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* Location(s): Cíyīn Temple [[慈因寺]], Běijīng [[北京]] | * Location(s): Cíyīn Temple [[慈因寺]], Běijīng [[北京]] | ||
| - | This Buddhist Seminary [[佛學院]] was founded by Dàyǒng [[大勇]] with help from Tàixū [[太虛]]. Its mission was to prepare students to study Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet. Welch reports that two-thirds of the school's fifty students were monks, while the remainder were laypeople. The primary teacher was Dàyǒng, who had studied Japanese Esoteric Buddhism [[東密]] in Japan. Other teachers included Dorjé Chöpa | + | This Buddhist Seminary [[佛學院]] was founded by Dàyǒng [[大勇]] with help from Tàixū [[太虛]]. Its mission was to prepare students to study Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet. Welch reports that two-thirds of the school's fifty students were monks, while the remainder were laypeople. The primary teacher was Dàyǒng, who had studied Japanese Esoteric Buddhism [[東密]] in Japan. Other teachers included Dorjé Chöpa [[多杰覺拔]] who began teaching in [[1925]], Tàixū, and (occasionally) the Panchen Lama [[班禪]].<ref>Welch.</ref> |
Ten of the first (and only) graduating class formed the Residing-in-Tibet Dharma Studies Group [[留藏學法團]] and, led by Dàyǒng, they embarked for Tibet in the fall of [[1925]]. The school closed at that time. | Ten of the first (and only) graduating class formed the Residing-in-Tibet Dharma Studies Group [[留藏學法團]] and, led by Dàyǒng, they embarked for Tibet in the fall of [[1925]]. The school closed at that time. | ||
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==Notable Students== | ==Notable Students== | ||
| - | * 超一 | + | * Chāoyī [[超一]] |
| - | * 大綱 | + | * Dàgāng [[大綱]] |
| - | * [[法尊]] | + | * Fǎzūn [[法尊]] |
| - | * [[法舫]] | + | * Fǎfǎng [[法舫]] |
| - | * [[觀空]] | + | * Guānkōng [[觀空]] |
| - | * [[嚴定]] | + | * Yándìng [[嚴定]] |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
The Buddhist Tibetan Language College (Fójiào Zàngwén xuéyuàn 藏文學院 was a short-lived mixed lay and monastic school, founded to prepare students to study Buddhism in Tibet.
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This Buddhist Seminary 佛學院 was founded by Dàyǒng 大勇 with help from Tàixū 太虛. Its mission was to prepare students to study Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet. Welch reports that two-thirds of the school's fifty students were monks, while the remainder were laypeople. The primary teacher was Dàyǒng, who had studied Japanese Esoteric Buddhism 東密 in Japan. Other teachers included Dorjé Chöpa 多杰覺拔 who began teaching in 1925, Tàixū, and (occasionally) the Panchen Lama 班禪.[1]
Ten of the first (and only) graduating class formed the Residing-in-Tibet Dharma Studies Group 留藏學法團 and, led by Dàyǒng, they embarked for Tibet in the fall of 1925. The school closed at that time.
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