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The Open Buddhist University organizes [content from across the Web]({% link library.md %}) into free, self-directed syllabi on a variety of topics in Buddhist Studies.
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## About Our Courses
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### [The Arahant and the Four Noble Truths](https://agamaresearch.dila.edu.tw/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lectures2012.htm){:ga-event-value="0.6" data-content-authors="analayo"}
<div class="cdesc">The prequel course to Ven. Analayo's <i>Tranquility and Insight</i> course above, this 11 lecture series covers Madhyama-āgama Chapters 3 and 4, centering on the Venerable Arahants at the time of the Buddha.</div>
<div class="cdesc">Two courses introducing the Tibetan Language courtesy of the University of Toronto, taking you from identifying words all the way up to translating your first Buddhist text. <b>Note</b>: This class assumes prior comfort with <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_script">the Tibetan script</a>. If that's not you, see e.g. <i>Translating Buddhism from Tibetan</i> Ch.1–8 before taking this course.</div>
<div class="cdesc">Robert Sapolsky's classic Stanford course explains what makes people tick and should be considered required watching for anyone who interacts with humans. This lecture series would go on to become the 2017 NYT best-seller, <i>Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worse</i>.</div>
<div class="cdesc">An excellent introduction to 20th Century, American poetry from the University of Pennsylvania's graduate school, "ModPo" teaches you not just the history of the poems, but how to read them.
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This course is highly recommended for anyone who likes poetry, but who never "got" that modern stuff.</div>
### [The Making of Modern Ukraine](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNewfxO7LhBoz_1Mx1MaO6sw_){:ga-event-value="2" data-content-authors="Timothy Snyder"}
<div class="cdesc">Professor Timothy Snyder gives the deep history of Eastern Europe and the formation of the Ukrainian nation, discussing along the way the big question of why we should study history at all.
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Be sure to check out <a href="https://snyder.substack.com/p/syllabus-of-my-ukraine-lecture-class" target="_blank">the course syllabus too</a> as the readings are an important part of the course.</div>
description="The prequel course to Ven. Analayo's <i>Tranquility and Insight</i> course above, this 11 lecture series covers Madhyama-āgama Chapters 3 and 4, centering on the Venerable Arahants at the time of the Buddha."
description='Two courses introducing the Tibetan Language courtesy of the University of Toronto, taking you from identifying words all the way up to translating your first Buddhist text. <b>Note</b>: This class assumes prior comfort with the Tibetan script. If that\'s not you, see e.g. <i>Translating Buddhism from Tibetan</i> Ch.1–8 before taking this course.'
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url="https://bschawaii.org/shindharmanet/course/"
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title="Shin Buddhism in Modern Culture"
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icon="fas fa-street-view"
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description="A short, interactive overview of Jodo Shinshu, from Shinran's life to Japanese Buddhism in the modern United States."
description="Robert Sapolsky's classic Stanford course explains what makes people tick and should be considered required watching for anyone who interacts with humans. This lecture series would go on to become the 2017 NYT best-seller, <i>Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worse</i>."
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{% assign authors = "Al Filreis" | split: "," %}
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{% include course-card.html
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url="https://www.coursera.org/learn/modpo"
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title="Modern and Contemporary American Poetry"
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description='An excellent introduction to 20th Century, American poetry from the University of Pennsylvania graduate school, "ModPo" teaches you not just the history of the poems, but how to read them. This course is highly recommended for anyone who likes poetry, but who never "got" that modern stuff.'
description='Professor Timothy Snyder gives the deep history of Eastern Europe and the formation of the Ukrainian nation, discussing along the way the big question of why we should study history at all. Be sure to check out the course syllabus in addition to the lectures as the readings are an important part of the course.'
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