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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Asian Studies
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Eviatar Shulman
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesday 12-13, upon appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof Eviatar Shulman
Course/Module description:
Introduction to the main principles of Buddhist thought and to their historical development, with special focus on the relation between theory and practice.
Main focuses are on the thought of the historical Buddha, Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu and Zen Buddhism.
Course/Module aims:
To understand the main Buddhist philosophical ideas and their historical development in India and Asia
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1 understand the fundamental philosophical principles of Buddhism and see how they challenge basic intuitions of human life.
2. To analyze the relation between philosophy and practice, and use this analysis to inform their approach to the practice of any philosophy whether Buddhist or other.
Attendance requirements(%):
80%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture and discussion based on powerpoints and textual readings.
Course/Module Content:
1. introduction - Buddha's life story. Did the Buddha deny philosophy?
2. The Four Noble Truths.
3. Selflessness.
4. Dependent-origination and Karma.
5. Compassion and ethics, mindfulness and meditation.
6. Professional Buddhist philosophy: Abhidharma. 7. Summarizing early Buddhism, and moving to the rise of the Mahayana.
8. Emptiness and the perfection of wisdom.
9. Naagaarjuna and the Middle-way.
10. 11. vasubandhu and "mind-only".
12. Dharmakirti and the epistemological tradition.
13. "Buddha-nature", tantra, and the nature of mind in Tibet.
14. Zen (Ch'an)-Buddhism.
Required Reading:
Primary sources will be assigned for each lesson from the following list. Secondary literature will be recommended, and for certain lessons required, from the list in the next section.
Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta
"הדרשה הקצרה לראהולה" (Cūḷa-rahulovāda-sutta)
"הדרשה על לילה מופלא אחד" (Bhadd-eka-ratta-sutta)
"הדרשה לקצ'צ'אנה-גותה"
Kaccaanagottasutta
"משל החץ"
CULaRahulovaada-sutta
"הדרשה לוצ'צ'האגותה
אודות האש"
Aggivacchagotta-sutta
"הדרשה לאנשי קאלאמה"
Kaalaamaasutta
מתוך "פרק השמיניות"
ו"הספר על המעבר מעבר"
Atthakavagga, PaaraayaNavagga
הדרשה על הפחד והיראה" (Bhaya-bherava-sutta)
"הדרשה על ביסוס העירנות" (Sati-paṭṭhāna-sutta)
"הדרשה על מצבי (התודעה) העוקבים" (Anupada-sutta)
הדרשה אודות פירות הפרישות" (Sāmaññaphala-sutta)
מסיפורי הלידות הקודמות של הבודהה (Jaataka)
"אסופת האביהדממה" (Abhidhamma-Saṃgaha)
"סוטרת הלב" (Heart Suutra)
"הדרשה על ארץ האושר" (Sukhavatīvyūha)
"Muulamadhyamakakaarikaa
שירת השורש של דרך האמצע", פרקים 1,15
"ששים ההגיונות" (Yukti-ṣaṣṭikā).
"שירת השורש", בדגש על פרקים 2,5,13,24,25.
"עשרים פסוקים" (Viṃśatikā)
"האבחנה בין האמצע והקצה" (Madhyānta-vibhāga)
Platform suutra
מתוך "מסירת המנורה"
"התעוררות האמונה במהאיאנה"
סוטרת הבמה"
שירת הייקו
Additional Reading Material:
גתין, ר., (2014). בודהיזם:היסטוריה, דת, תרגול. ישראל: אלטרנטיבות, פרק 1 (במיוחד 35-46).
• Gethin, Rupert, (1998). The Foundations of Buddhism. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ch. 3, pp. 59-84.
• Hadot, P., (1995). Philosophy as a Way of Life. Oxford, UK, and Cambridge, USA: Blackwell, ch. 3 ("spiritual exercises").
• Gethin, Rupert, (1998). The Foundations of Buddhism. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ch. 6, pp. 133-162.
• Collins, S., (1982). Selfless Persons: Imagery and Thought in Theravāda Buddhism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ch. 3 (esp. pp. 95-112).
• Collins, S., (1982). Selfless Persons: Imagery and Thought in Theravāda Buddhism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ch. 4 (esp. pp. 127-138).
• Gomez, L., (1976). “Proto-Mādhyamika in the Pāli canon.” Philosophy East & West 26 (2): 137-165.
Griffiths, P., (1981). "Concentration or Insight: The Problematic of Theravāda Buddhist Meditation Theory." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 49.4: 605-624.
• Shulman, E., (2010). “Mindful Wisdom: The ¬Sati-paṭṭhāna-sutta on Mindfulness, Memory and Liberation.” History of Religions 49.4: 393-420.
Strong, J. S., (2001). The Buddha: A Beginner's Guide. Oxford: Oneworld, ch. 2.
• Williams, P., (1989). Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations. New York: Routledge, ch. 1.
נאגארג'ונה, (2010). שירת השורש של דרך האמצע: תרגם, הקדים ובאר אביתר שולמן. כרמל. הקדמה, עמ' 43-59.
• Carpenter, A. D., (2014). Indian Buddhist Philosophy. Durham: Acumen, ch. 4.
Huntington, C. W., (2007). "The Nature of the Madhyamaka Trick." Journal of Indian Philosophy 35: 103-131.
• Garfield, J. L., (2008). “Turning a Madhyamaka Trick: Reply to Huntington. Journal of Indian Philosophy 36: 507-527.
• Shulman, E., (2007 [2009]. “Creative Ignorance: Nāgārjuna on the Ontological Significance of Consciousness.” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 30.1-2: 139-173.
• Nagao, Gadjin, (1991). "From Madhyamika to Yogācāra." In Mādhyamika and Yogācāra, New York: SUNY, 189-199.
• Kochumuttom, Thomas, A., (1999 [1982]). A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience: A New Translation of the Works of Vasubandhu the Yogācārin. Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass Publishers, ch. 1.
Williams, P., (1989). Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations. New York: Routledge, ch. 5.
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McRae, John R., (2003). Seeing through Zen: Encounter, Transformation and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism. Berkeley: University of California Press, ch. 2.
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 60 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 30 %
Attendance / Participation in Field Excursion 10 %
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