| 1 | Introduction to the topics | |
| 2 | Introduction to the concepts of buddha-nature: gotra, garbha, and dhatu | |
| 3 | Textual study: Tathāgatagarbha sutra, and discussion: Zimmerman, Michael
A Buddha Within: The Tathāgatagarbhasūtra, The Earliest Exposition of the Buddha-Nature Teaching in India
Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica VI. Tokyo : The International Research Association for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University, 2002 (Pages will be assigned in class)
Assigned reading materials on the concepts of buddha-nature, and discussion | |
| 4 | 1. No Class
2. Students still need to complete studying on assigned reading materials independently. Will have discussions in class next week. | |
| 5 | 1. Discussion on W4 reading materials.
2.Textual study and discussion: Silk, Jonathan A.The AnūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivartaBuddhist Cosmic Unity. An Edition, Translation and Study of the Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta. Hamburg: Hamburg University Press, 2015.Pages will be assigned in class (with Chinese text, selected readings) | |
| 6 | Textual study and discussion: Silk, Jonathan A.The AnūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivartaBuddhist Cosmic Unity. An Edition, Translation and Study of the Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta. Hamburg: Hamburg University Press, 2015.Pages will be assigned in class (with Chinese text, selected readings) | |
| 7 | Textual study and discussion: Silk, Jonathan A.The Anūnatvāpūrṇatvanirdeśaparivarta (with Chinese text, selected readings) | |
| 8 | Textual study and discusssion: Paul, Diana Y., The Sutra of Queen Srimala of the Lion's Roar: Translated from the Chinese Berkeley: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2004.
Readings will be assigned in class | |
| 9 | Textual study and discusssion: Paul, Diana Y., The Sutra of Queen Srimala of the Lion's Roar: Translated from the Chinese Berkeley: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2004.
Readings will be assigned in class | |
| 10 | Textual study and discusssion: Paul, Diana Y., The Sutra of Queen Srimala of the Lion's Roar: Translated from the Chinese Berkeley: Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2004.
Readings will be assigned in class | Make up in-class |
| 11 | Textual study and discussion: The Nirvana Sutra
Readings will be assigned in class | |
| 12 | Buddha-nature and Yogācāra thoughtsImre Hamar. “A Huayan Paradigm for the Classification of Mahāyāna Teachings: The Origin andMeaning of Faxingzong and Faxiangzong.” Reflecting Mirrors: Perspectives on Huayan, pp.195-220. | Abstract due; Make up in-class |
| 13 | Buddha-nature in Chinese Buddhism
The concept of Buddh-nature of the Huayan school | Make up in-class |
| 14 | Same as above
Reading: Imre Hamar. "The Existence or Nonexistence of the Mind of Buddha: A Debate Between Faxingzong andFaxiangzong in Chenguan's Interpretation."Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae , 2003,Vol. 56, No. 2/4 (2003), pp. 339-367. | |
| 15 | The concept of buddha-nature of the Tiantai school | |
| 16 | Critical Buddhism | |
| 17 | The concept of buddha-nature and insentient things | Report due |
| 18 | Conclusion | |