The main goals of Nava Nalanda Mahavihara are to develop an institute similar to that of the old Viharas,where teachers and students lived together devoting themselves to studies and higher academic pursuits for the promotion of higher studies and research in Pali language and literature and Buddhism through Tibetan,Sanskrit,Chinese,Mongolian,Japanese and other Asian languages; to maintain a modern and rich library in order to facilitate teaching and research;to accommodate monks,nuns and lay scholars versed in traditional monastic learning and acquaint them with current methods of research and comparative study; to collaborate with similar institutes in India and abroad for research; to send scholars to recognised Buddhist educational centres to learn about other traditions and to re-establish ancient cultural ties; to host eminent scholars from around the world; to critically edit,translate and publish Buddhist works from Pali,Sanskrit,Tibetan,Chinese,Japanese,Mongolian and other languages; to compile and publish original work on different aspects of Buddhism; and to provide facilities for and organise courses for the practice and theory of Vipassana Meditation.