This School gives special emphasis to the study of Buddhist ideas and values in relation to other philosophical and religious traditions. The wider social-historical-cultural contexts of the development of Buddhist traditions are examined through an innovative and interdisciplinary curriculum. The School fosters critical thinking and explores the wider cultural and historical contexts of Buddhism in different regions of Asia. The academic study of Buddhism, Philosophy, and Comparative Religions incorporates the study of textual and archaeological sources, and it supplements it with the historical and philosophical study of different forms of Yoga from the Indus Valley to the present times.
The dynamics of the spread of Buddhist ideas, art, literature; archaeology of key Buddhist sites across Asia; the study of primary texts, inscriptions, and Buddhist art and other artefacts; the comparison of and interactions between various religious and philosophical traditions of Asia; and the theory and methods of the study of religious, philosophical, and Yoga traditions constitute some of the focus areas of the School. The modern manifestations of Buddhism and Yoga traditions and their contemporary relevance could also be areas examined at the school.
This School inspires collaborative research and teaching and engages in a wide range of interdisciplinarity. Graduates in this School will be eligible for employment in Regional Studies, Area Studies, Religious Studies, Yoga Studies organizations that work with intercultural and multi-cultural issues. Training in Buddhist, Religious Studies, Yoga, and Philosophy imparts transferable interdisciplinary skills enabling graduates to pursue careers in varied fields such as in Indology, Philology, Buddhology, Comparative Linguistics, Archaeology, other than opening up professional avenues as Museum curators, Archivists/Librarians, Commentators on Tantra and Yoga, Peace Activists, Cultural Administrator, and so on.
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