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  • Genre:religion
  • Sub-genre:Buddhism / Theravada
  • Language:English
  • Pages:472
  • Paperback ISBN:9798317825997

Study Guide: Dhamma Studies Advanced Level

By Phra Nicholas Thanissaro

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Overview

The Sanam Luang Dhamma Studies Department of the Thai Monastic Sangha has been holding three-tier examinations in Buddhist Studies outside Thailand, in Thai and English, for more than 20 years. In 2009, English study guides were published for Elementary and Intermediate levels. The present book is the missing text, that now allows examinees to reach the highest level. This comprehensive study guide for Advanced level provides all the details and practice exercises that students will need successfully to pass the four subjects of Advanced level in English: Writing an essay on a Dhamma theme, Dhamma Analysis of 'Ultimate Practice', The Life of the Buddha and His Disciples and The Paths of Wholesomeness and Unwholesomeness
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Description

The Sanam Luang Dhamma Studies Department of the Thai Monastic Sangha has been holding three-tier examinations in Buddhist Studies outside Thailand, in Thai and English, for more than 20 years. In 2009, English study guides were published for Elementary and Intermediate levels. The present book is the missing text, that now allows examinees to reach the highest level. This comprehensive study guide for Advanced level provides all the details and practice exercises that students will need successfully to pass the four subjects of Advanced level in English: Writing an essay on a Dhamma theme, Dhamma Analysis of 'Ultimate Practice', The Life of the Buddha and His Disciples and The Paths of Wholesomeness and Unwholesomeness
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About The Author

Phra Nicholas Thanissaro is a Buddhist monk of 30 years standing. With forty years of meditation experience, he is a UK Complementary Medical Association qualified teacher of meditation. Affiliated with the Dhammakaya Foundation, he is also qualified as a school teacher and MBTI practitioner. As a scholar-practitioner, during his time as Associate Fellow at the University of Warwick, he published widely in peer-reviewed journals on the formation of Buddhist identity in teenagers and continues to research the appeal of meditation in the West. He currently lectures in 'Living Buddhism' and 'Religious Individualization' at Claremont School of Theology, California and is a senior fellow at Lincoln Bishop University, UK. His latest academic book, exploring Buddhist diversity through Psychological Type, is entitled 'The Intuitive Buddhist'.
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