Indian Traditions 2013-2014

Credit rating: 20 Credits

Level and Year: Level 5, Yr 2

Academic Responsibility: Professor B Scherer (term 2)

Aims:Building on the year 1 compulsory module World religions, this module aims to develop students’ knowledge and critical understanding of the Indian traditions.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of this module, students should be able to demonstrate:1) A critical understanding of the development of the Indian traditions;2) A critical overview about primary and secondary sources as well as trends and methodological approaches relevant to this subject 3) An ability to assess critically key questions raised by the study of these traditions;4) The ability effectively to communicate information, arguments and analysis and deploy techniques relevant to this discipline in essays, examination and presentations, both individually and as part of a team.

Content:Building on the year 1 World religions module, this module will diachronically and synchronically examine the beliefs and practices of Indian religious traditions. Term One will focus on Buddhism, term Two on Hinduism.

Course Book Term 2

Paul Williams (with Anthony Tribe and Alexander Wynne), Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition. 2nd edition 2012, London and New York: Routledge.Make sure you purchase this book (to be sure: the 2nd Edition!) now; copies are in the CCCU bookshop.In the last two sessions we will use chapters (7; 12-13) from

Harvey, Peter (1990). An introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, histories and practices. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Further recommended isPaul Williams (2008) Mahāyāna Buddhism: The doctrinal foundations, Second Edition

(London and New York, Routledge).

Course Outline, Term 2

Date Preparation

06 January 2014 Introduction to the Course; The Life of the Buddha

13 January 2014 Williams, Chapter 1

Majjhima-nikaya 26http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn-026-tb0.htmlDharmacakrapravartana Sutra, Samyutta-Nikaya 56, 11http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn-56-011-nt0.html

20 January 2014 Williams, Chapter 2&3

Mettasutta (KhP 9/ Suttanipata i.8):http://www.vipassana.com/canon/khuddaka/suttanipata/snp1-8.php

Milindapanha ii, 1, 1; ii, 2, 1; ii, 2, 5-8;http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe35/index.htm

Look up: Nyanatiloka, Buddhist Dictionary s.v. khandha and paṭiccasamuppāda, http://www.palikanon.com/english/wtb/dic_idx.html

27 January 2014 Williams, Chapter 4Mettasutta (KhP 9/ Suttanipata i.8):http://www.vipassana.com/canon/khuddaka/suttanipata/snp1-8.phpVinaya: Patimokkha, Parajika, Sanghadisesa, Aniyata rules http://www.vipassana.com/canon/vinaya/bhikkhu-pati.phpTherigathas, Ambapali (ch. xiii, 1 = 252-270) and Subha (ch. xiv = 366-399) http://www.vipassana.com/canon/khuddaka/therigatha/index.php

03 February 2014

Williams, Chapter 5Heart Sūtra http://kr.buddhism.org/zen/sutras/conze.htmLaṅkāvatārasūtra tr. Suzuki, §§IX and XXVII and XXVIIIavailable at http://lirs.ru/do/lanka_eng/lanka-nondiacritical.htmŚāntideva, BC ch. 3 http://www.bodhicitta.net/Shantideva-chap-3.htm

10 February 2014 Williams, Chapter 6Smaller Sukhavātīvyūha http://www.fodian.net/English/Smaller%20Sukhavativyuha%20Sutra.htm

17 February 2014 NO TAUGHT CLASS – Self-directed Study Week 24 February 2014 NO TAUGHT CLASS – Self revision of Williams Ch. 1-603 March 2014 Williams, Chapters 7

Saraha, Dohakosa http://www.keithdowman.net/mahamudra/saraha.htm10 March 2014 Harvey, Chapter 7 (Buddhism beyond India)17 March 2014 Harvey, Chapter 12-13 (Buddhism in Modern Asia & in the West)

ASSESSMENT FOR INDIAN TRADITIONS

Indian traditions is assessed by one 2000 word essay (40%) and one two hour final examination (60%)

SOME USEFUL RESOURCES (Buddhism) Bibliography:http://here-and-now.org/buddrel/directory.html This useful topical bibliography relates to another textbook: Robinson, Johnson, et al., The Buddhist Religions (also in the library).Further bibliographies can be found through the Religious studies Web Guide provided by the University of Calgary (Canada): http://people.ucalgary.ca/~lipton/biblio.html

Further useful sites are those of the Journal of Buddhist Ethics (http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics/) and the Journal of Global Buddhism. Check out the section on Journals in eLibrary. A useful scholarly discussion board which provides links to Buddhist studies guides, archived posts on topics, bibliographies and reviews is H-Buddhism http://www.h-net.org/~buddhism/. (You can access all posts and material, but active membership for posting to the group is not open for undergraduates)

In addition, you should consult the multi-volume Encyclopedia of Religion (ed. Jones), which is available through the elibrary and also in print in the reference section of the library. It has articles on many topics relating to Mahāyāna Buddhism.

Another very useful resource are the Encyclopedia of Buddhism (ed. Buswell) and the Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism (ed. Keown and Prebish) which are available in the library.The department and the library has also copies of the important 8vol. Collection of scholarly article on Buddhism edited by Paul Williams (Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies, Routledge).

There are numerous relevant journal articles available on jstor (in the elibrary). In many cases, these have not been listed in the recommended reading. Search the jstor catalogue and you should find some really interesting material!

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