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist).
    • Syllabus
    • Introduction. Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources.
    • Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet.
    • Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849).
    • Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641).
    • Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950).
    • Bön. Life and work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, first followers.
    • Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava.
    • Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition.
    • Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature (tantras), basic teachings.
    • Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa.
    • Traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva).
    • Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20th – 21st centuries.
    Literature
      required literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
    • KAPSTEIN, Matthew. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Ladislav Stančo. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2011, 328 s. ISBN 9788024732688. info
    • POWERS, John. Úvod do tibetského buddhismu. Translated by Dušan Zbavitel. Revidované vydání. Praha: Beta, 2009, 470 stran. ISBN 9788073063887. info
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Archaická tibetská literatura : (7.-10. století). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 166 s. ISBN 9788021063587. URL info
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts
    Assessment methods
    Colloquium
    Written test based on the required reading, lectures, and presentations (100 points, the minimum of 60 points is required to pass the test). Test represents 100% of overal evaluation in the course.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2016

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2016

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant), PhDr. Mgr. Eva Lukášová, Ph.D. (deputy)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    (( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism ) || JAP149 Buddhism: Teaching&Practice
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
      not specified
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    Study Materials
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

    logo image
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2015

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2015

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant), PhDr. Mgr. Eva Lukášová, Ph.D. (deputy)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    (( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )) || ( RLA21 Buddhism || RLKA21 Buddhism )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
      recommended literature
    • BEROUNSKÝ, Daniel. Tibetské představy o zásvětí. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 118 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7069-1. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
      not specified
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information about innovation of course.
    This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

    logo image
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2015

    The course is not taught in Spring 2015

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Guaranteed by
    doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2014

    The course is not taught in Spring 2014

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Guaranteed by
    doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2013

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2013

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2012

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2012

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2012

    The course is not taught in Spring 2012

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Guaranteed by
    doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2011

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2011

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2010

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2010

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    doc. PhDr. David Václavík, Ph.D.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2010

    The course is not taught in Spring 2010

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2009

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2009

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    At the end of the course students should be able to:
    define basic forms of the religious life in Tibet
    define basic Tibetan Boodhist schools (sects)
    describe basic works about Tibetan Buddhism (both Buddhist and Buddhologist)
    describe basic examples of the Tibetan Buddhism (an historical overview).
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, class discussions, reading of texts, homeworks
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) active attendance on the lectures.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2008

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2008

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic concepts of the Tibetan Buddhism as well as be able to know relevant historical data.
    Syllabus
    • (0) Introduction. (1) Literary sources, Western and Czech and Slovak Buddhology and Tibetan studies, Internet sources. (2) Tibet - the people and the land. Basic geography and ethnography. Ethnic and political Tibet. (3) Tibet - religious and political history I (Warlords: years 634-849). (4) Tibet - religious and political history II (Buddhist revolution: years 850-1641). (5) Tibet - religious and political history III (Rule of the Dalai Lamas: years 1642-1950). (6) Bön. Life nad work of the tradition founder Shenrab Mibo, origin of the teachings, firts followers. (7) Nyingmapa. Origin of the first (non-reformist) Tibetan Buddhist traditio. Life and work of the tradition founder Padmasambhava. (8) Kagyupa. Life and work of the tradition founder Tilopa; continuation of the tradition. (9) Sakyapa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries, Sakyapa literature(tantras), basic teachings. (10) Gelugpa. Origin of the tradition, first monasteries - Kadampa; Life and work of the tradition founder Congkhapa. (11) Traditiona Tibetan Buddhism outside Tibet: Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). (12) Tibet in the modern history and Tibetan Buddhism in the West: 20-21 centuries.
    Literature
    • ŽAGABPA, Cipön Wangčhug Dedän. Dějiny Tibetu. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2000, 428 s. ISBN 80-7106-410-6. info
    • Pravda o Tibetu :fakta a svědectví. Edited by Ľubomír Sklenka, Translated by Lucie Ryntová. 1. české vyd. Praha: Lungta, 1999, 107 s. ISBN 80-902650-0-6. info
    • GJALCCHÄN, Sönam. Zrcadlo králů : tibetská kronika 14. století. Translated by Josef Kolmaš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1998, 337 s., 8. ISBN 80-7021-273-X. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef, BSTAN-'DZIN-RGYA-MTSHO, Dušan ZBAVITEL and Ivana GROLLOVÁ. Svět tibetského buddhismu. Photo by Pavol Breier - Zdeněk Thoma - Josef Ptáček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brabapress 93, 1996, 141 s., [4. ISBN 80-85871-88-2. info
    • KOLMAŠ, Josef. Buddhistická svatá písma :šestnáct arhatů. 1. vyd. V Praze: Práh, 1995. ISBN 80-85809-23-0. info
    Assessment methods
    Colloquim requirements:
    (a) written essay;
    (b) written test.
    Lectures, class discussion, homeworks, reading; final written test, final discussion.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2008

    The course is not taught in Spring 2008

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Helena Svatoňová
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( Rel10 Buddhism I || RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( Rel11 Buddhism II || RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Literature
    • Žagabpa Cipön Wangčhug Dedän (Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa)(2000) Dějiny Tibetu. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny.
    • Kolmaš Josef et al. (1996) Svět tibetského buddhismu. Praha: Slovart.
    • Sönam Gjalcchän (1998) Zrcadlo králů. Tibetská kronika 14. století. Praha: Vyšehrad.
    • kol. (1999) Pravda o Tibetu, fakta a svědectví. Praha: Lungta.
    • Kolmaš Josef (1995) Buddhistická svatá písma. Šestnáct arhatů. Praha: Práh.
    • Tändzin Gjamccho (14. dalajlama) (1990) Úvod do buddhismu. Praha: Buddhistická společnost, (vyšlo i druhé vydání).
    • Slobodník Martin (1996) Tibet. Bratislava: Fidat.
    Assessment methods (in Czech)
    Podmínky zkoušky a kolokvia: referát odevzdaný v písemné podobě.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2007

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2007

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Mgr. Pavel Šindelář, Ph.D. (assistant)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( Rel10 Buddhism I || RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( Rel11 Buddhism II || RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
    Syllabus (in Czech)
    • Kurz podává přehled severního buddhismu. Cílem kursu je seznámit posluchače s periodizací historického vývoje jednotlivých tibetských škol, od jejich vzniku po současnost. Šíření severního buddhismu mimo Tibet (Ladak, Bhútán, Nepál, Čína, Mongolsko, Burjatsko). Podrobně je probírán současný stav buddhismu v uvedených zemích.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2006

    The course is not taught in Spring 2006

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Helena Svatoňová
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( Rel10 Buddhism I || RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( Rel11 Buddhism II || RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Literature
    • Žagabpa Cipön Wangčhug Dedän (Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa)(2000) Dějiny Tibetu. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny.
    • Kolmaš Josef et al. (1996) Svět tibetského buddhismu. Praha: Slovart.
    • Sönam Gjalcchän (1998) Zrcadlo králů. Tibetská kronika 14. století. Praha: Vyšehrad.
    • kol. (1999) Pravda o Tibetu, fakta a svědectví. Praha: Lungta.
    • Kolmaš Josef (1995) Buddhistická svatá písma. Šestnáct arhatů. Praha: Práh.
    • Tändzin Gjamccho (14. dalajlama) (1990) Úvod do buddhismu. Praha: Buddhistická společnost, (vyšlo i druhé vydání).
    • Slobodník Martin (1996) Tibet. Bratislava: Fidat.
    Assessment methods (in Czech)
    Podmínky zkoušky a kolokvia: referát odevzdaný v písemné podobě.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2005

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2005

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. Daniel Berounský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( Rel10 Buddhism I || RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( Rel11 Buddhism II || RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
    Syllabus (in Czech)
    • Kurz podává přehled severního buddhismu. Cílem kursu je seznámit posluchače s periodizací historického vývoje jednotlivých tibetských škol, od jejich vzniku po současnost. Šíření severního buddhismu mimo Tibet (Ladak, Bhútán, Nepál, Čína, Mongolsko, Burjatsko). Podrobně je probírán současný stav buddhismu v uvedených zemích.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Spring 2005

    The course is not taught in Spring 2005

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. PhDr. Luboš Bělka, CSc. (lecturer)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Mgr. Helena Svatoňová
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( Rel10 Buddhism I || RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( Rel11 Buddhism II || RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    Course objectives
    The course offers an outline, history and presence of Northern (Tibetan, Vajrayana) Buddhism which is sometimes called by an outdated term Lamaism. The first lectures inform about the history and presence of academic Buddhology, Tibetanistic literature in Czech and other languages, including information on the internet. Follows information about periods in the historical, cultural and religious development of respective Tibetan traditions (or orders, sometimes called schools or sects) from their establishment up to the present time. In the main part of the course students gain the historical and factual outline of the political and religious history of Tibet. Some space is devoted to the aspects of life and culture in Tibet. Attention is paid mainly to individual Buddhist orders and pre-Buddhist traditions: Bön, Nyingmapa, Kagyupa, Sakjapa and Gelugpa. The course brings also basic information on the spread of traditional Tibetan Buddhism outside the Tibetan territory (Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh, Mongolia, Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva). The conclusion of the course is the modern history of Tibet (19th and 20th centuries) as well as the phenomenon of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
    Literature
    • Žagabpa Cipön Wangčhug Dedän (Tsepon W. D. Shakabpa)(2000) Dějiny Tibetu. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny.
    • Kolmaš Josef et al. (1996) Svět tibetského buddhismu. Praha: Slovart.
    • Sönam Gjalcchän (1998) Zrcadlo králů. Tibetská kronika 14. století. Praha: Vyšehrad.
    • kol. (1999) Pravda o Tibetu, fakta a svědectví. Praha: Lungta.
    • Kolmaš Josef (1995) Buddhistická svatá písma. Šestnáct arhatů. Praha: Práh.
    • Tändzin Gjamccho (14. dalajlama) (1990) Úvod do buddhismu. Praha: Buddhistická společnost, (vyšlo i druhé vydání).
    • Slobodník Martin (1996) Tibet. Bratislava: Fidat.
    Assessment methods (in Czech)
    Podmínky zkoušky a kolokvia: referát odevzdaný v písemné podobě.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.

    RLB53 Tibetan Buddhism

    Faculty of Arts
    Autumn 2004

    The course is not taught in Autumn 2004

    Extent and Intensity
    1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
    Teacher(s)
    doc. Daniel Berounský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
    Guaranteed by
    prof. PhDr. Dušan Lužný, Dr.
    Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
    Contact Person: Lucie Čelková
    Prerequisites (in Czech)
    ( Rel10 Buddhism I || RLA10 Buddhism I || RLKA10 Buddhism I ) && ( Rel11 Buddhism II || RLA11 Buddhism II || RLKA11 Buddhism II )
    Course Enrolment Limitations
    The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

    The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
    Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
    fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
    there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
    Syllabus (in Czech)
    • Kurz podává přehled severního buddhismu. Cílem kursu je seznámit posluchače s periodizací historického vývoje jednotlivých tibetských škol, od jejich vzniku po současnost. Šíření severního buddhismu mimo Tibet (Ladak, Bhútán, Nepál, Čína, Mongolsko, Burjatsko). Podrobně je probírán současný stav buddhismu v uvedených zemích.
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further Comments
    The course is taught once in two years.
    The course is taught every week.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.
    • Enrolment Statistics (recent)