Tokyo University Student Shares Study Experience in Tibetan Monastery in India.
Tokyo: Inui Masataka, a Tokyo university student researching Indian Buddhist philosophy, delivered a talk on his experience studying Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy at Gyumed monastery in Hunsur Tibetan Settlement in South India. On 19 February 2025, Tibet House Japan organised a talk to enable Inui Masataka to share his experience with his fellow countrymen, especially those interested in studying in the Tibetan community.
Representative Dr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya welcomed the participants and informed them about how Inui Masataka studied the Tibetan language at the university and in the Tibet House’s language class, as well as his study at Gyumed monastery in India. He also informed the gatherings about the online Nalanda certificate and diploma courses conducted by the Tibet House New Delhi.
Inui Masataka first offered the Heart Sutra prayer for the people in earthquake-affected areas in Tibet. He talked about his education at Gyumed monastery and appreciated how Buddhism is taught in Tibetan monasteries. He appreciated H.H. the Dalai Lama’s effort to share Buddhism more as science and philosophy than as a religious dogma. He talked about the Gyumed monastery’s curriculum and how it is covered in 16 years of study. He spoke of Social, Emotional and Ethical (SEE) learning and how it is being embraced by many in the West as scientific and compassionate education.
People from different backgrounds, some already learned scholars and monks, have come and participated in the questions and answers session. Some expressed interest in such talks to promote better student exchange between the two communities.
Representative Dr Arya while updating on the recent earthquake in Tibet explained that the Tibet House has arranged to receive donations for the earthquake relief fund at the request of several individuals and organisations who want to express their solidarity with the people in Tibet. He said the people would be informed once the funds had been sent to the destination.
Hasegawa Naoko, the office secretary, moderated the event and shared the office’s information booklets with the visitors.
-Report filed by the Office of Tibet, Japan
