IBS Intensive Summer Seminar

M. Editor  |  June 18, 2012

Dr. Mark Blum, Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Albany, SUNY, East Asian Studies Department, will conduct an Intensive Study Program on the subject of “Shinran and the Nirvana Sutra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra)” Monday, July 9 to Thursday, July 12, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, daily at the Jodo Shinshu Center, Berkeley, CA.

This is a new professional development and continuing education program.

The course will cover Shinan’s quest to understand himself and the human condition, which led to the study the Nirvana Sutra, which he relied upon to develop his major work, The Kyogyoshinsho. This special reading course (SRC 9999) will provide graduate students with 1.5 unit credit with the completion of the requirements of the study program.

Registration fee is $900.00 for graduate students, $375.00 for auditors, and $185.00 for seniors who wish to take the course.

For detailed information click here or call (510) 501-809-1444.