Buddhist Summer School

Kagyu E-Vam Buddhist Institute (University College, University of Melbourne)

Course 1: Sudden and Gradual Approaches to Enlightenment
Course 2: Contemporary Zen
Course 3A: Living in the Face of Death
Course 3B: The Four Diamond Blades of Tantric Presence
Course 4: Myth, Metaphor, and Meditation
Course 5: The Ways of Korean Zen
Course 6: The Pureland Amita Buddha
Course 7: The Fetters that Bind the Insights that Free
Course 8A: How to Practice All the Buddhist Yanas ("vehicles")
Course 8B: The Heart of Perfect Wisdom (Heart Sutra explained)

• Short description of each module

A rich tapestry of different Buddhist traditions and practices has been woven by various Asian cultures around the essence of the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, who lived 2,500 years ago. The enduring nature of Buddhism is symptomatic of its purity and integrity as a spiritual discipline and remains contemporary in its methods of self-development.

Over the past several decades, Westerners have begun to learn from and participate in this diversity and essence. As part of its commitment to disseminate the Buddhist teachings, Kagyu E-Vam Buddhist Institute conducts the annual Buddhist Summer School as a vehicle of inquiry and learning.

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The popularity of the Buddhist Summer School is a mark of the developing range and depth of interest in Buddhism among Australians. This is reflected in enrollments of over 20,000 since the inception of the event in 1984. In acknowledgment of this, distinguished Buddhist scholars and teachers from around Australia and overseas are hosted. In this the sixteenth Buddhist Summer School (1999), a stimulating variety of courses in both theoretical and experiential Buddhism was offered, as well as meditation instruction based on a number of Buddhist traditions.

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University College
University of Melbourne
College Crescent, Parkville
Melbourne, Australia