The Buddhist Academy in Berlin
Founded in 2000. Recognition as Non-profit Foundation in spring 2001. Since 2000 we are creating a network of and for people who transmit, study and practice Buddhism within the context of European culture. Our principles include an ethical and compassionate attitude, openness for the various traditions of Buddhism, scientific methods, the reflection of cultural values and creativity with respect to teaching and learning styles.
We cooperate with established Buddhist centres and teachers of various
traditions.
We publish our activities in an annual program and in the internet.
Our focus at present is on public talks on our main fields and topics of
interest (40-50 evenings each year)
Buddhist study course and language classes (Tibetan and Sanskrit)
Inter-religious dialogue with the Catholic Academy in Berlin (with two events each year)
Project groups on
- Buddhism and Psychotherapy (with annual conferences)
- Dharma and language (List of Dharma-terms as PDF file Dharma and language
Our project group Dharma and Language prepared a list of Dharma terms in
five languages. You can read it here and download it if you like.
download pdf-file download pdf file
Our long-term study
and practice fields are:
- The study of Buddhism
- Inner-buddhist and inter-religious dialogue
- Contemplative training courses for non-buddhist professionals
- Courses for different audiences: children, youth, adult etc.
- Conferences
- Women and Buddhism
- Gender issues
- Support of traditional and contemporary Buddhist art and culture
- Cooperation with universities and Buddhist institutions
- Translations of classical texts into Western languages
- Support for social projects here and abroad
Material in English
As we are a Buddhist Academy in Berlin, Germany, our program is offered
in German.
With the multilingual list of Dharma terms we offer our first material for
our English speaking Buddhist friends. Please enjoy it.