BC6218/ME6218 - Study of the Vinaya

This course focuses on the transformation of the Vinaya and its relation to the development of Buddhism. It will analyse the destructive and negative effects of dogmatic attitudes towards the Vinaya, and demonstrate the essential spirit of the Vinaya which is postulated as the foundation and guiding light during the course of examining the origin and transformation of the monastic code in India and China at different stages. The purpose of this course is to demonstrate that adaptation and changes were the dominant factors during the transformative phases of the Vinaya.

SK6216/ME6216 - Readings in Buddhist Sanskrit Texts (Introductory)

This course is based on the reasonable assumption that the most interesting and rewarding way to learn Classical Sanskrit as a beginner is to actually read some simple Sanskrit texts that interests him, under the guidance of a teacher. Classical Buddhist Sanskrit texts have their own styles, idiomatic expressions and technical terminologies with which the student must first be familiarized. As the student reads, he is being gradually introduced to both Buddhist textual material on the one hand, and elementary grammar on the other.

CB6219/MC6219 - The Ch'an (Dhyāna) School - A Historical Survey

This course is a historical survey of the Ch’an (Dhyāna) school of Chinese Buddhism, one of the most influential Buddhist schools in China. The survey includes the most important periods in the development of this school, such as the introduction of Patriarch Ch’an into China for the first time, the establishment of Patriarch Ch’an as a separate School, and the divisions of Patriarch Ch’an over time. It will also outline the special features of the Patriarch Ch’an of each different major sub-school or lineage.

TB6217/ME6217 - Tibetan Buddhism

This course will trace the development of Tibetan Buddhism through the works of major figures in the Tibetan tradition. Our particular subjects will be, first, the great lotsawas (translators) and their role in the introduction of the Dharma from India into Tibet; and second, native Tibetan scholars from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism who helped clarify the tradition, including, among others, Rongdzom, Longchen Rabjampa, the Sakya lamas, Gampopa, Padma Karpa and Je Tsongkhapa.

BL6209C/MC6209 - 大乘佛教典籍

这门课程将学习以下几个主题:(1)著名论师如马明、提婆、无著、世亲等的文学哲学性的论著。(2)般若波罗密多典籍:它的起源与发展;记载于下列一些典籍中佛的生活和教义:《佛所行赞经》、《大事》、《方等本起经》或《普曜经》、《妙法莲华经》和《譬喻经》;菩萨的概念以及见于下列典籍中相关的相关的概念:《菩萨本生鬘论》,《入菩萨行》或《菩萨行经》、《菩萨地经》、《三摩地王经》,《护国尊者所问经》;一个对陀罗尼咒和密续的简介。(3)分析下列其中的一部经籍典,特别着重于经典的结构和内容,这些典籍包括:《方等本起经》、《妙法莲华经》、《大事》、《入楞伽经》.(4)下列经典的选读:《大事》、《方等本起经》、《妙法莲华经》,《入菩萨行》或《菩萨行经》.

BT6101C/MC6101 - 上座部佛教

这门课程将主要集中研究记录于巴利文献中佛陀的教义。上座部佛教的定义, 以及存在于上座部佛教和早期佛教,早期佛教和巴利文佛教之间的差异是本课程需要留意的地方。学生希望能够在与早期印度文化的对比中学习上座部佛教中的一些基本定义和概念。下列一些概念应该当详细学习:佛、菩萨、阿罗汉、神、四圣谛、缘起、业和转世、五蕴和十二处、世界、意根的修行。

BT6102C/MC6102 - 大乘佛教

这门课程主要是对针那一些对大乘佛教尚无了解的学生。它给学生提贡一个对大乘佛教的最广泛意义的介绍。在通过对佛灭度后佛教在印度发展的一个扼要回顾后,这个课程集中介绍大乘佛教在印度的历史,哲学和宗教的起源。这包括菩萨的理念,佛陀观的发展,中观和唯识宗的哲学体系化,大乘佛教在中国占据主导地位的原因以及对新兴大乘现代化(日本佛教)的一些特点的分析。

BT6205C/MC6205 - 阿毗达磨宗派理沦概观

阿毗达磨佛教时期对于从整体上正确认识印度佛教的发展具有重要意义。从根本上讲,正是在这段时期佛教“哲学”首次涉及到。传统上认为一共有十八个阿毗达磨学派/部派,有时也被认为小乘部派。这门课程首先将略述这些学派的历史演变,突显那些导至不同部派分裂的教义上的争论。接着将概论北传中一些更为重要的部派的根本教义,特别是说一切有部、经量部、大众部和正量部。

BT6211C/MC6211 - 阿毗达磨教义和争论

阿毗达磨佛教时期见证了佛教思想中一些最重要和最有创新的发展。相应地,熟悉阿毗达磨的教义种类,熟悉至少那段时期所争论的一些主要问题,对于正确了解佛教思想史是必不可少的。这样的一种熟悉同时对于从其正确地观点来了解大乘佛教教义的演变是不可分割的。
这门课程包括一个总的关于阿毗达磨根本类别的分析,接着是有选择地深入探讨阿毗达磨学派之间一些有争论的理论。这门课程的开始将依次概论历史和教义背景,这对于理解那些将作详细分析的有争论的教理是有必要的。紧接着,这门课程的主体将集中于所选择的一些有争论的重要理论,它包括:
1) 一切法三世实有(Sarvāstitvā)
2) 心(citta)和心所(caitta)- 它们的实体状态等;
3) 认识论;
4) 有部和经部业的理论;
5) 阿罗汉和佛:他们智的差异(prajñā);
6) 因(hetu)和缘(pratyaya)的理论;‘
7) ‘我’的理论(pudgala)
有关这些争论的讨论将以《俱舍论》为主,以注释资料为辅。这些资料又包括《阿毗达磨大毘婆沙论》,世友的《顺正理论》,《阿毗达磨灯论》,以及称友的《俱舍论注》。

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