Religion W4620. Nonduality in Indian and Tibetan
Thought
Columbia University, Fall 2002
Tuesday, December 2
Impact of Nonduality in Indian and Tibetan Praxis
Assigned Reading
- R. Thurman, Vimalakirti, Chapters 5-7, 10.
- R. Thurman et. al., Mandala: The Architecture of the
Sacred (Thurman's essay), pp. 127-145.
- N. Isayeva, "Later Developments" (Section III in From Early
Vedanta to Kashmir Shaivism: pp. 133-188).
Related Material
- H. H. the Dalai Lama, Tantra in Tibet, Introductory
essay.
- R. Thurman, Inner Revolution.
- R. Thurman, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Introduction.
Western Relevance
- Fritjof Capra, The Turning Point, an elegant and
ambitious synthesis of trends in quantum physics, feminism,
holistic medicine and psychotherapy which has a clear resonance with
the "inner revolution" of Mahayana Buddhism.
Links of interest
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