MA Buddhist Studies Syllabus Sem III IV Final 1 Syllabus Mumbai University

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The Syllabus (MA Buddhist Studies Sem. III & IV) prepared by the
Committee ,comprising following members, and submitted to the
Chairperson , BOS in AICABS -
1. Dr. A.P. Jamkhedkar - Convenor
2. Dr. Suraj Pandit
3. Dr. Prachi Moghe
4. Dr. Supriya Rai
5. Mr. Vinayak Parab
6. Dr. Priya Vaidya
7. Ms. Baljit Lamba
8. Dr. Meenal Katarnikar
Date: 17/04/2018
Signature:

Name of BOS Chairperson / Dr Meenal Katarnikar

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Syllabus For Semester III
1. Basket 1 - Philosophy

PaperI Buddhism and Western Philosophy

Paper II Buddhism and Indian Philosophy

Paper III Madhyamaka Philosophy
Paper IV Yogācāra Philosophy
2. Basket 2 - Literature
Paper I Pali Canonical Literature
Paper II Pali Post-Canonical Literature
Paper III Buddhist Sanskrit Literature
Paper IV Sarvāstivāda and Mahāsāṃghika Literature
3. Basket 3 -Buddhsit Culture
Paper I -Buddhist Rites and Rituals in Asia
Paper II -Buddhism in East Asian Culture

Paper I II- Buddhism in East Asia
Paper IV Buddhism in India

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Paper V -Buddhism in Southeast Asia
Paper VI - History of Buddhism in Tibet
Paper V II- Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Myanmar

4. Basket 4 -Archaeology

Paper I Buddhist Material culture in south Asia (Except India)
Paper II - Epigraphy

Paper III - Rock‐Cut Architecture of Western India.


5. Basket 5 - Applied Buddhism

Paper I Women in Buddhism

Paper II Contributors to Buddhism

Paper III Theravada Buddhist Meditation

Paper IV Resurgence of Buddhism

Paper V Socially Engaged Buddhism

Paper VI Mahayana Buddhist Meditation

Syllabus For Semester IV

Paper I - Ability Enhancement Course -
A. Buddhist Heritage Management and Tourism

OR
B. Enhancing Skills through Buddhism

Paper II - Interdisciplinary Course -
Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian And Peace studies

Paper III - Dissertation

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Basket I: Philosophy

PaperI Buddhism and Western Philosophy

Paper II Buddhism and Indian Philosophy

Paper III Madhyamaka Philosophy

Paper IV Yogācāra Philosophy

Paper I -Buddhism and Western Philosophy

UNIT I
1) Problem of being and becoming: Heraclitus; anityatā in Buddhism.
2) Nature of Self: No -Self theory of Hume; Buddhist doctrine of anatta .
3) Problem of Universals: Nominalism; apoha in Buddhism
UNIT II

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4) Hume‘s rejection of the Substance Theory and the anti -substantial approach of
Buddhism.
5) Hume on Causation; pratītyasamutpāda as causation and the problem of
Skepticism in knowledge.
6) Berkeley‘s Idealism and Yogācāra idealism.
UNIT III
7) Morality and its justification: John StuarMill; the happiness of the many,
Bodhisattva‘s Altruism.
8) Aristotle‘s Virtue ethics, Deontological ethics (Kant) (Comparison: Middle path,
Buddhist moral ideal)
9) Kierkegaard‘s approach to the problem of existence and human life; Buddhist
understanding of and response to the problem of suffering.
UNIT IV
10) Buddhism and Post -Modern Context: Nietzsche‘s A -moralis m v/s Buddhist
Moralism
11) Deconstruction of Derrida and Dialectic of Nāgārjuna.
12) Western Phenomenology: Husserl and the Buddhist view


References:

Ayer, A.J., 1979, Central Questions of Philosophy .New York: Holt, Rinechart and
Winston.
Collins, Randall, 2000, The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual
Change. Harvard University Press.
Copleston, F., 1974, History of Philosophy (Relevant volumes). New York: Image
Books.
Coward, Harold G., 1990, Derrida and Indian Philosophy . Albany, NY: State University
of New York.

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Dragonetti, Carmen& Tola, Fernando, 2004, On the Myth of the Opposition Between
Indian Thought and Western Philosophy , Hildesheim: Olms.
Edelglass, William and Jay Garfield, 2009, Buddhist Philosophy: Es sential Readings ,
New York: Oxford University Press.
Edwards, Paul, 1967, The Encyclopedia of Philosophy . New York: The Macmillan Co.
and the Free Press.
Laycock, Steven W ., 1994, Buddhist Reflections on Western Philosophy . New York:
State University of New York Press.
Kalupahana , David J., 2005, Mulamadhyamakakarika of Nagarjuna: The Philosophy of
the Middle Way . Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass.
___________________., 1975, Causality: The Central Philosophy of Buddhism. The
University Press of Hawaii.
________ ____________ 1992, A History of Buddhist Philosophy: Continuities and
Discontinuities. University of Hawaii Press.
Katz, Nathan, 1981, Buddhist and Western Philosophy. New Jersey: Atlantic Highlands,
1981.
Keown Damien, 1992, The Nature of Buddhist Ethics, (Parallels between the ethics of
the Buddha and Aristotle) New York: St. Martin‘s Press.
King, Ursula, 1987, Women in the World's Religions ,Past and Present (ed) New York:
Paragon House.
Laycock, Steven William, 1994, Mind as mirror and the mirroring of mind: Buddhist
reflections on western phenomenology . Albany, NY: State University of New York.
Loy, David R ., 2009, Awareness Bound and Unbound - Buddhist Essays - The Karma of
Women. New York : SUNY Press.
Neufeldt , Ronald Wesley, 1986, Karma and rebirth: post classical developments. New
York: SUNY Press.
O‘Connor, D.J., 1964, A Critical History of Western Philosophy . London: Collier
MacMillan.
Russell, Bertrand, 1945, A History of Western Philosophy . New York: Simon and
Schuster.
Watson, Gay, 2001, A dialogue on the mind and consciousness : Perspective -
Buddhism Meets Western Science. Chicago: Park Ridge Center.

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Woozley, A.D., 1969, Theory of Knowledge : An Introduction . London: Hutchinson
University Library.

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Paper II -Buddhism and Indian Philosophy

Unit I :
1. Overview of Vedic, Śrama ṇa and Lokāyata traditions
2. Dehātmavāda of the Lokāyata compared to the Anattavāda of Buddhists.
3. Triratna of Jainas and Buddhists
Unit II :
1. Sāṃkhya ideas of Puru ṣa, Prakṛti and liberation
2. Buddhist view of ultimate reality
3. Aṣṭānga Yoga and the Eightfold Path in Buddhism
Unit III :
1. Nyāya system of logic and sources of valid cognition
2. Buddhist critique of Nyāya
3. Purvamimāmsa concept of karma, sacrifice and its Buddhist critique
Unit IV :
1. Advaita Vedanta: jīva, atman and Brahman;
2. Śūnyatā of Nagarjuna.
3. ĀdiŚankara and the Advaita critique of Buddhism
References:
Athalye and Bodas (Trans. & Ed.), 1963, Tarkasamgraha of Annambhatta .Pune:
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute.
Barua, BeniMadabh., 1920, The Ajivikas (Pt.I). Calcutta: University of Calcutta.
Basham, A.L., 2002, The History and Doctrine of Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion .
Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass.
Bhatt, Govardhan P., 1989, The Basic Ways of Knowing(An In -depth Study ofKumarila’s
Contribution to Indian Epistemolog y.(Second Ed.). Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass.

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Bhattacharyya, Sibajiban, 2010. Development of Nyaya Philosophy & its Social
Context
Vol. III, Part 3.Delhi: MunshiramManoharlal.
Dasgupta, S. N., 1940, History of Indian Philosophy , London: Cambridge University
Press.
Datta D.N., 1960, Six ways of Knowing . Calcutta: University of Calcutta.
Davies, John. 1957, Hindu Philosophy: The Sankhyakarika of Iswarakrishna. Calcutta:
Sushil Kumar.
Dravid, R.R ., 1972 The Problem of Universals in Indian Philosophy. Delhi:
MotilalBanaridass.
Gough, Archibald Edward, 2009, TheVaiseshika Aphorism of Kanada . Delhi: Saujanya
Books.
Hirianna, M., 1918, Outlines of Indian Philosophy. London: George Allen and Unwin.
Kalupahana, David, 1992, A History of Buddhist Philosophy : Continuities and
Discontinuities . Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Larson, Gerald J., 1998, Classical Samkhya , An Interpretation of its History and
Meaning (include translation of Isvarakrsna’sSamkhyakarika) . Delhi:
MotilalBanarsidass.
Matilal, B.K., 1980, Perception .Oxford: Oxford Press.
Mohanty, J. N., 1992, Introduction to Indian Philosophy , Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Murti, T.R.V., 1955, The Central Philosophy of Buddhism . London: George Allen and
Unwin.
Müeller, Max., 1889, Six Systems of Indian Philosophy; Samkhya and Yoga, Nyaya and
Vaiseshika . Calcutta: Susil Gupta.
Sharma, Ambikadatta, 1997, Pramanasamplava and Pramanavyavastha.JICPR, Vol.
XIV, No. 2, Jan. -April, 1997.
Siderits, Mark, 2007, Buddhism as Philosophy: An Introduction . Indianapolis, IN:
Hackett.
Smart, Ninian J. J. C., 1964, Doctrine and Arguments in Indian Philosophy. London:
George Allen and Unwin .
Weerasinghe, S.G.M., 1993, TheSankhya Philosophy; A Critical Evaluation of Its
Origins and Developmen t. Delhi: Sri Satguru.
Williams, Paul, and Anthony Tribe, 2000, Buddhist Thought: A Complete Introduction to
the Indian Tradition . London: Routledge.
Stcherbatsky, Th., 1962, Buddhist Logic . Vol. Two, New York: Dover.

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Paper III - Madhyamaka Philosophy

UNIT I
1) Origin and Development of Madhyamaka Buddhism : Overview of the
Contributions of
Nāgārjuna and Āryadeva.
2) Chief tenets of Nāgārjuna‘sphilosophy: The doctrine of two truths.
3) Chief tenets of Nāgārjuna‘sphilosophy: Pratītyasamutpāda, its relation with
Śūnyata
UNIT II
4) Critical examination of self -nature ( Svabhāvaparik ṣā)
5) Critical examination of self ( Ātmaparik ṣā)
6) Critical examination of Noble truths ( Āryasatyaparik ṣā);

UNIT III
7) Critical examination of Emancipation ( Nirvāṇaparikṣā); dogmatic views
(Drstipariks a)
8) Nāgārjuna‘s Methodological approach; IsŚūnyavāda self -refuting?
Svabhāvavādin‘s objection; Nāgārjuna‘s answer.
9) Nāgārjuna‘s approach to Pramāṇas, The concept of Mādhyamika negation;
Nāgārjuna‘sPrasa ṅga method.

UNIT IV
10) Constructive aspects of Nāgārjuna‘s philosophy as seen in Suhṛllekha and
Ratnāvali.
11) Madhyamaka Buddhism after Nāgārjuna: ĀryadevaandBuddhapālita,
12) Madhyamaka Buddhism after Nāgārjuna: BhāvavivekaandCandrakirti

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References:
Hayes, Richard P. , 1994, Nagarjuna‘s Appeal in Journal of Indian Philosophy , Vol. 22.
No. 4, Dec. 1994.


Kalupahana, D.J., (Ed. Tr.) 1986, Nagarjuna : The Philosophy of the Middle Way .Albany,
NY: State University of New York Press.

Lindtner, Chr., 1987, Nagarjuniana : Studies in the Writings and Philosophy of
Nagarjuna .Delhi: MotilalBanarasidass.

Matilal, B.K., 1971, Epistemology, Logic and Grammar, in Indian Philosophical
Analysis .Mouton : The Hague.

Murti, T.R.V., 1998, The Central Philosophy of Buddhism .Delhi: Harper Collins.

Pandeya, Raghunath (Ed.),1988, Madhyama kasastra; Nagarjuna (with Akutobhaya,
Mahyamakavritti by Buddhapalita, Prajnapradipavrtti by Bhavaviveka and
Prasannapada by Candrakirti ), Delhi:MotilalBanarasidass.

_____________and Manju (Ed. & tr .),1991, Nagarjuna’s Philosophy of No -identity (A
translat ion of Madhyamakasastra, Vigrahryavartani and Sunyatasaptati )Delhi: Eastern
Book Linkers.

Robinson, Richard H., 1967, Early Madhyamika in India and China . Madison: The
University of Wisconsin Press.

Santina, Peter Della, 1986, Madhyamika Schools in India .Delhi:MotilalBanarsidass.

SeyfortRuegg, D., 1986, Does the Madhyamika Have a Thesis and Philosophical
Position?in Buddhist Logic and Epistemology .B.K.Matilal and Robert D. Evans (Ed.) The
Hague: D. Reidal.


Vaidya, P.L. (Ed.), 1960, Madhyamakasastra of Nagarjuna . Darbhanga: The Mithila
Institute.

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Paper IV - YogācāraPhilosophy
UNIT I
1) Origin and Development of Yogācāra Buddhism: the contribution of Maitreya,
and Asaṅga.
2) Origin and Development of Yogācāra Buddhism: the contributions of
Vasubandhu
3) Origin and Development of Yogācāra Buddhism: the contributions of Di ṇṇāga
and Dharmakirti.
UNIT II
4) Three turnings of Dharmacakra: Saṅdhinirmoca ṇasūtra
5) The Bodhisattva ideal; Trikāya doctrine.
6) Ten Pāramitas and Bhūmis .

UNITIII
7) Vasubandhu‘s thesis of Vijñaptimātra tā: Ālayavijñāna and Prav ṛttivijñāna
8) Vasubandhu‘s doctrine of three Svabhāvas.
9) Refutation of the External world: Bāhyārthaparik ṣā by Śāntarak ṣita

UNIT IV
10) The problem of other minds: Does another consciousness series exist?
Santānantarasiddhi (Dharmakirti) and Santānantaradusana (Ratnakirti)
11) Conceptual link between Sautrāntika and Yogācāra
12) Philosophical issues arising from YogācāraIdealism: Idealism v/s Common
sense

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References
Anacker, Stefan, 2008, Seven Works of Vasubandhu : The Buddhist Psychological
Doctor . Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass.
Bhattacharya B.,1980, An Introduction to Buddhist Esoterism . Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass.
Chatterjee, A.K., 1986, TheYogacara Idealism . Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass.
Chatterjee, K. N. (tr.), 1980, Vijnapti -matrat a-siddhi Varanasi: KishorVidyaNiketan.
____________., 1971, Readings on Yogacara Buddhism . Varanasi: Centre of
Advanced Study in Philosophy (Banaras Hindu University.
Dragonetti, Carmen and Tola, Fernando, 2004, Being as Consciousness: Yogācāra
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Dutt, N., 1930, Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism in its relation to Hinayana . London:
Luzac.
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Commentary Entitled the Flame of Reason (Tarkajvala), Cambridge: Department of
Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University
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Yogācār abhūmi Treatise and Its Adaptation in India, East Asia, and Tibet, Cambridge:
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Lusthaus, Dan, 2002, Buddhist Phenomenology: A Philosophical Investigation of
Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch’eng Wei -shih Lun . London: Routledge.
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Schmithausen, Lambert, 1987, Ālayavijñāna: On the Origin and the Early Development
of a Central Concept of Yogācāra Philosophy. Tokyo: International Institute for Buddhist
Studies

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Wood, Thomas E., 1991, Mind Only: A Philosophical and Doctrinal Analysis of the
Vijñānavāda, Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press.

Basket II - Literature
Paper I Pali Canonical Literature
Paper II Pali Post -Canonical Literature
Paper III Buddhist Sanskrit Literature
Paper IV Sarvāstivāda and Mahāsāṃghika Literature

Paper I- Pali Canonical Literature

Unit I
1. The Account of Venerable Ānanda‘s Request (Ānandayācanakathā)
of Mahāparinibbāna -sutta with its commentary.
2. The succession of teachers (Ācariyaparamparā) in the Bāhiranidāna of Vinaya
Commentary.
3. Wholesome and Unwholesome Consciousness in Dhammasa ṅgaṇi and its
commentary (Aṭṭhasālinī ).

Unit II
1. Introduction to Sutta; Alagaddupama -Sutta (MN 22)
2. Introduction to Geyya; Jaṭā-Sutta (SN 1.165)
3. Introduction to Veyyākara ṇa; Conditioned (saṅkhata ) and un-conditioned
(asaṅkhata )
dhamma .

Unit III
1. Introduction to Gāthā ; Attavaggo of Dhammapada (KN 2.12).
2. Introduction to Udāna ; Paṭhamabodhisutta ṃ of Udāna (KN 3.1).
3. Introduction to Itivuttaka ; Āsavakkhayasutta ṃ (KN 4.102).
4.

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Unit IV
1. Introduction to Jātaka ; ChaddantaJataka (J 514).
2. Introduction to Abbhutadhamma ; Acchariya -Abbhut -Sutta (MN 123).
3. Introduction to Vedalla ; Culavedalla -Sutta (MN 44).

References:
Bodhi, Bhikkhu, Gen. ed; 1999, A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma , Kandy:
Buddhist Publication Society.
Bodhi, Bhikkhu, 2000, The Connected Discourses of the Buddha, part I, Boston:
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Cowell, E.B., ed., 1907, The Jātaka, or Stories of the Buddhas Former Births ,
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Fausboll, V., 1896, TheJātaka Together with its Commentary Being Tales of the
Anterior Births of Gautama Buddha , vol. VI, London: Turner & Co.
Feer, Léon M., 1991, Saṁyutta - nikāya, vol. I, Oxford: The Pali Text Society.
Jayawickrama, N A., trans., 1895, The Inception of discipline, and the Vinayanid āna;
being a translation and edition of the Bāhiranid āna of Buddhaghosa'sSamantap āsādikā,
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Ñāṇmoḷi, Bhikkhu and Bodhi, Bhikkhu, 1995, The Middle Length Discourses of the
Buddha , Boston: Wisdom Publications.
Norman, K R. and Hinüber, O vön, ed., 1995, Dhammapada, Oxford: The Pali Text
Society.
Norman, K R., 1997, The Word of the Doctrine: Dhammapada, Oxford: The Pali Text
Society.
Rhys Davids ,C. A. F., trans., 1900, A Buddhist Manual of Psychological Ethics, London:
Royal Asiatic Society, (reprinted with corrections, Pali Text Society ).
Rhys Davids, T. W. and C. A. F. trans., 1910, Dialogues of the Buddha , part II, Oxford:
Oxford University Press, pp. 78–191.
Stede, W. ed., 1971, Sumaṅgala-vilāsinī, vol. II, London: Luzac and Company Ltd.
Steinthal, P., 1948, Udāna, London: The Pali Text Society.
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Windish, E, 1975 , Iti-vuttaka, London: The Pali Text Society.

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Woodward , F L., 1948, The Minor Anthologies of the Pāli Canon: Udāna : Verses of
Uplift and Itivuttaka : as it was Said, Part 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Yang -Gyu An. trans., 2003, The Buddha's Last Days: Buddhaghosa‘s Commentary on
the MahaparinibbanaSutta, London: The Pali Text Society.


Paper II - Pali Post -Canonical Literature

Unit I
1. Outline of Pali Post -Canonical Literature.
2. Language, style and content of Milindapañho ; Concept of paritta in
Milindapañho .
3. Omniscience of the Buddha and the Devadatta‘s ordination in the
Milindapañho .

Unit II
1. Saṅgahavāro and Uddesavāro of Nettippakara ṇa.
2. TathāgatassaDasavidha ṁBalaṁ of Peṭakopadesa .
3. Comparative study of ―Hāravibha ṅga‖ in the Nettippakara ṇa and
thePeṭakopadesa .

Unit III
1. Overview of Vaṁsa literature.
2. Language, style and content in Vaṁsa Literature with special reference to
Dipavaṁsa and Mahāvaṁsa.
3. Mahākassapasa ṅgaha of Dipavaṁsa.

Unit IV

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1. Visuddhimagga - An introduction to the text and its author.
2. Visuddhimagga - definition, characteristics and function of sīla;
advantages of sīla
3. Visuddhimagga – Nandopanandanāgadamanakathā .

References:
Geiger, Wilhelm, trans., 1912, TheMahāva ṁsa, Henry Frowde for Pali Text Society.
Hardy, Edmund, ed., 1902, The Nettippakara ṇa, with extracts from Dhammapala’s
Commentary , London: Pali Text Society.
Hinüber, O vön, 2000, A Handbook of Pāli Literature , Berlin and New York: Walter de
Gruyt er.
Law, B C., 2000 [1933]. A History of Pali Literature , Varanasi: Indica.
Ñāṇamoḷi, Bhikkhu, trans., 2011, The Path of Purification: Visuddhimagga, Kandy:
Buddhist Publication Society.
_________________, trans., 1964, Pitaka - Disclosure , Bristol: Pali Text Society.
Oldenburg, Herman, 1879, TheDipavamsa: An Ancient Buddhist Historical Record ,
London: William and Norgate.
Rhys -Davids, T. W., 1890, The Questions of Milinda , Sacred Books of the East, Vol
XXXV.

Paper III - Buddhist Sanskrit Literature
Unit I
1. Śālistambasūtra ṃ– definition of 12 links of dependent origination.
2. Rāṣṭrapāla -paripṛcchā – passages between gāthā 48 and gāthā 72
3. Kāśyapaparivarta –First four paragraphs
Unit II
1. Prajñāpāramitā -hṛdaya -sūtra

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2. Saddharmapu ṇḍrīka-sūtra –gāthā 33 to gāthā 45
3. Suvarṇaprabhāsa -sūtra – Chapter 2, till 8thgāthā
Unit III
1. Lalitavistara - Chapter Janmaparivarta –
―athakhalvasitomahar ṣiḥsārdhaṃnaradattena …………….. nārogye pi
rādhayiṣyāmi ||‖
2. Mahāvastu -avadāna ṃ – description of four sights, compare with Nidānakathā
3. Buddhacarita ṃ – chapter 13th, first 35 stanzas
Unit IV
1. Jātakamālā of Haribha ṭṭa – Candraprabha -jātaka , till 21stgāthā
2. Bodhicaryāvatāra ofŚāntideva – chapter 1
3. Avadānakalpalatā – 16thMaitreyavyākara ṇa.
References :
1. _______., 1967, Suvarṇaprabhāsasūtra , Darbhanga: The Mithila Institute.
2. __________, 1988, Bodhicaryāvatāra , Darbhanga: The Mithila Institute.
3. __________, ThePrajñāpāramitā -Hṛdayaṃ.
4. __________., 1961, Mahāyāna -sūtra -saṃgraha , pt. I, Darbhanga: The Mithila
Institute.
5. Bagchi S., 2003, MahāvastuAvadāna , Vol. I, II, III, Darbhanga: The Mithila
Institute.
6. Conze Edward, 1978, ThePrajñāpāramitā Literature , Tokyo: The Reiyukai.
7. Finot L., 1957, Rāṣṭrapāla -paripṛcchā , Indo -Iranian rep rints.
8. Hahn Michael, 1992, Haribhaṭṭa and Gopadatta, 2nd edition, Tokyo: The
International Institute for Buddhist Studies.
9. Johnston E.H. 2004, Aśvagho ṣa;sBuddhacarita or Acts of the Buddha , Delhi:
MLBD.
10. Nariman G.K. 1973, Literary History of Sanskrit Buddhi sm, Delhi: Indological
Book House.

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11. Ross Real N. 1993, TheŚālistambasūtra , Delhi: MLBD.
12. ShridharTripathi, 1987, Lalita -Vistara , 2nd edition, Darbhanga: The Mithila
Institute.
13. Singh Paramanand, 1993, Saddharmapu ṇḍarīkaSūtra , Varanasi:
BauddhaAkarGranthamala.
14. Staȅl-Holstein Baron, 1926, TheKāśyapaparivarta , The Commercial Press
Ltd.
15. Swami Dwarakadasashastri (Ed.), 1988, Bodhicaryāvatāra , Varanasi:
BauddhaBharati.
16. Vaidya P. L. (ed.) 1959, Avadānakalpalatā of K ṣemendra , Vol. I, Darbhanga:
The Mithila Institute.
17. Watson Burton, 1993, The Lotus Sutra , New York: Columbia University Press.
18. Winternitz M. 1999, A History of Indian Literature , Vol. II, Delhi: MLBD.

Paper IV - Sarvāstivāda and Mahāsāṃghika Literature

UNIT I
1) An overview of Sarvāstivād a literature in Sanskrit.
2) Significance of the Abhidharmako ṣa of Vasubandhu.
3) Important concepts: Dharmas, the ultimate constituents of reality.

UNIT II
4) Important concepts: Karma
5) Important concepts: Pratītyasamutpāda .
6) Introduction to the Mūla sarvāstivād avinaya.

UNIT III
7) Overview of the Poṣadhasthāpanavastu ,
8) Selection from the Sanghabhedavastu : Ajātaśatru
9) Selection from the Sanghabhedavastu : Devadatta

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UNIT IV
10) Introduction to MahāvastuAvadāna
11) Descriptions of hells; selections from NarakaParivarta (Sanjīva and Kālasūtra )
12) Ten bhūmi s; description of second bhūmi .

References

1. Bagchi, S.,1970, Mahavastu -Avadana, Vol. I. Darbhanga:Mithila
Institute.
2. _________, (Ed.), 1967, Mūlasarvāstivāda -vinayavastu , Vol. I, Darbhanga: The
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Basket III Buddhsit Culture
Paper I -Buddhist Rites and Rituals in Asia
Paper II -Buddhism in East Asian Culture

Paper III - Buddhism in East Asia
Paper IV Buddhism in India
Paper V -Buddhism in Southeast Asia
Paper VI - History of Buddhism in Tibet
Paper VII - Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Myanmar


Paper I -Buddhist Rites and Rituals in Asia

Although the Buddha proscribed rituals, in practice they form an important part of the
religious life of Buddhists all over Asia. Apart from a means to express their devotion to

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the Triple Gem, rituals also provide a vital mediation between the exalted ideals of
Buddhism and the mundane concerns of everyday life which the followers find
themselves hard -pressed to resolve. In this manner, rituals have played an importa nt
role in preserving Buddhism as a vibrant, living tradition.
This paper deals with rituals from different Buddhist traditions and cultures in Asia.
UNIT I
1) Overview of rituals in Buddhism: Monastic ceremonies and lay rituals.
2) Temples, Sacred Objects and Rituals in Sri Lankan, Burmese, Japanese and Tibetan
Buddhism.
3) Image Consecration: in Thailand and Japan.
UNIT II
1) Rituals and offerings in personal and group worship.
2) Monastic Rituals: Ordination of Monks, Nuns and Novices in Theravada and
Mahayana
Orders.
3) State Rituals and Ceremonies: China.
UNIT III
1) Types of Rituals: for accumulation of merit.
2) Types of Rituals: for warding off disease or ill -fortune.
3) Types of Rituals: those absorbed from local tradition.
UNIT IV
1) Relic worshi p in Sri Lanka and Burma.
2) Funeral rites for monks.
3) Tibetan and Thai Buddhist festivals.

Reference Books:

Altekar, A. S. The Corporeal Relics of the Buddha. Journal of the Bihar Research
Society
(Buddha Jayanti Special Issue) 1956.

Germano, David and Kevin Trainor. Embodying the Dharma: Buddhist RelicVeneration
in Asia . Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004.

Willis, Michael.(ed)Relics andReliquaries. In Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient
India , London: British Museum Press, 2000.

Reynold s, Frank and Jason A. Carbine. The Buddhist Life. Los Angeles: University of
California Press, 2000.

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Trainor, Kevin. ―Constructing a Buddhist Ritual Site: Stupa and Monastery Architecture.‖
In Unseen Presence: The Buddha and Sanchi . Mumbai: Marg, 1996.
Harv ey, Peter. The Symbolism of the Stupa. Journal of the InternationalAssociation of
Buddhist Studies 7, 1984.

Schopen, Gregory S. Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks: Collected Papers on the
Archeology, Epigraphy, and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India . Honolulu: University
of
Hawaii Press, 1976.
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Form of Burial Ad Sanctosat Buddhist Sites in India .InThe Buddhist Forum (Volume III
Seminar Papers 1991 –1993). Delhi: Heritage,1994 .

Strong, John S. Relics of the Buddha . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004.

Snodgrass, Adrian. The Symbolism of the Stupa . Ithaca: Southeast Asia Program,
1985.

Bentor, Yael. On the Indian Origins of the Tibetan Practice of Depositing Relics an d
Dharanis in Stupas and Images .Journal of the American OrientalSociety, 1995.

De Marco, Guiseppe. The Stupa as a Funerary Monument: New Iconographical
Evidence. Delhi: East and West, 1987.

Kinnard, Jacob N. The Field of the Buddha’s Presence:InEmbodyingt heDharma:
Buddhist RelicVeneration in Asia , 1–26. Albany: State University ofNew York Press.
2004.

Lewis, Todd T. Contributions to the History of Buddhist Ritualism: A Mahayana Avadana
on
Caitya Veneration from the Kathmandu Valley .Journalof Asian Histor y, 1994.

Schober, Julianne. In the Presence of the Buddha: Ritual Veneration of the Burmese
MahamuniImage .InSacred Biography in the Buddhist Traditions ofSouth and Southeast
Asia. Honolulu:University of Hawai‘i Press. 1997.

SeneviratnaAnuradha. Buddhist R ituals and Ceremonies: Temple of the Sacred Tooth
Relic in Sri Lanka . Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Sri Lanka, 1990.

Powers, John. Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism . Ithaca, N. Y.: Snow Lion, 2007.
Braginsky, Vladimir (ed.) Classical Civilizations of South -East Asia .London: Routledge,
2002.

Breckenridge, Carol and Peter van der Veer (eds.). Orientalism and the Postcolonial
Predicament: Perspectives on South Asia . South Asia Seminar Series. Philadelphia:
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993

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YoshitaS.Hakeda. Kukai and His Major Works .(tr). Columbia: Columbia University
Press,
1984.

Groner Paul. Ryogen and Mount Hiei: Japanese Tendai in Tenth Century . Hawaii:
University of Hawaii Press, 2002.

Cuevas, Bryan J. and Jacqueline I. Stone. (eds.) The Buddhist Dead: Practices,
Discourses,
Representations. Honolulu: Kuroda Institute, Hawaii University, 2007.

McDermott, John P. State and Court Ritual in China . Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1999.

Gerson, Ruth. Traditional Festivals in Thailand. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Paper II -Buddhism in East Asian Culture

The dissemination of Buddhism to East Asia had a profound impact on local cultures.
Buddhist texts, particularly of the Mahayana lineage, are full of magnificent tales with
rich imagery. There are bodhisattvas, demi -gods, spirits as well as denizens of hell who
live in realms that are graphically described. Along with the teachings themselves,
practices such as meditation in a seated posture, ritual offerings, sacred objects a nd
ceremonies of confession etc were all foreign to these countries. Their introduction led
to new ideas about art, objects, buildings, traditional festivals and ceremonies.

This paper will introduce the student to the various dimensions of East Asian cul ture
that bearthe imprint of Buddhist influence.

UNIT I
1) The treasures of Dunhuang from 4th century to the 14th century: cave paintings in
theMogao caves,
2) The treasures of Dunhuang from 4th century to the 14th century: sculpture in the
Mogaocaves.
3) China: Longmen caves in Luoyang.

UNIT II
1) China: Temple architecture, wooden architecture, grottoes.
2) China: Chan literature
3) China: Selections from poems by Buddhist nuns

UNIT III
1) Japan: Painting
2) Japan: Calligraphy
3) Japan: Buddhist elements in the tea ceremony

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UNIT IV
10) Japan: Bushido, the samurai code
11) Japan: Buddhist festivals
12) Korea: Temple architecture

Reference Books:

Ch‘en, Kenneth. Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey . Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University
Press, 1972.

Whitfield, Roderick &SeigoOtsuka. Dunhuang: Caves of the Singing Sands Buddhist Art
from the Silk Road . London: Textile and Art Publications, 1996.

Chung, Tan. (ed) Dunhuang through the eyes of DuanWenjie . Delhi: Indira Gandhi
National
Centre for th e Arts, 1994.

Bao, Yuheng, Qing Tian& Letitia Lane. Buddhist Art and Architecture of China . Lewiston,
NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2004.

vanOort, H. A. The iconography of Chinese Buddhism in Traditional China . Leiden: Brill,
1986.

McNair, Amy. Donors of Longm en: faith, politics and patronage in medieval Chinese
Buddhist Sculpture. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2007.

Watson, William. The Arts of China . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000.

Cai, Yanxin. Chinese Architecture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Kieschnick, John. The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture . Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press, 2003.

Ferguson, Andy. Zen’s Chinese Heritage: the masters and their teachings . Somerville,
MA; Wisdom, 2000.

Welter, Albert. The Linji Lu and the creation of the Chan Orthodoxy: the development of
Chan’á records of sayings literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Jia, Jinhua. The Hongzhou School of Chan Buddhism in the Eight to the Tenth -century
China .

Alban y, NY: State University of New York Press, 2006.

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Grant, Beata. Daughters of Emptiness: poems of Chinese Buddhist Nuns . Somerville,
MA:
Wisdom Publications, 2003.

Raposa, Michael L. Meditation and the Martial Arts . Charlottesville, VA: University of
Virginia Press, 2003.

Priest, Graham & Damien Young. Martial Arts and Philosophy.Beating and Nothingness .
Chicago: Open Court Publishing, 2010.

Kanazawa, Hiroshi. Japanese Ink Painting : Early Zen Masterpieces. Tokyo: Kodansha,
1979.

Miner, Earl and Hiroko Oda giri, Robert E. Morell. The Princeton Companion to Classical
Japanese Literature. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1985.

Parker, Joseph D. Zen Buddhist Landscape Arts of early Muromachi Japan (1336 -
1573). Albany,
NY: State University of New York P ress, 1999.

Rawson, Philip S. Japanese Paintings from Buddhist Shrines and Temples. New
American Library of World Literature and UNESCO, 1963.

Shimizu, Yoshiaki & James M. Rosenfield. Masters of Japanese Calligraphy 8th to 19th
century . New York: Asia Society Galleries, 1984.

Okakura, Kakuzo. The Book of Tea . Tokyo: Kodansha, 2005.

Cleary, Thomas. (trans. And ed.) Training the Samurai Mind: A Bushido Sourcebook .
Boston, MA: Shambhala, 2008.

Nitobe, Inazo. Bushido: Samurai Ethics and the Soul of Japan . Mineola, NY: Dover,
2004.

deBary, Wm. Theodore, Carol Gluck & Arthur T. Tiedemann. Sources of Japanese
Tradition .(2 Vols.) New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.

Dumoulin, Heinrich, James Heisig& Paul F. Knitter. Zen Buddhism: A History: Japan.
Bloomi ngton: World Wisdom, 2005.

Plutschow, Herbert E. and Patrick Geoffrey O‘ Neill. Matsuri: the festivals of Japan.
Surrey:
Japan Library, Curzon Press, 1996.

Kim, Sung -woo. Buddhist Architecture of Korea . Seoul: Hollym, 2007.

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Brown, Ju& John Brown. China, J apan, Korea Culture and Customs . North Charleston,
SC:
BookSurge, 2006.




PaperIII - Buddhism in East Asia

Preamble - Asoka‘s missions to spread Buddhism had resulted in Buddhism becoming
well-established in the Gandharan region. This area was well-connected with Kashmir,
which was also an important centre of Buddhist learning. These locations were on the
trade routes that were linked to the major silk routes and it was along these routes that
Buddhism reached Central Asia. The Chinese first cam e into contact with the teachings
in this region.
Unlike the dissemination to south -east Asian countries, in China, Buddhism
encountered a civilisation that was as ancient and as complex as the Indian one. This
was to have a unique impact on the manner in which Buddhism was transmitted and its
subsequent development. Chinese culture dominated in East Asia and soon, Korea and
Japan became Buddhist nations too.

UNIT I –
1) Overview of Chinese philosophy before Buddhism: Confucian teachings, Daoism.
2) Budd hism up to the 3rd century, during the Han period –early translation methods
and interpretation of Buddhism.
3) Buddhism from the 3rd to the 6th century –dominance of Prajna literature,
introduction of Nirvana Sutra andTattvasiddhiSastra. Faxian‘s journey to India and Sri
Lanka. Kumarajivaand introduction of Madhyamaka.

UNIT II
4) Buddhism during the Sui and the Tang dynasties: schools of Chinese Buddhism.
5) Xuanzang‘s stay at Nalanda and the translation of Yogacara texts. Yijing‘s journey to
Srivijaya and Nalanda.
6) Catalogues and the compilation of the Chinese Tripitaka. Decline during the Sung.

UNIT III 7) Buddhism in Korea: original shamanism, introduction of Buddhism in 4th
century during the 3 kingdoms period.
8) Buddhism in the Unified Silla Period, Yogacara, Pure Land and indigenous, holistic
effort towards Buddhist doctrine: Tongbulyo.
9) Korean Seon, suppression of Buddhism in the Joseon dynasty.

UNIT IV
10)Japanese Buddhism: Nara period; Tendai and Shingon during Heian period
. 11) Pur e Land, Zen and Nichiren in Kamakura period;
12) Contribution of Buddhism to Japanese culture, suppression and gradual decline in
the Edo period.

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Reference Books:
1. Ch‘en, Kenneth. Buddhism in China: a historical survey. Princeton: Princeton
University P ress, 1972.
2. ___________The Chinese Transformation of Buddhism.Princeton:Princeton
University Press, 1973. Zurcher, Erik.The Buddhist Conquest of China. Leiden: Brill,
2007.
3. Chan, Wing -Tsit.Sourcebook in Chinese Philosophy.Princeton: Princeton University
Press, 1963.
4. Sheel, Kamal and LaljiShravak, Charles Willemen. India on the Silk Route.Delhi:
Buddhist World Press, 2010.
5. Chandra, Lokesh and RadhaBanerjee.Xuanzang and the Silk Route.Delhi: Indira
Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 2008.
6. I-ching.Chines e Monks in India: Biography of eminent monks who went to the
western world during the great Tang Dynasty. Latiaklahiri (trans.) Delhi:
MotilalBanarsidass, 1986.
7. Matsuo, Kenji. History of Japanese Buddhism.Kent: Global Oriental, 2007.
8. Matsunaga, Daigan an d Alicia Matsunaga.Foundation of Japanese Buddhism.(2
Vols.)Los Angeles: Buddhist Books International, 1976.
9. Kashiwahara, Yusen &KoyuSonoda.Shapers of Japanese Buddhism.Tokyo: Kosei
Publications, 1974.
10. Lancaster, Lewis et al., Buddhism in Koryo: A Royal religion. Berkeley: Institute for
East Asian Studies, University of California, 1996.
11. The Korean Buddhist Research Institute, ed., The History and Culture of Buddhism
in Korea. Seoul:Dongguk University Press, 1993.
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Paper IV Buddhism in India

UnitI
1) Life of the Buddha
2) Basic Buddhist teachings
3)The growth of the Snagha and the first two Buddhist Councils

Unit II
4) Role of different personalities in the growth and development of early Buddhism:
Devadatta,GoatamiPrajapati,Bimbisara,Ajatshatru, Ashoka, Kanishka, Harsha
5) Buddhism in the third and fourth council.
6) History of the origin of Buddhist sects in India

Unit III
7) Development of Buddhism in Sthaviravada ,Mahasanghika
8) Development of Buddhism in Lokottarvada, Sarvastivada
9) Development of Buddhism in Yogachara ,Madhyamika

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Unit Iv – Evaluation of issues relating to Decline of Buddhism
(a). Moral and Ethical Degeneracy
(b). Role of Brahmanical -Hinduism and Brahmanical Kings
(c). Sect arianism and the Rise of Mahayana and Vajrayana
(d). Attacks by Arabs and Turks
(e). Impact of Bhakti Movement and Sufism


Reference Books
E. H. Brewster. The Life of Gotama the Buddha. (Compiled from the Pali Canon).
London:
Kegan Paul, 1926.
NaradaTher a. The Life of the Buddha in his own words .Kandy, Ceylon: Buddhist
Publication
Society, 1967.
Mitra, R.C. The Decline of Buddhism in India, Santiniketan, Birbhum: Visva -Bharati,
1954.
. Jaini, P.S. šThe Disappearance of Buddhism and the Survival of Jainism : A Study in
Contrast,› in A.K. Narain (ed), Studies in History of Buddhism, Delhi: B.R. Publishing
Corporation, 1980: 81 - 91.
Joshi, L.M. Studies in the Buddhistic Culture of India, 2 rev ed, nd Delhi:
MotilalBanarsidass, 1977: 302ff.
. Bagchi, P.C. šD ecline of Buddhism and its Causes,› Sir AsutoshMukerjee Silver
Jubilee Volume, III, Calcutta: University of Calcutta, 1943: 404 -12.
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MunshiramManoharlal, 1995.
Sarao, K.T.S. The Decline of Buddhism in India: A Fresh Perspective, Delhi: 2010.
Krishan, Y. šThe Causes of the Decline of Buddhism and Its Disappearance from India:
A Reassessment,›VisvesvaranandIndological Journal, II, September 1964: 264 -297.
Nattier, J. Once Upon a Future Time: Studies in a Buddhist Prophecy of Decline,
Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1991.
Maclean, D.N. Religion and Society in Arab Sind, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1989. 10. Sharma,
R.S. Urban Decay in India (c.300 - c.1000), Delhi: MunshiramManoharlal, 1987.
TheraKa ssapa, TheraSiridhamma. The Life of the Buddha . Colombo: Dept. of Cultural
Affairs,
1958.
Thomas, E. J. The Life of Buddha as Legend and History . London: Kegan Paul, Trench,
Trubner& Co., 1931.
TheraPivadassi. The Buddha, A Short Study of His Life and His Teachings . Kandy:
Buddhist
Publication Society, 1982.
DuttNalinaksha. Buddhist Sects in India . New Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass, 1998.
________ Early History of the Spread of Buddhism and Buddhist Schools . Delhi: Rajesh
Publication, 1980
________ Buddhism in Ka shmir . New Delhi: Eastern Book Linkers, 1985.
Carus, Paul, Karma. A Story of Early Buddhism . Chicago: Open Court, 1894.

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Hirakawa, Akira. A History of Indian Buddhism - From Sakyamuni to Early
Mahayana .Trans.
and Ed. Paul Groner. Honolulu: University of Hawa ii Press, 1990.
Morgan, Kenneth W. ( ed). The Path of the Buddha: Buddhism Interpreted by
Buddhists . New
York: Ronald Press, 1956.
Winternitz M. History of Indian Literature. (3 Vols). New Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass, 1996.
Conze, Edward, and Arthur Walley. Buddhism: Its essence and development , New York:
Harper,
1959.
Goyal, S.R. A History of Indian Buddhism . Meerut: KusumanjaliPrakasan, 1987.
Pande, G.C. Studies in the Origin and Development of Buddhism ,Delhi: 1983.
Verma, V.P. Early Buddhism and Its Origins , New Delhi: MunshiramManoharlal, 1973.
Yazdani, G. The Early History of the Deccan , New Delhi: Oriental Books, 1982.
Conze, E. Buddhist Thought in India. AnnArbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1967.

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Paper V -Buddhism in Southeast Asia

Thus this paper deals with the dissemination of Buddhism in the South and Southeast
Asian countries, where it was embraced as state religion. Spurred largely due to the
effort of Emperor Asoka from the 3rd century B.C., Buddhism was preserved in the
original Pali Canonical Literatures were preserved and systematized in 1st Cent. A.D.
under King Vattagamini. Many commentarial works were also composed by great
exponents like BuddhaghosaandDhammapala. Sri Lanka played a vital role in the
further dissemin ation of the Buddhavacana to the other parts of Southeast Asian
countries like Thailand, Indonesia as also to the Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
Buddhism disseminated both through land route as well through sea route from the land
of its birth and assimilated the native element of the geographical place where it had


Unit I – Buddhism in Thailand
Introduction of Buddhism,
Buddhism in Ayutthaya period.
Assimilatedtrend – Hindiusm from Cambodia and local folk traditions.

Unit II - Buddhism in modern Thailand
Theravada Bddhism
Hierarchy in the Sangha, government ties,
Contemporary Buddhism


Unit III - History of Buddhism in Indonesia
Introduction of Buddhism,
Buddhism in the Srivijayaperiod, Sailendra period,
Decline of Buddhism, the discovery of Borobudu r.

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Unit – IV –Dissemination of Buddhism in other countries in Southeastasia
Buddhism in Cambodia
Buddhism in Vietnam
Buddhism in Laos

Reference Books

Swearer, Donald K. Becoming the Buddha: The Ritual of Image Consecration in
Thailand. Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass, 2007.
Guelden, Marlane. Sacred Rocks and Buddhist Caves in Thailand.Thailand : White
Lotus, 1998.
Assavavirulhakarn,Prapod. Ascendancy of Theravada Buddhismin Southeast Asia.
Chiang Mai: Silk Worm Books, 2010.
Tiyavanich, Kamala. The Bu ddha in the Jungle. Chiang Mai: Silk Worm Books, 2003.
Stratton, Carol. What‘s What in a Wat.Chiang Mai: Silk Worm Books, 2010.
Harris,Ian Charles. Cambodian Buddhism – History and Practice. Honolulu: University
of Hawaii Press, 2005.
Marston, John & Guth rie. (ed) History, Buddhism and New Religious Movements in
Cambodia.Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2004.
Conze, Edward. A Short History of Buddhism - Historical Background of Buddhasasana
in Indonesia.London:George Allen and Unwin, 1982.

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Paper VI - History of Buddhism in Tibet
Preamble: - This paper will cover the transmission of Buddhism to Tibet, the introduction
of tantra and the subsequent spread and developments in Buddhism in Tibet. Tibetan
Buddhists turned to Indian masters for training and study, translating texts painstakingly
over the years to compile the voluminous canon. This paper will also cover the second
transmission by AtishaDipamkara and the formation of distinct Tibetan schools of
Buddhism. The material w ill comprise textual sources of history as well as modern
research works.
UNIT I
1) Bon and Pre -Buddhist Tibetan Religion
2) Introduction of Buddhism in Tibet:The role of TrisongDetsen.
3) The contribution of Santaraksita and Kamalasila.
UNIT II
4) Pa dmasambhava and the establishment of monasteries.

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5) The Samye debates.
6) Early Translation Activity and Compilation of Tibetan Canon.
UNIT III
7) An overview of the Kangyur and the Tengyur, the different versions.
8) Generic classification of canoni cal texts: Sutras and tantras.
9) Atisa and revival of Buddhism.
UNIT IV
10) Tibetan Buddhist Schools: Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, Gelug.
11) Bu -ston, Milarepa, Tsong -kha-pa and other Tibetan Masters
12) The Institution of Dalai Lamas and Tibetan Buddhism after Chinese Occupation of
Tibet
Reference Books:
1. Smith, E. Gene. Among Tibetan Texts: History and Literature of the Himalayan
Plateau. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2001.
2. McKay, Alex. History of Tibet.(3 Vols.) London: Routledge Curzon, 2001.
3. Lama Chim pa, AlakaChattopadyaya (tr.) DebiprasadChattopadhyaya
(ed.)Taranatha‘s History of Buddhism in India. Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass, 1997.
4. Obermiller, E. (tr.)History of Buddhism in India and Tibet by Bu -ston. Delhi: Sri
Satguru Publications, 1986.
5. Waddell, L. A. The Buddhism of Tibet or Lamaism.Delhi:Manjusri, 1978.
6. Powers, John. Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism.Ithaca, N. Y.: Snow Lion, 2007.
7. Cabezon, J. I. and Roger R. Jackson.Tibetan Literature: Studies in Genre. Ithaca, N.
Y.: Snow Lion, 1996.
8. Dorje, Pen pa. Analytical study on SamyeDebate. Sarnath: Central Institute of Higher
Tibetan Studies, 2005.
9. Bapat, P. V. 2500 Years of Buddhism. Delhi: Publication Division, Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting,1997
10. Bose, P. N. Indian Teachers of Buddhist Univer sities. Madras, 1925
11. Das, S. C. Indian Pandits in the Land of Snow. Delhi: Rupa, 2006.
12. Chattopadhyaya, Alaka. Atisa and Tibet.Calcutta: Indian Studies Past and Present,
1967
Paper VII - Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Myanmar

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Preamble: - True to the saying of t he Buddha ―it is for the benefit of many, for the welfare
of many‖ the teachings of the Buddha spread far and wide and became the religion of
the world, not at the cost of bloodshed or on the path of war but based on pure universal
compassion. Thus this pa per deals with the dissemination of Buddhism in the South and
Southeast Asian countries, where it was embraced as state religion. Spurred largely
due to the effort of Emperor Asoka from the 3rd century B.C., Buddhism was preserved
in the original Pali Cano nical Literatures were preserved and systematized in 1st Cent.
A.D. under King Vattagamini. Many commentarial works were also composed by great
exponents like BuddhaghosaandDhammapala. Sri Lanka played a vital role in the
further dissemination of the Buddh avacana to the other parts of Southeast Asian
countries like Myanmar.

Unit I –
1. State of Sri Lanka before the Introduction of Buddhism
2. Pre-Buddhist religion in Sri Lanka
3. Colonization by Prince Vijaya and socio -political conditions after Vijaya

Unit II
4. Mahinda‘s mission; schism; Pali Canon, Sectarian Development , tooth relic
5. Buddhaghosha and revival of Mahavihara
6. Decline of Buddhism till 11th Cent. And subsequent revival


Unit III –
7. Earliest contacts with Buddhism in Myanmar
8. Buddhism in Mon and Pyu period
9. Buddhism in Shan period


Unit IV -

10. Theravada Buddhism comes to Pagan
11. Pagan : Flowering and Decline
12. The Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries
13. Buddhism in Mon and Pyu period



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Review, (Vol. I) .
4. No. 2, November 1943, and V ol. Ill, April 1945

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5. Adikaran, E.W. Early History of Buddhism in Ceylon. Colombo: Gunasena, 1953
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Sri Lanka .Albany: State University of New York, 1993.
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2005.
16. Niharranjan, Ray. Sanskrit Buddhism in Burma . Calcutta: University of Calcutta,
1936.
17. HtinAung . Folk Elements In Burmese Buddhism . Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1962.
18. Bischoff, Roger. Buddhism in Myanmar -A Short History . Kandy: Wheel
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20. Luce Gordon H. Old Burma - Early Pagan . Locust Valley, NY: J. J. Augustin, 197

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Basket IV - Archaeology
Paper I Buddhist Material culture in south Asia (Except India)
Paper II - Epigraphy

Paper III - Rock‐Cut Architecture of Western India.

Paper I Buddhist Material culture in south Asia (Except India)
Unit 1
Pan Himalayan Buddhism; Nepal
A) Chaitya and Prasad

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B) Mahayana Buddhist pantheon in Nepalese art ; sculptures and paintings with
special reference to bodhisattva Manjushri and Avalokiteshvarand depiction o f
dependent origination
C) Nepal wood work with special reference to Buddhist vihara in Kathamandu valley
and chariots associated with them
Unit 2
Pan Himalayan Buddhism: Bhutan and Ladakh
A) Bhutanese art and fertility rituals
B) Introduction of architecture of Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh
C) Kanchenjunga as Buddhist sacred landscape
Unit 3
Buddhism Material Culture in Shri Lanka
A) Buddhist monasteries, Mahaviharas at Anuradhapur
B) Development of stupa and Bodhigharas
C) Development of colossal cultural and bronzes devel opment of paintings with
special reference to Dambulla caves
Unit 4
Buddhist Material Culture in Myanmar
A) Development of chaitya as pagoda
B) Development of Mahaviharas
C) Buddhist narrative art of Pagan

Hutt, Michael, et al. Nepal . A Guide to the Art and Arch itecture of the Kathmandu
Valley .Gartmore, UK: Kiscadale, 1994.

Jing, Anning. ―The Portraits of Khubilai Khan and Chabi by Anige (1245 –1306), a Nepali
Artist at the Yuan Court.‖ ArtibusAsiae 54.1–2 (1994): 40 –86.

Lo Bue, Erberto F. ―The Newar Artists of the Nepal Valley: A Historical Account of Their
Activities in Neighbouring Areas with Particular Reference to Tibet.‖ Oriental Art 31.3
(1985): 262 –277.

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Lo Bue, Erberto F. ―Cultural Exchange and Social Interaction between Tibetans and
Newars from the Seve nth to the Twentieth Century.‖ International Folklore Review 6
(1988): 86 –114.

Lo Bue, Erberto. Wonders of Lo.The Artistic Heritage of Mustang .Marg: Mumbai, 2010.

Macdonald, Alexander W., and Anne Vergati Stahl. Newar Art: Nepalese Art during the
Malla Period . Warminster, UK: Aris& Phillips, 1979.

Pruscha, Carl, ed. Kathmandu Valley: The Preservation of Physical Environment and
Cultural Heritage : Protective Inventory . 2 vols. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1975.

Slusser, Mary Shepherd. Nepal Mandala: A Cultura l Study of the Kathmandu Valley . 2
vols. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1982.

Aris, Michael. Bhutan: The Early History of a Himalayan Kingdom . Warminister,
Wiltshire, United Kingdom: Aris andPhillips, 1979.

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India , Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan
and the Maldives . (Ed., Francis Robinson.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1989.

Chakravarti, Balaram. A Cultural History of Bhutan .Chittaranjan, West Bengal, India:
Hilltop, 1979.

------. "The Life Style and Customs of the Bhutanese People."Pages 41 -48 in S.M.
Dubey, P.K. Bordoloi, and B.N. Borthakur (eds.), Family, Marriage, and Social Change
on the Indian Fringe . New Delhi: Cosmo, 1980.

Dorji, DashoRigzon. A Brief Religious, Cult ural, and Secular History of Bhutan . New
York: Asia Society Galleries, 1990.

LopelnNado. "Buddhism in Bhutan."Pages 348 -49 in P.N. Chopra and TokanSumi
(eds.), Contribution of Buddhism to World Civilization and Culture . New Delhi: Chand,
1983.

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Arora, R.C ., "In the Land of Kashmir, Ladakh and Gilgit", Jay Kay Book House, Jammu,
2002
Jean, Naudou, "Buddhists of Kashmir", Agam Kala Prakashan, Delhi, 1980
Khosla, Sarla, "History of Buddhism in Kashmir", Sagar Publishers, New Delhi, 1972
Singh, N.K., "Buddhism in Kashmir", Gulshan Publishers, Srinagar, 2000
Crook, John H and Henry A. Osmanston (eds), Himalayan Buddhist Village:
Environment, Resources, Society and Religion life in Zanskar - Ladakh (Bristol and New
Delhi: n/d, 1994).
Genoud, Charles, Buddhist Wall Paintings ofLadakh (Geneve: Edition Olizane, 1982).
PaldanThupstan, The Guide to the Buddhist Monasteries and Royal Castles of Ladakh
(New Deslhi: n/d, 1997).
TseringNawang, Buddhism in Ladakh (New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 1979).
Cady, John. A History of Modern Burma . Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1958.

Guillon, Emmanuel. The Mons: A Civilization of Southeast Asia . Bangkok: Siam Society,
1999.

Ray, Niharranjan. An Introduction to the Study of Theravāda Buddhism in Burma .
Bangkok: Orch id, 2002.

Swearer, Donald. The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia . Albany: State University of
New York Press, 2010.

Adikaram, E. W. Early History of Buddhism in Ceylon .Dehiwala, Sri Lanka: Buddhist
Cultural Centre, 1994.

Gombrich, Richard F. Theravāda Bu ddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to
Modern Colombo . 2d ed. Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices. London and New
York: Routledge, 2006.

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Panditha, V. ―Buddhism during the Polonnaruva Period.‖In The Polonnaruva Period . 3d
ed. Edited by S. D. Saparamadu, 127 –145. Dehiwala, Sri Lanka: TisaraPrakasakayo,
1973.

Perera, H. R. Buddhism in Sri Lanka: A Short History . Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist
Publication Society, 1988.

Rahula, Walpola. History of Buddhism in Ceylon: The Anuradhapura Period (3rd
Century BC –10th Century AC) . 3d ed. Dehiwala, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Cultural Centre,
1993.
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Paper II - Epigraphy

The study of scripts and their subsequent changes and development gives us a glimpse
into the
cultural life of the people. Inscriptions, when studied in parallel with literature, throw light
on the
history of Buddhism. This paper introduces the student to systems of ancient scripts in
India,
both in the North and in the South, in which these inscriptions were made. Students wi ll
also be
familiarized with a number of such inscriptions and the light they shed on Indian
Buddhist
history.

UNIT I
1) Antiquity of writing in old world civilizations (Pictograph, Ideogram, Syllabic and Logo -
Syllabic to Alphabet). Antiquity of writing in India
2) Writing materials. Study of seals and copper plates.
3) Eras and Dates in Indian inscriptions.

UNIT II
4) Origin and development of Kharoshthi and Brahmi. Symbols and signs, early
numerals in Indian inscriptions.
5) 14 edicts of Ashoka - for detailed study.
6) Kharoshti Inscriptions - Inscriptions for detailed study: Vardak Cascade Inscription
(Year 51) and Mathura Lion Capital Inscription.
UNIT III
Module 1
7) Study of some Buddhist and other inscriptions from north and south India
1. Ashoka pillar Inscription from Sarnath
2. Inscriptions on Phophnar and Ramtek bronzes
3. Karle inscriptions making direct reference to Nikayas in Buddhism
4. Kanheri inscriptions

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A) Cave no.3 ( inscription of Gajasena, Gajamitra and Aparamitra)
B) Cave no. 11 and 12 ( shilahar a inscriptions )
Module 2
1. Ajanta Inscription (Cave 16 -17) , Ajanta Inscription (Cave 26) chief patrons
2. Nasik inscription of Indradatta

Module 3

1. Inscriptions on Mahastupa at Sanchi
2. Painted inscriptions at Ajanta ( Cave no. 1,2,69,70)

UNIT IV
10) Buddhism as seem reflect through epigraphical sources.
11) History of Buddhism in Tamilnadu as seen reflected through the inscriptions.
12) Epigraphy as a source of Indian history.
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Paper III - Rock‐Cut Architecture of Western India.

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Almost 90 percent of Indian Buddhist Rock‐cut excavations are found in Western
India. The
geographical features of Sahyadri Mountain range play a very important role in
this. The focus of this
paper is on the evolution of the Rock ‐cut architecture of chaitya and the vihara as
well as on
comprehensive documentation of all the caves. It covers the study of eachsite
carefully and its
architecturaland cultural details. A comparative study has also been included as
similarities and
dissimilarities establish a more authentic dating in case of a bsence of
inscriptions. This paper covers
the details of almost all caves, even those which are discovered recently.
Rock‐Cut Architecture of Western India.

The focus of this paper is on the evolution of the Rock ‐cut architecture of chaitya
and the vihar a as well as on comprehensive documentation of all the caves. It
covers the study of eachsite carefully and its architecturaland cultural details. A
comparative study has also been included as similarities and dissimilarities
establish a more authentic dat ing in case of absence of inscriptions. This paper
covers the details of almost all caves, even those which are discovered recently.

UNIT I

1) Introduction to the Rock ‐cut architecture of Western India: evolution and spread of
rock‐cut
architecture (geology and geography), earlier studies done in the field and the Scholars,
Technology and Technique of rock ‐cutting, Trade routes and Ports.
2) development of early Buddhist western Indian architecture
3) chronology of Buddhist western Indian architectu re

UNIT II

4) Mahayana Buddhist western Indian architecture at Ajanta
5) Later Mahayana Buddhist western Indian architecture at Ellora
6) Interaction of Later Buddhist rock cut monasteries in western India with shaivism.

UNIT III

7) Sculptural narratives of western Indian Buddhist rock cut architecture.
8) Chaitya concept and development
9) Painted narratives in western Indian Buddhist rock cut monasteries.

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UNIT IV

10) Study of patronage of western Indian Buddhist rock cut mona steries.
11) Development of early Buddhist nikays in western India and there sacred geography
as seen reflected in inscription
12) The image worship in western Indian Buddhist rock cut monasteries.
A) Bhaja cave 19
B) Ajanta cave 15 and 19
C) Kanheri 90


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Basket V: Applied Buddhism

Paper I Women in Buddhism

Paper II Contributors to Buddhism

Paper III Theravada Buddhist Meditation

Paper IV Resurgence of Buddhism

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Paper V Socially Engaged Buddhism

Paper VI Mahayana Buddhist Meditation


Paper I -Women in Buddhism
Gender issues are common to all societies and traditions. Buddhism has been no
exception. The
Buddha‘s reluctance to admit women into the Sangha, the fact that the monastic code
for nuns
had special rules requiring them to be always obsequious of monks and the
unfavourable manner
in which women are sometimes referred to in the texts are the backgroun d against
which this
discussion is conducted. However, there is also the record that the Buddha said women
were
capable of attaining the four stages of awakening and that he was unstinting in his
praise of those
nuns whose attainments were reflected in the wisdom of their discourses, which we also
learn
from the textual sources.
Later doctrinal developments in Buddhism reflect this dual scenario – women were
idealized as
consorts and dakinis, but at the same time, they had to be reborn as males as a pre-
condition to
attaining full Buddhahood. This paper will engage students in these debates and also
examine
how far these issues remain prevalent in the modern world.

UNIT I
1) Position of Women in pre Buddhist India
2) Gender issues in early Buddhism(1 ): formation of Bhikkhunisangha, garudhammas,
limitations to spiritual attainments. Selections from suttas.
3) The tales of struggle and accomplishment of nuns: Selections from the Therigatha.
UNIT II
4) Gender issues in early Buddhism(2): Depiction of lay women in textual sources.
5) Comparative study of Palisuttas and Chinese Agamas on the position of women.
6) Position of women in Mahayana Buddhism: Prajnaparamita, Avalokitesvara/Guanyin,
UNIT III
7) Depiction of women in Vajrayana Buddhism: consorts, yog inis, dakinis.
8) Nuns in Buddhist history.
9) The modern dilemma of Theravada Bhikkhuni ordination.
UNIT IV
10)Women in East Asian monastic orders.
11)Women in Tibetan monastic orders: female Tulku lineages.

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12) Present status of BhikkuniSangha and reform.

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Law, B.C. Women in Buddhist Literature . Varanasi: Indological Book House, 1981.
Talim, Meena. Life of Women in Buddhist Literature. Delhi: Buddhist World Press, 2010.
Horner, I. B. Women Under Primitive Buddhism . London: Routledge&Kegan Paul, 1930.
Barua, Bibhuti. Women in Buddhist Legends. Delhi: Sarup& Sons, 2000.
Blackstone, Kathryn. Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha . Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass,
2000.
Murcott, Susan. The First Buddhis t Women: Translations and Commentary on the
Therigatha ,
Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1991.
Oldenberg, Hermann and Richard Pischel (trans.). The Therigatha . London: Pali Text
Society,
1966.
Paul, Diana. Women in Buddhism: Images of the Feminine in Mahayana Budd hism .
Berkeley:
University of California Press, 1985.
Paul, Diana Y. and Frances Wilson."Traditional Views of Women". Women in Buddhism:
Images
of the Feminine in Mahāyāna Tradition . University of California Press, 1985.
Rhys Davids, C.A.F. and K.R. Norman (trans.) Poems of Early Buddhist Nuns:
Therigatha .
London: Pali Text Society, 1989.
Cheng, Wei -yi.Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka : A critique of the feminist
perspective. Oxford : Routledge, 2007.
Tsomo, Karma Lekshe. ed., Innovative Buddhist women: Sw imming against the Stream ,
Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 2000.
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Western Cultures . San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1980.
Hopkinson, Deborah, et al. Not Mixing Up Buddhism:Essays on Women and Buddhist
Practice .
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Shaw, Miranda. Passionate Enlightenment: Women inTantric Buddhism. Princeton:
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Press, 1992.
DeVido, Elise Anne. Taiwan’s Buddhist Nuns . Albany: State University of New York
Press,
2010.
Cho Eun -Su. Korean Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen: Hidden Histories, Enduring
Vitality .
Albany: State University of New York Press, 2011.
Cheng Wei -Yi. Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka:A critique of the feminist
perspective.
Oxford: Routledge, 2007.
Havnevik, Hanna . Tibetan Buddhist Nuns: history, cultural norms and social
reality. Norwegian
University Press, 1989.
Analayo. ―The Bahudhatuka -sutta and its ParallelsOn Women‘s Inabilities‖ in Journal of
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http://www.buddhismuskunde.uni -hamburg.de
________. "Attitudes Towards Nuns – A Case Study of the Nandakovāda in the Light of
its
Parallels" (with an appendix by Giuliana Martini) Journal of Buddhist Ethics , vol. 17,
2010.
________. "Mahāpajāpatī‘s Going Forth in the Madhyama -āgama" in Journal of
Buddhist Ethics ,
vol. 18, 2011.
Mohr, Thea and Ven. JampaTsedroen. Dignity and Discipline: Reviving Full Ordination
for
Buddhist Nuns . Somerville, MA: Wisdom, 2010.
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in
Civilisations, 2009. (dist . by MunshiramManoharlal)

Paper II - Contributors to Buddhism
This paper will provide the student with a glimpse of the life and work of some great
monkscholars
whose contribution to Buddhism was path -breaking – whether in terms of practice,
commentaries, philosophical treatises, translation, systematisation of texts or founding
new
schools of thought. The masters are drawn from Indian luminaries as well as those from
China,
Japan and Tibet.
The course material will comprise biographical material as well as selected passages
from their
Work

UNIT I

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1) Founders of Schools in India: Nagarjuna and Asanga
2) Commentator in the Theravada Tradition: Buddhaghosa,
3) Sarvastivada Commentarial Works: Vasubandhu.

UNIT II

4) Commentators in the Mahayana Tradition: Candrakirti.
5) Eminent monks from China and Japan: Bodhidharma, Kukai and Saicho.
6) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and Dalai Lama

UNIT III

7) Indian Buddhist monks in Tibet: Santarakshita, Kamalasila.
8) Eminent Tibetan monk: Je Tsongkhapa.
9) Logician: Dinnaga a nd Dharmakirti

UNIT IV

10) Poet: Asvaghosa
11) Poet: Santideva.
12) Translators: Kumarajiva, Xuanzang

Reference Books .
Bhikkhu Nanamoli, trans., Visuddhimagga: The Path of Purification , Kandy: Buddhist
Publication Society, 1999.
Anacker, Stefan, Seven Works of Vasubandhu , Delhi: MLBD, 1998.
Frauwallner, Erich. Abhidharma Literature and the Origins of Buddhist Philosophical
Systems . Sophie Francis Kidd (trans.) Albany, NY: State University of New York, 1995.
Kalupahana, D. Mulamadhyamakakarika of Nagarju na: The Philosophy of the Middle
Way.
Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2005.
Boin-Webb, Sara (Eng tr) Abhidharmasamuccaya: The Compendium of the Higher
Teaching
(Philosophy) by Asanga . Rahula Walpola (Fr. tr). Fremont, CA: Asian Humanities Press,
2001.
Ch‘en, K . Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey . Princeton: Princeton University
Press,
1964.
Hakeda, Yoshito S. Kukai: Major Works . New York: Columbia University Press, 1972.
Groner, Paul. Saicho: The Establishment of the Japanese Tendai School . Honolulu:
Univer sity of Hawai‗i Press, 2000.
Lama Chimpa & Alaka Chattopadyaya (tr.) Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya
(ed.)Taranatha’s
History of Buddhism in India . Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1997.
Obermiller, E. (tr.) History of Buddhism in India and Tibet. by Bu -ston. Delhi: S ri Satguru

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Publications, 1986.
Rinchen, Geshe Sonam. Three Principle Aspects of the Path . Ruth Sonam (trans.)
Ithaca:
Snow Lion, 1999.
Hattori, M. Dignaga, On Perception . Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1968.
Eliade, Mircea, Charles J. Adams, Encyc lopedia of Religions. (Vol. 2, 16). New York:
Macmillan, 1987.
Malalasekara, G.P. Encyclopaedia of Buddhism . Buddhist Council of Ceylon. Ministry of
Cultural Affairs, Government of Sri Lanka, 1971.
Sheel, Kamal, Lalji Shravak, CharlesWillemen. (eds.) India on the Silk Route . Delhi:
Saujanya Books, 2010.
Huili, Li Rongxi, Jung -hsi Li, Yancong, A biography of the Tripitaka master of the great
Ci'en Monastery of the great Tang dynasty . San Francisco: Numata Center for Buddhist
Translation and Research, 1995
Yoshinori, Takeuchi. Buddhist Spirituality, Later China, Japan, Korea and the Modern
World . Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2003.

Paper III - Theravada Buddhist Meditation
Meditation is an essential practice to attain the goal of liberation that the Buddhist P ath
leads to. The 5th century master, Buddhaghosa, systematized the earliest Buddhist
meditation tradition as recorded in the Pali Canon, into a voluminous manual. The
Visuddhimagga is widely used even today.It provides a wealth of material on the
approach to and the stages of meditation practice and is the maintext on which this
paper is based.

UNIT I
1) The role of meditation practice in the Indian religious tradition.
2) The Buddha‘s experience in contemplation: (AriyapariyesanaSutta,
Maha‐SaccakaSutta) .
3) Overview of the Visuddhimagga : Sila, Samadhi, Panna .

UNIT II
4) Preliminary instructions: selection of site, kalyanamitta ,mental dispositions.
5) Meditation objects, learning sign and counterpart sign.

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6) Samatha : the cultivation of Jhanas – rupa and arupa , jhana factors, the five
hindrances.

UNIT III
7) Nirodhasamapatti and the three Vimokkha -mukhas : animitta ,appanihita ,sunnata .
8) Seven stages of purification: virtue, mind, view.
9) Seven stages of purification: overcoming doubt, vision of what is path and not -path,
knowledge and vision of the way, knowledge and vision.

UNIT IV
10) Satipatthana method; sati‐sampajanna .
11)The four paths and fruits; the removal of defilements from the root.
12) Living traditions of Theravada Buddhist meditation; the forest tradition in Thailand,
Burma and Sri Lanka.
Reference Books
Crangle, E. F. The origin and development of early Indian Contemplative Practices .
Weisbaden:
Harrassowitz, 1994.
Dasgupta, S. N. Hindu Mysticism . New York: Frederick Ungar, 1927.
Goleman, Daniel. The Meditative Mind: The Varieties of Meditative Experience. New
York: Jeremy P.
Tarcher, 1988.
Bronkhorst, Johannes. The Two Traditions of Meditation in India . Delhi:
MotilalBanarsidass, 1993.
BhikkhuNanamoli. The Path of Purification .Kand y: Buddhist Publication Society, 1999.
TheraNyanaponika. The Heart of Buddhist Meditation .Kandy: Buddhist Publication
Society, 2004.
HenepolaGunaratnaThera. Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation .Kandy: Wheel
Publications, 1988.
MahasatipatthanaSutta .Igatpu ri: VRI Publications
Shaw,Sarah. Buddhist meditation: an anthology of texts from the Pāli canon . New York:
Routledge, 2006.
Bucknell, Roderick S. & Chris Kang. Ed., The meditative way: readings in the theory and
practice of
Buddhist meditation , London: Rout ledge, 1996.

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Bhikkhu Bodhi, ed. A comprehensive manual of Abhidhamma: the
Abhidhammatthasangaha of
ĀcariyaAnuruddha , Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society

Paper IV - Resurgence of Buddhism
Buddhism vanished from the country of its origin and from the collective memory
of its peoples,
so that when the British arrived, there was no trace of Indian Buddhist history. Thanks to
some
remarkable work done by explorers, scholars and civil servants of the Raj, India was
able to
retrieve her Buddhist heritage. T his pattern was repeated in countries like Sri Lanka,
Cambodia
and Indonesia. The recovery of lost heritage led to a spurt in Buddhist studies in Europe
and the
US. This was accompanied by a resurgence of interest among laity, in traditionally
Buddhist
countries as well as in the West. India saw a remarkable resurgence, due to a social
revolution
led by Dr B. R. Ambedkar.
This paper highlights some of these developments and takes a look at where Buddhism
stands
today across the world.

UNIT I

1) Contributi on of the colonial rulers in retrieving archaeological sites in India, Sri Lanka
and Indonesia. James Prinsep and the Brahmi script.
2) Early European scholars in Buddhist Studies and their contribution in translation of
texts:
Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenbe rg, Louis de la Valle Pousiin, Sylvain Levi, H. Kern.
3) Early western monks in Sri Lanka, Thailand and China: NyanaponikaThera,
BhikkhuNanamoli, AjahnSumedho, Sangharakshita.

UNIT II

4) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: brief biography, the conversion to Buddhism.
5) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar‘s interpretation of Buddhist doctrine.
6) The neo -Buddhist movement in India today: political influences, the contribution of
organizations like the TrailokyaBauddhaMahasanghaSahayakGana.

UNIT III

7) Resurgence of Buddhism in South -east Asian countries: Sri Lanka, Burma and
Thailand.
8) Status of Buddhism in China and Korea

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9) Zen Buddhism comes to the West: the writings of D T Suzuki, Shunryu Suzuki.

UNIT IV

10) The rise of the SokaGakkai in Japan and across the world.
11) T he diverse Buddhist communities in Europe and the US: migrant ethnic Buddhists
as
well as western Buddhists.
12) The increasing interest in Tibetan Buddhism in academia and in practitioners‘
forums: the
influence of the Dalai Lama and the impact of the Tib etan issue.

Reference Books:
Franklin, Jeffrey J. The Lotus and the Lion : Buddhism and the British Empire. Ithaca:
CornellUniversity Press, 2008.
Cunningham, Alexander. The Bhilsa Topes or Monuments of Central India . Charleston,
SC:BiblioBazaar, 2010.
Leoshko, Janice. Sacred Traces:British exploration of Buddhism in South East Asia .
Aldershot:Ashgate Publishing.
The Restoration of Borobudur .UNESCO.
Bond, George D. The Buddhist revival in Sri Lanka: religious tradition, reinterpretation
andresponse. Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass, 1992.
Sangharakshita. Ambedkar and Buddhism . Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass, 2006.
Narain, A. K. & D. C. Ahir. DrAmbedkar, Buddhism and Social Change . Delhi: B. R.
Publishing, 1994.
Ling, Trevor O. Buddhist revival in India: aspects of the sociology of Buddhism. New
York:Macmillan, 1980.
Ambedkar, B. R. The Buddha and his Dhamma .
Singh, N. K. Contemporary Indian Buddhism, Tradition and transformation. Delhi: Global
Vision Publishing, 2008.
Deegalle, Mahinda.(ed.) Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka . New
York:Routledge, 2006.
__________________ Popularising Buddhism: Preaching as Performance in Sri Lanka .
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2006.
Westerlund, David. Questioning the Secular State: the worldwide re surgence of religion
inpolitics. London: C. Hurst, 2002.
Taylor, James. Buddhism and post -modern Imaginings in Thailand: the religiosity of
urbanspace . Surrey: Ashgate Publishing, 2008.
Murata, Kiyoaki . Japan’s New Buddhism: An Objective Account of SōkaGak kai. New
York andTokyo: Weatherhill, 1969.
Seager, Richard . Buddhism in America . New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
Jong, W. J. A Brief History of Buddhist Studies in Europe and America . Tokyo: Kosei,
1997.
Prebish, Charles S & Martin Baumann. Westw ard Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Asia .
London:University of California Press, 2002.

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Lopez, Donald S. Prisoners of Shangri -la: Tibetan Buddhism and the West . Chicago:
Universityof Chicago Press, 1999.

Paper V - Socially Engaged Buddhism
Socially engaged Buddhis m refers to a modern movement amongst Buddhists that is
based the
view that true wisdom manifests in compassionate action. The term engaged Buddhism
was
coined by the Vietnamese Zen monk, ThichNhatHanh, whose work during the Vietnam
War saw
him being nomin ated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr. It refers to an
active
engagement in the issues that confront the world today, using Buddhist principles as
guiding
means. This paper will study the rise of this movement while also looking at textu al
sources to
determine whether this is truly a new dimension to Buddhist practice or whether
Buddhism was
always socially engaged.

UNIT I

1) The debate: Is socially engaged Buddhism a new phenomenon or was Buddhism
always
socially engaged?
2) Socially e ngaged Buddhism as an application of Buddhist practice to the social field
3) Socially engaged Buddhism as a spiritual path in itself.

UNIT II

4) Socially engaged Buddhism as a response to modern dimensions of suffering: social
issues.
5) Socially engaged Buddhism as a response to modern dimensions of suffering:
political
issues.
6) Socially engaged Buddhism as a response to modern dimensions of suffering:
ecological
issues.

UNIT III .

7) ThichNhatHanh and his work during the Vietnam War; the conti nuing effort today.
8) The SarvodayaShramadana movement in Sri Lanka
9) DrAmbedkar‘s peaceful revolution and the neo -Buddhist movement in India.

UNIT IV

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10) SulakSivaraksa and his contribution in Thailand.
11) Socially engaged Buddhism in the Westand new dimensions to engagement;
leading
engaged Buddhists(1). Robert Aitken Roshi, Gary Snyder,
12) Leading engaged Buddhists in the west (2) Alan Senauke, Joanna Macy.


Reference Books:
Loy, David. The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory . Somerville, MA: Wisdom
Publication, 2003.
King, Sallie B., Socially Engaged Buddhism . Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press,
2009.
Prebish, Charles S., Kenneth K.Tanaka. The Faces of Buddhism in America .Berkeley
and
LA: University of California Press, 1998.
NhatHanh, Thich, Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism . Berkeley:
Parallax Press, 1998.
Marshall, Katherine & Marisa van Saanen. Development and Faith: Where Mind Heart
and Soul Work Together . Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
Queen, Christop her S.& Sallie B. King. Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation
Movements in Asia .Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996.
Queen, Christopher S. Engaged Buddhism in the West .Somerville, MA: Wisdom
Publication, 2000.
Macy, Joanna. Dharma and Developme nt: Religion as resource in the Sarvodayaself
help
movement . Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press, 1985.
Sangharakshita. Ambedkar and Buddhism . Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass, 2006.
Narain, A. K. &Ahir, D. C. Ambedkar, Buddhism and Social Change . Delhi: Buddhist
World P ress, 1994.
Sivaraksa, Sulak. Seeds of Peace:A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society . Berkeley:
Parallax Press, 1992.
Sivaraksa, Sulak, &DonaldSwearer. Conflict, Culture, Change : Engaged Buddhism in a
Globalising World . Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publication, 200 5.

Paper VI - Mahayana Buddhist Meditation

The nature of the Buddha‘s teaching was such that soon after his parinirvana, there
arose numerousschools. While attempts were made to revert to orthodoxy, most notably
by MoggalliputtaTissa in hisKathavatthu, this trend continued in Indian Buddhist histor y.
As Buddhism spread throughout Asia, therewas a contextualizing in local cultures which
had its own impact. As a result, meditation practice toochanged, sometimes
significantly. A fresh dimension was added after Tantric practices were adoptedby

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Buddhists , reflected in the schools of esoteric Buddhism – Zhenyan in China, Shingon
in Japan andVajrayana in Tibet.

This paper will cover the diverse range of practices that comprise later Buddhist
meditation, based on developments in India as well as the impact of transmission of
Buddhismthrough Central Asia to China, Japan and Korea. Relevant section of the
various texts aswell as historical studies will form the basis of instruction.

UNIT I
1) Emptiness of dharmas: Prajna texts.
2) Visualization in Pure Land m editation;Sutra on the Contemplation of Buddha
Amitayus
3) Zhiyi and Tientai meditation: MoheZhiguan.

UNIT II
4) Bodhidharma and Chinese Chan
5) Chan in China: Master ‐student dialogues.
6) Sudden vs Gradual Enlightenment

UNIT III
7) Rinzai Zen in Japan: koan as a meditation object.
8) Soto Zen: Dogen and shikantaza.
9) Esoteric practices in Kukai‘sShingon

UNIT IV
10) Kamalashila‘sBhavanakrama.
11) Mahamudra: the gradual path.

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12) Dzogchen: innately luminous and pure mind.

Reference Books:
Yoshinori, Takeuchi. Buddhist Spirituality: Indian, Southeast Asian, Tibetan, and Early
Chinese . Delhi:
MotilalBanarsidass, 1995.
Gregory,Peter N. (ed.) Sudden and Gradual, Approaches to Enlightenment in Chinese
Thought . Delhi:
MotilalBanarsidass, 1991.
Gregory,Peter N. (ed.) Traditions of Meditation in Chinese Buddhism . Kuroda Institute,
1986.
Donner, Neal Arvid&Daniel B. Stevenson, Zhiyi. The great calming and contemplation: a
study and
annotated translation of the first chapter of Chih ‐i's Mo‐ho chih‐kuan . Honolulu:
University of Hawaii
Press, 1993.
Dumoulin, Heinrich. Zen Enlightenment : Origins and Meaning . Boston: Shambhala
Publications. 1979.
Yixuan& Burton Watson. The Zen teachings of Master Lin ‐chi: a translation of the Lin ‐chi
lu. New York:
Columbia U niversity Press, 1999.
Conze,Edward. Perfect Wisdom: The Short Prajnaparamita Texts , Buddhist Publishing
Group, 1993
Yampolsky, Philip. The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch. New York:Columbia
University Press, 1967.
Suzuki, D. T. (tr.) LankavataraSutra :AMahayaba Text . Delhi: MotilalBanarsidass, 1999.
Watson, Burton. The Vimalakirti Sutra .From the Chinese version by Kumārajīva. Delhi:
MotilalBanarsidass, 1999.
Bodiford, William M. Soto Zen in Medieval Japan . Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press,
1993.
Heine, Steven, Dale S. Wright. The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism. Oxford:
Oxford University
Press, 2000.
Sharma, P. (tr.) Bhavanakrama of Kamalasila . Delhi: AdityaPrakashan, 1997.
Kiyota, Minoru Shingon Buddhism, Theory and Practice. Delhi: Buddhis t Books
International, 1978.
Kukai, Kakuban, Rolf W. Giebel, Dale A. Todaro; Shingon Texts . Berkeley: Numata
Center for Buddhist
Translation and Research, 2004.
Kukai, Yoshito S. Hakeda, Kukai: Major Works . New York: Columbia University Press,
1972.
Buckne ll, Roderick S. &Chris Kang. The meditative way: readings in the theory and
practice of Buddhist
meditation . London: Curzon Press, 1997.

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Rinpoche, DagsayTulku. The Practice of Tibetan Meditation: Exercises, Visualisations,
and Mantras for
Health and Well ‐being. Rochester: Inner Traditions, 2002.
Namgyal, DakpoTashi. Mahamudra: The moonlight – quintessence of mind and
meditation .
Lodrö, GesheGedün&Jeffrey Hopkins, Anne C. Klein. Walking through walls: a
presentation of Tibetan
meditation . Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 1992.
Bstan‐‗dzin‐rgya‐mtsho (Dalai Lama XIV), ThuptenJinpa, Richard Barron. Dzogchen:
The heart essence of
the Great Perfection . Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications, 2004
Bstan‐‗dzin‐rgya‐mtsho (Dalai Lama XIV), Alexander Berzin,
Blo‐bzan‐chos‐kyi‐rgyal‐mtshan (Panchen
Lama I). The Gelug/Kargyu tradition of Mahamudra. Ithaca: Snow Lion Publications,
1997.
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Semester IV
Paper I - Ability Enhancement Course -

A. Buddhist Heritage Management and Tourism

1. What is Buddhist Heritage?
i. Definition & Scope of Buddhist Heritage
ii. Buddhist Heritage and Urbanization
iii. Buddhist Pilgrimage and Tourism
2. Buddhist Cultural Landscapes
i. Anuradhapur
ii. Borobudur
iii. Nalanda
3. Buddhist Pilgrimage
i. Kathmandu
ii. Kanchanganga
iii. Dharamshala
4. Buddhist Heritage Managem ent and Tourism

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i. Preservation of Buddhist Heritages and Development of Buddhist
Tourism circuits in India – I.R.C.T.C.
ii. Challenges in Buddhist Heritage Management
iii. Ajanta – Case Study
References
Ahir, D. C. (1993) Himalayan Buddhism, past and Present , New De lhi: Satguru
Publications.
Asher, Frederick M. (2015) Nalanda: Situating the Great Monastery , Mumbai: Marg
Publications.
Dhammika, Ven. S. (2008) Middle Land, Middle Way: A Pilgrim’s Guide to Buddha’s
India , Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society.
Dutt, S. (20 08) Buddhist Monks and Monasteries of India , New Delhi:
MotilalBanarsidass
Jamkhedkar, A. (2009) Ajanta (Monumental Legacy) Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Miksic, John. (2004) Borobudur: Golden Tales of the Buddhas , Hong Kong: Periplus
Moran, P. (2004) Buddhism Observed: Travelers, Exiles and Tibetan Dharma in
Kathmandu , London: Routledge.
Singh, L. K. (2008) Indian Cultural Heritage Perpsective for Tourism New Delhi: Isha
Books.
Silva, K. D &Chapagain, N. K. (eds) IAsian Heritage Management: contexts, c oncerns
and prospects. London: Routledge.
Weerasooriya, H. E. (2003) Historical Guide to Anuradhapura’s Ruins , New Delhi: Asian
Educational Services.
B. Enhancing Skills through Buddhism

a. Unit I – Contributions of Vipassana
i. Vipassana - Management
ii. Vipassana - Interpersonal Relations
iii. Vipassana – Physical Health


b. Unit II – Mindfulness

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i. What is Mindfulness – Definition
ii. Dimensions of Mindfulness
iii. Impact of Mindfulness

c. Unit III – Therapeutic and Counseling Principles
i. Middle Path
ii. Method of Dialogue in Diplomacy
iii. Compassion

d. Unit IV – Tools for Creative Thinking
i. Haiku – Tool for expression and Well -being
ii. Chanting
iii. Therigatha
References
Donegan, Patricia. (2008). Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open
Your Heart. Boston: Shambhala Publications.
Gunaratana, Henepola. (2001). Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the
Buddha's Path. Somerville, USA: Wisdom Publications.
Hanh, ThichNhat. (2006a). Transformation and Healing . Berkeley: Parallax Press.
Hanh, ThichNhat. (2006b). The Energy of Prayer : How to Deepen Your Spiritual
Practice . Berkeley: Parallax Press.
Hart, W &Goenka S. N. (1987) The Art of Living : Vipassana Meditation as Taught by S
N Goenka , Onalaska: Pariyatti Publishing.
Hetherington, Ian. (2003). Realizing Change: Vipassana Meditati on in Action. Seattle:
Vipassana Research Institute.
Kuan, Tse -fu. (2008). Mindfulness in Early Buddhism: New Approaches through
Psychology and Textual Analysis of Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit Sources. Oxford:
Routledge.
Murcott, Susan. (1991). First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of
Awakening. Berkeley: Parallax Press.
Williams, J. Mark W &Kabat -Zinn, Jon, (2013) Mindfulness: Diverse Perspectives on its
Meaning, Origins and Applications London: Routledge


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Paper II - Interdisciplinar y Course -
Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian And Peace studies

Unit I

Pali Tripitakas
Status of Women in Buddhism.
Impact of Buddhism on Society.
Buddhism and Ecology.

Unit-II

Life of Lord Rsabhadeva, Parsvanatha and Mahavira.
Jaina Councils and Schools -Digambara and Svetambara.
Prakrit Agama Literature.
Lives and works of Acarya Kundakunda, Umasvati and Haribhadrasuri.
Anekantavada and Syadvada.

Unit-III

Indian and Western sources of Influence on Gandhi.
Gandhiji's exper iment of Satyagraha in South Africa and IN INdia.
Foundations of Gandhian Thought -God, Truth and Non -Violence.
Philosophy of Sarvodaya. Ends and Means.

Unit-IV

Concept of Peace.
Causes and Forms of Violence.
Peace Movements in India and Abroad.
Non-Violent and Ecology.

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Gandhi M. K., My experiments withtruth, Navajivan Trust, Navajivan Mudranalaya,
Ahemadabad -380014 India, 1968
Gandhi M. K., Hind Swaraj of Indian Rule, Navajivan Trust, Navajivan Mudranalaya,
Ahemadabad -380014 India, 1968
Gandhi M. K,.Ethical religion, Navajivan Trust, Navajivan Mudranalaya, Ahemadabad -
380014 India, 1968
Gandhi M. K., MY non Violence, Navajivan Trust, Navajivan Mudranalaya,
Ahemadabad -380014 India, 1968

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(All books by Gandhi M. K. are available freely on
https://www.mkgandhi.org/bk123.htm)
Forcey, Linda Rennie, editor (1988). Peace: Meanings, Politics, Strategies. Westport,
CT: Praeger Publishers.
Martin, Glen T. (2010). Triumph of Civilization: Democracy, Nonviole nce, and the
Piloting of Spaceship Earth.
Martin, Glen T. (2010). Triumph of Civilization: Democracy, Nonviolence, and the
Piloting of Spaceship Earth.
Year book of United Nations
Balcerowicz, Piotr (2003), Essays in Jaina Philosophy and Religion , Motilal
Banarsidass , ISBN 978-81-208-1977 -1
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