COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
INDO-TIBETAN BUDDHISM
Religion V2607x, Fall 2000, TR 2:40-3:55, Hamilton 702
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Professor: |
T.A.: |
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Thomas F. Yarnall |
Albion Butters |
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Kent 621 - Office Hours: TR 2:00-2:30 |
Kent 623 - Office Hours: TR 4-5:00 |
There will be weekly submissions to the course newsgroup, a mid-term in-class exam, and a research essay (10-12 pages) due Dec. 14, on a topic chosen from the subjects covered in readings and lectures. Regular class participation and newsgroup submissions will constitute 25% of the grade, mid-term test 35%, final paper 40%. Required texts are at Labyrinth Bookstore, with reserve texts and Xeroxes at libraries.
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Powers, J. Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, Snow Lion |
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Rahula, W. What the Buddha Taught, Grove |
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Thurman, R. (tr.) The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti, Penn State |
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Thurman, R. Essential Tibetan Buddhism, Harper Collins |
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Thurman, R. (tr.) The Tibetan Book of the Dead, Bantam |
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Thurman, R. Inner Revolution, Riverhead |
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Dalai Lama, Freedom in Exile, Harper Collins |
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Dalai Lama, Ethics for the New Millennium, Riverhead |
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Strong, J. The Experience of Buddhism, Wadsworth |
September 5: Introduction & Overview
September 7: The Buddha: His Life and Times (141 pp. total)
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Book |
Chapter |
Pages (total) |
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Powers, Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism |
1. Buddhism in India |
23-53 (=30 pp.) |
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Strong, The Experience of Buddhism |
1. The Life Story of the Buddha |
3-44 (41) |
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Rahula, What the Buddha Taught |
I. The Buddhist Attitude of Mind |
1-15 (15) |
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Thurman, Essential Tibetan Buddhism |
Introduction (part) |
1-18 (18) |
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Thurman, Inner Revolution |
Introduction |
25-41 (16) |
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1. Awakening |
43-64 (21) |
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(Ref. Kitagawa) |
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(3-50; 51-106) |
September 12 & 14: The Dharma (221)
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Powers, Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism |
2. Important Doctrines |
54-69 (15) |
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3. Meditation |
70-85 (15) |
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Strong, The Experience of Buddhism |
3. The Dharma (Nikaya) |
87-131 (46) |
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Rahula, What the Buddha Taught |
II-VIII. 4 Noble Truths, No Self, Meditation, The World Today |
16-89 (73) |
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Selected Texts |
91-138 (49) |
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Thurman, Inner Revolution |
2. Searching for the Self |
65-88 (23) |
September 19 & 21: The Sangha: Renunciation & The Monastic Revolution (104)
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Strong, The Experience of Buddhism |
2. The Experience of the Sangha |
45-86 (41)
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Thurman, Inner Revolution |
3. The Cool Revolution |
89-106 (17) |
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4. A Kingly Revolution |
107-134 (27) |
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Thurman, Essential Tibetan Buddhism |
4. Practicing Transcendent Renunciation |
115-134 (19) |
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(Ref. Kitagawa) |
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(195-214) |
September 26 & 28: The Rise of Universalistic Buddhism; Universal Compassion (166)
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Powers, Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism |
4. Mahayana |
86-116 (30) |
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Strong, The Experience of Buddhism |
4.4 The Bodhisattva Path (part) |
158-172 (14)
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Thurman, Inner Revolution |
5. The Soul of Enlightenment |
135-162 (27) |
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6. The Power of Cool Heroism |
163-192 (29) |
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Thurman, Essential Tibetan Buddhism |
2. Seeing the Buddha |
61-94 (33) |
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5. Loving Spirit of Enlightenment |
135-168 (33) |
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(Ref. Kitagawa) |
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(215-240) |
October 3 & 5: Wisdom, Mother of Buddhas (69)
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Strong, The Experience of Buddhism |
4. The Dharma (part) |
132-158 (26) |
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Thurman, Essential Tibetan Buddhism |
6. Practicing the Liberating Wisdom |
169-212 (43) |
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Selected Xeroxes |
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(Ref. Conze (tr.), Perfection of Wisdom |
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October 10 & 12: The Inconceivable Liberation (135)
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Thurman (tr.), Vimalakirti |
Ch. 1-5 |
1-49 (49) |
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Ch. 6-end |
50-102 (52) |
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(Ref. Cleary (tr.), Entry into the Inconceivable) |
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(Ref. Shantideva, Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life) |
(Ch. 1-2) |
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October 17: MID-TERM EXAM
October 19: Yogic Inner Science: Bridge to Tantra (118)
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Powers, Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism |
10. Death and Dying |
283-310 (27) |
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Thurman (tr.), The Tibetan Book of the Dead |
Part I (ch. 1-4) |
1-91 (91) |
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[Reference: translations] |
[Parts II-III (chs. 5-8)] |
[97-242 (145)] |
October 24 & 26: The World of the Tantras (171)
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Powers, Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism |
9. Tantra |
219-282 (61) |
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Thurman, Inner Revolution |
7. The World-Taming Adepts |
195-221 (26) |
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Thurman, Essential Tibetan Buddhism |
7. Practicing the Creation Stage |
213-248 (35) |
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8. Practicing the Perfection Stage |
249-264 (15) |
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Strong, The Experience of Buddhism |
5. Saviors and Siddhas: Mahayana Pantheon and Tantra |
179-213 (34) |
October 31 & November 2: Tibet: Introduction (162)
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Powers, Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism |
5. Tibetan Religious History |
119-157 (38) |
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11. Four Schools |
313-318 (5) |
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Thurman, Essential Tibetan Buddhism |
Introduction (part) |
18-45 (27) |
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3. Meeting the Buddha in the Mentor |
95-114 (19) |
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Thurman, Inner Revolution |
8. Inner Modernity |
223-258 (35) |
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Strong, The Experience of Buddhism |
7. The Tibetan Cultural Area |
256-294 (38) |
November 7: ELECTION DAY HOLIDAY
November 9: Tibetan Buddhist Orders (111)
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Powers, Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism |
12-15. Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, Geluk |
319-430 (111) |
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(Ref. Kitagawa) |
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(107-194) |
November 14 & 16: Tibet: Land of Adepts (150 approx.)
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Selected Xeroxes (Dowman, Masters of Mahamudra; Lhalungpa, Life of Milarepa; others) |
150 (approx.) |
November 21: Tibet and the Modern World, I (131 approx.)
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Powers, Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism |
6. The Twentieth Century |
158-189 (31) |
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Selected Xeroxes |
100 (approx.) |
November 23: THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
November 28 & 30: Tibet and the Modern World, II (271)
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H. H. Dalai Lama, Freedom in Exile |
All |
1-271 (271) |
December 5 & 7: Tibet and the Modern World, III; Conclusions (299)
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H. H. Dalai Lama, Ethics for the New Millennium |
All |
1-237 (237) |
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Thurman, Inner Revolution |
9. Hope for the Third Millennium |
259-288 (29) |
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Epilogue & Appendix |
289-322 (33) |
Final essays due by Thursday, December 14 - no extensions, please.
Kitagawa & Cummings, Buddhism and Asian History, Macmillan.
Robinson and Johnson, Buddhism.
E. Conze, Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines
Geshe Rabten, Echoes of Voidness, Wisdom Publications.
A.K.Warder, Indian Buddhism.
J. Speyer, Jatakamala, Aryashura's Garland of Birth Stories.
J. Holt, Discipline.
S. J. Tambiah, World Conqueror, World Renouncer.
L.M. Joshi, Studies in the Buddhistic Culture of India.
B. Kato, et al., The Threefold Lotus Sutra.
T.R.V. Murti, Central Philosophy of Buddhism.
F. Streng, Emptiness.
R. Thurman, The Central Philosophy of Tibet.
T. Cleary, Entry into the Inconceivable.
L. Kawamura, Mind in Buddhist Psychology.
G.K. Gyatso, Meaningful to Behold
S. Beyer, The Cult of Tara.
Fremantle & Trungpa, The Tibetan Book of the Dead.
G. Chang, The Hundred-Thousand Songs of Milarepa.
Mullin, G., Songs of a Mad Dalai Lama.
G. Mullin (trans.) Selected Writings of Dalai Lama I; Dalai Lama III; etc.
Rick Fields, How The Swans Came to the Lake.
Snellgrove & Richardson, A Cultural History of Tibet
J. Strong, The Legend of King Ashoka, Princeton.
R. Thurman, Life and Teachings of Tsong Khapa, LTWA.
Murcott, The First Buddhist Women.
Shantideva, (Batchelor, tr.) Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, Potala. (GBWL)