RELIGION 3332 Fall 2007

Orientations

1 Th Aug 23

Orientations

Lecture: Buddhism as a Global Phenomenon

Unit I

Buddhist Ethics

2 T Aug 28

Harvey 1, "The Shared Foundations of Buddhist Ethics"

pp. 12-17

pp. 23-24

pp. 28-34

pp. 40-42

pp. 53-56

pp. 58-59

3 Th Aug 30

Harvey 2, "Key Buddhist Values"

pp. 60-88

4 T Sept 4

Harvey 2, "Key Buddhist Values"

pp. 88-122

5 Th Sept 6

Harvey 3, "Mahayana Emphases and Adaptations"

pp. 130-142

pp. 146-149

The Monasticism Project

"Buddhist Monasticism in Lay Contexts"

Sangha Schedule

Day 1	Sun Sept 9	Preliminary essay
Day 2	Mon Sept 10	Sunthorn Plamintr's commentary on the five precepts
Day 3	Tues Sept 11	Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on the first precept "Bare Awareness" and Journal entry 1
Day 4	Wed Sept 12	Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on the second precept "Bare Awareness" and Journal entry 2
Day 5	Thur Sept 13	Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on the third precept "Bare Awareness" and Journal entry 3
Day 6	Fri Sept 14	Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on the fourth precept "Bare Awareness" and Journal entry 4
Day 7	Sat Sept 15	Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on the fifth precept "Bare Awareness" and Journal entry 5
Day 8	Sun Sept 16	Rest
Day 9	Mon Sept 17	Observance of the "ten monastic precepts"
Day 10	Tues Sept 18	Observance of the "ten monastic precepts"
Day 11	Wed Sept 19	Observance of the "ten monastic precepts"
Day 12	Thur Sept 20	Observance of the "ten monastic precepts"
Day 13	Fri Sept 21	Observance of the "ten monastic precepts"
Day 14	Sat Sept 22	Begin writing final essay (due Nov 27)
	Tue Sept 25	Due date

6 T Sept 11

The Five Precepts: Precept 1

Discuss: Sunthorn Plamintr's commentary on the five precepts

Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on the first precept

7 Th Sept 13

The Five Precepts: Precepts 2-3

Discuss: Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on the second precept

Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on the third precept

8 T Sept 18

The Five Precepts: Precepts 4-5

Discuss: Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on the fourth precept

Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on the fifth precept

9 Th Sept 20

Harvey 10, "Homosexuality and Other Forms of 'Queerness'"

pp. 411-412

pp. 419-434

F Sept 21

Special guest: David Loy, Xavier University

10 T Sept 25

Monasticism project due date

Class discussion of the project (appropriateness, successes and failures)

11 Th Sept 27

Harvey 4, "Treatment of the Natural World"

pp. 150-170

12 T Oct 2

Harvey 5, "Economic Ethics"

pp. 187-197

pp. 215-225

13 Th Oct 4

Harvey 6, "War and Peace"

pp. 239-255

pp. 266-270

pp. 283-285

14 T Oct 9

Harvey 8, "Abortion and Contraception"

pp. 311-315

pp. 319-320

pp. 325-326

pp. 328-341

pp. 350-352

15 Th Oct 11

Winston King, "A Buddhist Ethic for the West?"

16 T Oct 16

Exam I (Buddhist Ethics)

Unit II

Buddhist Practice from a Feminist Perspective

17 Th Oct 18

Critiquing the Tradition

Read: Rita Gross, Buddhism After Patriarchy, ch. 1-3

18 T Oct 23

"Woman" as Construct in Theravada Buddhism

Read: Rita Gross, Buddhism After Patriarchy, ch. 4 and 11

Lecture 1: Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel (The First Turning: Abhidharma)

19 Th Oct 25

"Woman" as Construct in Mahayana Buddhism

Read: Rita Gross, Buddhism After Patriarchy, ch. 5 and 12

Lecture 2: Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel (The Second Turning: Madhyamika)

20 T Oct 30

"Woman" as Construct in Vajrayana Buddhism

Read: Rita Gross, Buddhism After Patriarchy, ch. 6 and 13

Lecture 3: Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel (The Third Turning: Vajrayana)

21 Th Nov 1

A Feminist Analysis of the Dharma

Read: Rita Gross, Buddhism After Patriarchy, ch. 14

22 T Nov 6

A Feminist Analysis of the Dharma

Read: Rita Gross, Buddhism After Patriarchy, ch. 15

Unit III

Buddhist Psychology

23 Th Nov 8

The Wheel of Life

Read: Mark Epstein, thoughts without a thinker, ch. 1-2 (pp. 13-57)

View: http://www.buddhanet.net/wheel1.htm

24 T Nov 13

The Four Noble Truths

Read: Mark Epstein, thoughts without a thinker, ch. 3-5 (pp. 59-102)

25 Th Nov 15

Exam II (Exam on Buddhist Practice from a Feminist Perspective)

T Nov 20

No class

Th Nov 22

No class: fasting day

26 T Nov 27

Meditation

Read: Mark Epstein, thoughts without a thinker, ch. 6-7 (pp. 109-155)

27 Th Dec 29

Buddhism and Psychotherapy

Read: Mark Epstein, thoughts without a thinker, chs. 8-10 (pp. 163-222)

28 T Dec 4

Recollections (Course review and evaluation)

Sat Dec

Exam III (Psychological Dimensions of Buddhist Practice)