RYI ONLINE makes available the same blend of traditional monastic and western academic education offered at Kathmandu University’s Centre for Buddhist Studies at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute, allowing students to experience the diversity and depth of two complementary scholarly traditions.

Fall courses begin August 29th, 2011. Registration begins July 1st, 2011 - Click here to apply for the Fall semester 2011.

• The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra) by Śāntideva is a classic text that teaches the preciousness of bodhicitta, explaining how to practice generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, and meditation while striving to recognize the awakened mind. This is a full year course, part one is offered this fall, part two will be offered during the Spring Semester 2012.

• Chapter Six of The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra): Cultivating Patience, Abandoning Anger. Śāntideva teaches the preciousness of bodhicitta, the awakening mind, and explains how to practice generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, and meditation while striving to recognize that awakened mind. In The Sixth Chapter, Śāntideva details the crucial importance of the Perfection of Patience in relation to the bodhisattva path of the Mahāyāna, or the Great Vehicle. This chapter, taught over 33 sessions, is designed to be viewed daily over the course of a month. This short course format is perfect for scholars and practitioners alike who are looking to deepen their understanding and experience of studying a classic text in a traditional way.

• Buddhist Ethics short course, which tackles such difficult issues as vegetarianism, the role of women, and the role of violence within the Buddhist tradition, in a thoughtful way that doesn’t insist on easy answers.

• Foundations of Buddhism (New Course!)- The course begins in India just before the time of the Buddha and considers the religious and social life there, before moving on to the story of the Buddha himself and his early teachings. We then look at how the Buddhist tradition spread through India, the rise of Mahayana and Vajrayana, and the spread of the tradition to other parts of Asia. The later philosophical developments of the Madhyamaka and Yogacara schools are examined, as are a number of the new ideas in Mahayana Buddhism and the new practices that arose as part of Vajrayana Buddhism. The course also considers modern Buddhism in SE Asia, Sri Lanka, Tibet, China, Japan, and the West.
• The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra) by Śāntideva – Part Two
• Chapter Six of the Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra)
• Buddhist Ethics

• Description of the 4 course formats file
• Technical Requirements file
• Technical Forum
• Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche about Online Learning March 2010 file
• NEW!!! RYI Online Learning Announcement December, 2010 PDF document