Note: You must establish a session for Fall Academic Term 2001 on wolverineaccess.umich.edu in order to use the link "Check Times, Location, and Availability". Once your session is established, the links will function. Courses in Buddhist Studies This page was created at 6:50 PM on Wed, Oct 10, 2001. Fall Academic Term, 2001 (September 5 – December 21) Open courses in Buddhist Studies (*Not real-time Information. Review the "Data current as of: " statement at the bottom of hyperlinked page) Wolverine Access Subject listing for BUDDHST Fall Term '01 Time Schedule for Buddhist Studies. What's New This Week in Buddhist Studies. Search the LS&A Course Guide (Advanced Search Page) BUDDHST 230 / ASIAN 230 / PHIL 230 / RELIGION 230. Introduction to Buddhism. Section 001. Instructor(s): Donald Lopez (dlopez@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is an introduction to some of the major themes in Buddhist thought and practice. Beginning with the early teachings associated with the historical Buddha, the course will go on to consider the development of the tradition in India, China, Japan, and Tibet. Readings will consist of primary texts in translation. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. BUDDHST 480 / ASIAN 480 / PHIL 457 / RELIGION 480. Topics in Buddhism. Section 001 – Theories and Practices of Buddhist Meditation. Instructor(s): Luis O. Gomez (lgomez@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Buddhist Studies 230. (3). (Excl). Credits: (3). Course Homepage: http://coursetools.ummu.umich.edu/2001/fall/buddhst/480/001.nsf An introduction to the history and polemical settings of Buddhist theories of meditation, this course includes a discussion of sample, and representative, practices spanning a variety of periods and schools. Traditions of meditation discussed include Chan/Zen, Theravada, Tibetan (Karmapa/Brugpa and Geluk). Sources (all in English translation) include ideal and mythical descriptions from the canonical traditions of South Asian and East Asian schools, prescriptive descriptions from classical and contemporary meditation manuals, and contemporary accounts and prescriptions. The course focuses on a historical and psychological understanding of the techniques, ideals, and polemics of this important aspect of the elite traditions of Buddhism. But we will also explore various uses of these techniques as vehicles for authority claims or instruments of legitimatization. We will discuss the way these theories appear in the actual practices of living Buddhists as well as a number of so-called "popular" perceptions of the meaning and power of meditation. Course requirements are a midterm, a final, and two short (5 page) papers. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. Graduate Course Listings for BUDDHST. This page was created at 6:50 PM on Wed, Oct 10, 2001. University of Michigan | College of LS&A | Student Academic Affairs | LS&A Bulletin Index | Department Homepage This page maintained by LS&A Academic Information and Publications, 1228 Angell Hall Copyright © 2001 The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA +1 734 764-1817 Trademarks of the University of Michigan may not be electronically or otherwise altered or separated from this document or used for any non-University purpose.