Transfer Student Courses in Buddhist Studies (Division 332)

Fall Term, 1999 (September 8 - December 22, 1999)

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Courses in Tibetan

Section 001 – Meets with Buddhist Studies 501.

Instructor(s): Sparham

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (LR).

Credits: (4).

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This course is an introduction to Modern Tibetan. Students will learn to speak colloquial Tibetan, as well as learn to read and write the script. There will be regular speaking and conversation exercises. Students will be expected to attain a beginning proficiency in reading and writing the Tibetan language.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Donald Lopez (dlopez@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Buddhist Studies 404. (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

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This third-year language course, is a continuation of the 401/402, 403/404 Classical Tibetan sequence.

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Eun-su Cho (eunsucho@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Buddhist Studies 220, or any introductory course on Buddhism. (3). (HU).

Credits: (3).

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This course surveys the development of Buddhism in Korea from the third century to the present. It will begin with the introduction of the doctrines and practices of Chinese Buddhism which hold an important place in the Korean tradition, while examining the transmission and assimilation of Buddhism into Korea. It includes the progression of the development of Korean Buddhism – the rise of sects, indigenous ideas, and the continuity/discontinuity from the earlier development in China. Focusing on the major thinkers such as Wonhyo, Chinul and others, we will evaluate their contributions to the development of Buddhist doctrines in the East Asia. We will examine the rise of syncretic interpretation of Buddhist ideas in the Choson dynasty as a means of survival during the harsh climate Confucian ideology. We will also consider the Buddhist response to the Japanese advances during the occupation (1905-1945), and will examine the revival of Buddhism in the country as part of a rise in nationalistic ferver.