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Undergraduate Courses offered by Centre of Buddhist Studies in 2016-2017 ELECTIVE COURSE (OPEN TO ALL FACULTIES) BSTC1001 Introduction to Buddhist teachings (6 Credits) Course Description Buddhism, being a major world religion, is an important cultural heritage of mankind. Its teachings have not only influenced art and philosophy throughout history, but have also become a source of inspiration for contemporary researchers in the fields of psychotherapy, neuroscience and education. This course will systematically introduce to students the essence of Buddhist teachings. Special emphasis will be placed on the core teachings of the Buddha, which include the Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, Prajñā wisdom, Bodhisattva ideal, etc. and their practical applications. Offering Semester 1st Semester Lecturer Ven. Sik Hin Hung Office Rm 413, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus Email [email protected] Schedule Every Thursday 4:30– 6:20pm Class Venue KB223, Knowles Building Assessment ratio 100% coursework# with the following breakdowns: Ratio Content 50% 30%## 20% # Short essay with 2,500 - 3,000 words (A) Book report with around 2,500 words or (B) Meditation seminar (Quota: 70 students): Time: 7pm to 8:30pm on 29 Sept, 6, 13 & 27 Oct, 2016 Date & Venue: 29 Sept, 6 Oct, & 27 Oct - Convocation Room (Rm218), 2/F, Main Building, HKU 13 Oct – CPD1.21 (near Run Run Shaw Tower), 1/F, Centennial Campus, HKU Assessment: 10% - attendance (each session carries 2.5%) 10% - weekly meditation log 10% - Report on meditation experience and devise a meditation program for yourself (~1,500 words) or (C) Field trip (Quota: 80 students) Date: 12 Oct 2016 (Wednesday) Time: 10am to 5pm (tentative) Venue: Tsz Shan Monastery Assessment: 5% - attendance 25% - Field trip report with around 2,500 words 2 Quizzes Faculty grade expectations - http://arts.hku.hk/BAprogramme/2012/assessment/A92_311_amended_2014.pdf ## Students are free to choose any one of the three assessment methods within the following period: 8 pm on 8 September to 4 pm on 15 September, in the Moodle system. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. assessment methods will be allowed after the said period. 1 No change of the Course Outline Week Lesson Date 1 Lesson 1 Sept 1, 2016 Content I. Introduction Timeline of the development of Buddhism The Historical Buddha Buddhist attitude toward learning and deciding what the truth is 2 3 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Sept 8, 2016 Sept 15, 2016 What is Buddhism about? Classification of Buddhist Teachings II. Humanity Vehicle Karma and the circle of rebirth 4 Lesson 4 Sept 22, 2016* Refuge and the Triple Gems 5 Lesson 5 Sept 29, 2016 The Five Mindfulness Trainings 6 Lesson 6 Oct 6, 2016 III. Śravaka Vehicle Quiz 1 The Four Noble Truths The Law of dependent origination 7 Lesson 7 Oct 13, 2016 8 No class Oct 20, 2016 9 Lesson 8 Oct 27, 2016 The Twelve links of dependent origination 10 Lesson 9 Nov 3, 2016 The Five aggregates and the concept of (Reading week) Submission of book report/ no-self Meditation program/ field trip report 11 12 Lesson 10 Lesson 11 Nov 10, 2016 IV. Nov 17, 2016 Bodhisattva Vehicle The Bodhisattva ideal Prajñā and The deeper implications of the Quiz 2 13 Lesson 12 Law of dependent origination Nov 24, 2016 The Six Pāramitās Submission of short essay * The guest lecture on Sept 22, 2016 will be delivered by Prof. Guang Xing. 2 Reading List 1. Dalai Lama, How to Practise. London:Rider Books. 2002 2. Goldstein, Joseph, Insight Mediation, The Practice of Freedom. Dublin: Newleaf, 1993. 3. Harvey, Peter. An Introduction to Buddhism : teachings, history, and practices. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990. 4. Rahula, W. What the Buddha Taught. London: the Gorden Fraser Gallery Ltd, 1978. 5. Robinson, R., Johnson, W., The Buddhist Religions, A historical introduction. New York: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1997. 6. Schumann, H.W. The Historical Buddha. London: Arkana Penguin Books, 1989. 7. Thich Nhat Hanh; Living Buddha, Living Christ. New York, Riverhead Books. 1995. 8. Thich Nhat Hanh; Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha, Parallax Press, 1991 9. Yin-shun; transl. Yeung, W.H,. The Way to Buddhahood. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1998. 10. 釋衍空, 《生命的出路—智者的足跡和開導》; 東蓮覺苑, 2005. 11. Harris, Sam. The End of Faith http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=J3YOIImOoYM&feature=related 12. Life of the Buddha: https://youtu.be/5vIPx1egC_o References and Internet Resources Encyclopaedia of Buddhism, eds., Robert E. Buswell, Jr., Ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. 982 pp. 2 vols. This encyclopedia describes the Buddhist world view, basic teachings and practices of Buddhism, as well as its different schools and sects. This Encyclopedia needs subscription, so use it through HKU Electronic Recourses. Encyclopedia of Religion. Lindsay Jones, Ed. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 10735 pp. 15 vols. This Encyclopedia needs subscription, so use it through HKU Electronic Recourses. Encyclopæ dia Britannica Online. This Encyclopæ dia needs subscription, so use it through HKU Electronic Recourses. Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, eds., Charles Muller. This is an internet based dictionary similar to Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, by Soothill and Hodous, but has much more entries. If you know the Chinese Buddhist technical terms, but do not know how to translate it into English, please visit Muller’s DDB website address: http://www.buddhism-dict.net/ddb/ Users can access the search function with the user ID of "guest" (case-sensitive, no quotes), leaving the password area blank allowing 20 searches in a 24 hour period. To search Sanskrit and other terms containing diacritics, type in the term in simple ascii. A Dictionary of Buddhism, eds., Damien Keown. This Dictionary needs subscription, so use it through HKU Electronic Recourses. Accesstoinsight. This is a website entirely dedicated to the teaching of Theravada Buddhism including the Pali Canon, Theravada text archive and sources. Most of the Pali texts are translated into English for free distribution. Website address: www.accesstoinsight.org/ 3 Journal of Buddhist Ethics. This is a web based academic journal for free distribution. Web address: http://www.jbe.gold.ac.uk/ Taisho Edition of Chinese Tripitaka. If you can read classical Chinese and wish to refer to the original Chinese texts, please visit http://www.cbeta.org/index.htm. This website includes volumes 1-55 & 85 of Taisho Edition of Chinese Tripitaka. Buddhist Digital Library and Museum. There is a good collection of academic articles some with full texts in both Chinese and English. It is a good place to relevant academic articles for your study. Website address: http://buddhism.lib.ntu.edu.tw/BDLM/ Buddhasasana. You can find many full text articles on Buddhism in English, but not all of them are academic so you have to be selective. The website address is: http://www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/ebidx.htm The Internet Sacred Text Archive. You can find the old texts of almost all major religions in the world in this site and you can also copy the full texts if you wish. For instance, you can find the Sacred Books of the East. Website address: http://www.sacred-texts.com/index.htm Mahayana Buddhist Sutras in English. In this site you can find some popular Chinese Mahayana texts in English translation. Website address: http://www4.bayarea.net/~mtlee/ JSTOR The Scholarly Journal Archive. This Archive needs subscription, so use it through HKU Electronic Recourses. http://www.jstor.org/jstor (Last updated: 1st September, 2016) 4