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.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
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.
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