SSI School of Tibetan Medicine Summer Intensives: 2010!!

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Dear all,

 

The Shang Shung Institute School of Tibetan Medicine is pleased to announce our

new Summer Intensive schedule for 2010! Please note that registration can be

completed online for each of these courses (links below).

 

For more information regarding any of these courses, please contact the Shang

Shung Institute secretary at secretary or (413) 369 - 4928.

 

Best wishes to all,

 

Anna Bartenstein

Administrative Director

Shang Shung Institute - USA

 

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History of Tibetan Medicine

Instructor: Menpa (Dr.) Yang Ga

 

Friday, May 7 - Sunday, May 9, 2010

 

 

This course will be WEBCASTED! Please click HERE for more information, or to

register for the password-protected live internet webcast.

 

The Tibetan science of healing contains knowledge compiled and disseminated

since antiquity by the Tibetan people. One of the oldest continuously applied

healing systems on the planet, Tibetan Medicine remains a vital and living

tradition.

 

Evolving over many centuries, Tibetan healers gradually created new techniques

for protecting life, which increased the productive work and happiness of

individuals, and treated illness. Students will be introduced to the historical

origin and developments of the Tibetan medical tradition, with an emphasis on

how the key topics evolved to their present stage.

 

Menpa (Dr.) Yang Ga

 

At the age of 20 Menpa Yang Ga enrolled in the Department of Tibetan Medicine at

the Tibet University in Lhasa, where he studied Buddhist philosophy, Tibetan

Medicine, Astrology, Grammar, Poetry, and History, as well as Sanskrit. He

studied with the late Khenpo Tsenam, the late Khenpo Tsultrim Gyaltsen,

Professor Champa Triles, Professor Gojo Wangdu, and the late professor Samten.

In 1991 he graduated from Tibet University. Upon graduation, Khenpo Tsenam, the

vice president, appointed him as a teacher of Tibetan medicine at the college.

In September, 1999 he became one of the first students to begin a Masters Degree

in Tibetan medicine. Under Khenpo Tsenam’s supervision in 2002 he finished his

thesis and received his Masters. In September, 2003, he enrolled in Harvard

University, and presently he is completing the final stages of a PhD program in

the department of Inner Asian and Altaic Studies under Professor Janet Gyatso’s

supervision.

 

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Ka-Ter Beginning Tibetan Language Intensive

Instructor: Fabian Sanders, professor, University of Venice

 

Friday, August 6 - Thursday, August 12, 2010

 

 

Prerequisites: This course is open to the Public. It is advisable, although not

necessary, for students to know the Tibetan alphabet before attending the

course.

 

This exciting new initiative is aimed to give an intensive introduction to the

Tibetan language as part of the Ka-ter Translation Program.

 

For a number of years, similar courses have been held at the Shang Shung

Institute - Italy. As it is not always easy to travel to Italy, this program

was devised so that interested students can study Tibetan Language in their own

country under the guidance of a qualified visiting teacher.

 

Curriculum:

A. The first three days of this course are designed to enable reading and

correct pronunciation and also to give an overview of the language. The

following material will be covered:

1. The importance and beauty of the Tibetan language.

2. The structure of the language; grammar as a sacred science; Dharma Language

(chos skad).

3. Sanskrit and Tibetan.

4. The alphabet; the relationship between signs and sounds; basic reading skills

with reference to texts of practice if the course is restricted to

practitioners, otherwise reference is to more general texts; notes on Sanskrit

letters and pronunciation.

5. Presentation of available materials for the study of Tibetan language.

 

B. The second four days of the course help the student establish a firm basis

for further study of the language and perform actual translation. After

completing this course, students are now qualified take part in future Shang

Shung Institute Tibetan Translation Trainings. The following material will be

covered:

1. Translation: history, principles, techniques and problems.

2. The question of technical Dharma language.

3. Syllables, words, sentences and discourse.

4. Names (ming tshig) and Connectors or Particles (tshig phrad).

5. The eight cases of Tibetan grammar.

6. Connectors or Particles not related with case.

7. Examples and exercises.

 

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Tibetan Astrology I

Instructor: Menpa (Dr.) Lobsang Namkha

 

 

 

 

Tibetan Astrology II

Instructor: Menpa (Dr.) Lobsang Namkha

 

 

Wednesday, September 1 - Friday, September 3, 2010

 

 

Tibetan Astrology is a traditional practice used by Tibetan doctors and Lamas.

The study of the Five Elements, combined with trigrams, numbers, and animal

signs, form the basis for astrological calculations. Participants will learn how

to accurately read and create Tibetan astrological calendars for their personal

use.

 

Menpa (Dr.) Lobsang Namkha was born in Amdo to a nomadic yak-herding family. At

a young age he entered Tharchul Monastery where he studied Tibetan Buddhism,

Buddhist Philosophy, and Tibetan Astrology. Later, at Labrang Monastery, Lobsang

continued his studies in Astrology and Astronomy as well as in Tibetan Medicine,

Tibetan Grammar, Sanskrit Grammar, and Poetry. In 1994, he went to India where

he taught Tibetan Astronomy, Astrology, and Sanskrit Grammar to instructors at

Kirti Monastic College for one year. He also served as a teacher at Tsechokling

Monastery in Dharamsala. He has published a history of his home village, and

also writes poetry in Tibetan and English. Lobsang currently resides in New York

City.

 

 

For more information on any of these summer intensive courses, please contact

the Shang Shung Institute secretary at secretary or (413) 369 -

4928.