Crash Course Buddhism
Crash Course Buddhism gives humanities professionals a clear, critical overview of early, Mahayana, Tibetan, and East Asian traditions while building research, comparison, and communication skills you can apply in teaching, writing, and public engagement.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Crash Course Buddhism offers a concise, research-based overview of early Buddhism, major schools, and East Asian traditions while training you to communicate them clearly and ethically. Learn core doctrines, compare Theravada, Mahayana, and Tibetan approaches, evaluate translations, build reliable bibliographies, and design short, accurate presentations for classrooms, public talks, or collaborative projects.
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Develop skills
- Present Buddhism neutrally: apply historical-critical and comparative methods.
- Explain early Buddhist doctrine clearly: Four Truths, Eightfold Path, no-self.
- Distinguish major schools fast: Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, East Asian.
- Evaluate Buddhist sources: judge reliability, translations, and scholarly quality.
- Design concise Buddhist lessons: engaging overviews for non-specialist audiences.
Suggested summary
Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workloadWhat our students say
Your classes are perfect. I purchased the one-year package and finally have the opportunity to follow various topics of my interest without needing to change platforms... I thank you for everything you do, I've already recommended you to other people...

Giulio CarloDigital Marketing Student
I like how the lessons are straight to the point and how I can switch chapters and skip content I don't need.

Mariana FerresPhotography Student
I like the content and the way videos are presented and transcribed, which speeds up the process!

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The platform is fast, simple to use. The diversity of content and complementary videos really help with learning.

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