- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Monograph lecture. Basic information about the history of Buddhism and Buddhist doctrine in China 3600-SI-WMPWB-OG(Z)
The aim of the lecture is to introduce students to the origins, development and major issues of Buddhist philosophy and doctrine in China. The lecture covers basic information about Buddhism in India, its paths to China, the first contacts of the Chinese with Buddhist doctrine, as well as a discussion of the first texts translated into Chinese and the history of the most important schools, the influence of native beliefs and philosophy on the development of Buddhism in China.
In addition to historical issues, contemporary issues such as the current situation of also Tibetan Buddhism in mainland China and Taiwan will be addressed.
Type of course
obligatory courses
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
K_W01 Has in-depth detailed knowledge (including terminology, theory and methodology) of literary studies or linguistics or cultural and religious studies, philosophy or history; K_W02 Has extended knowledge of selected problems of Oriental/African cultures (in culture and literature or language or philosophy and religion or history and socio-political issues) in a comparative perspective;
K_W03 Has extended knowledge of selected problems of Chinese culture (in the field of culture and literature or language or philosophy and religion or history and socio-political issues) of China; K_W05 Has detailed knowledge of the state of research in the field of selected Chinese issues and research centres in
research centres in Poland and abroad; K_U06 Is able to use concepts from the field of philosophy and religion of China in order to analyse
and interpret religious phenomena, ethical motives and human behaviour, as well as differences between cultures; K_U07 Is able to detect relations between the formation of philosophical and religious ideas of China and social, cultural and economic processes; K_K05;
K_K06 Is aware of the dissimilarity arising from cultural, religious and philosophical diversity and its impact on the formation of social and political attitudes and economic processes; K_K08 Understands and appreciates the value of one's own tradition and cultural legacy and that of China and Taiwan; K_K09 Recognises the need to enrich one's tradition with the positive philosophical, social and cultural values of China and Taiwan, and treats cultural synergy as an added value; K_K11 Is willing to be active in sharing and promoting the cultural legacy and the most important creations of contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese culture.
Assessment criteria
Class attendance. Written/oral assessment after each semester
Practical placement
none
Bibliography
- Eric Zürcher, The Buddhist conquest of China : the spread and adaptation of Buddhism in early medieval China, Brill 2007.
- Ch'en Kenneth, Buddhism in China: A Historical Survey. Princeton University Press. Princeton 1964.
- Jan Nattier, A Guide to the Earliest Chinese Buddhist Translations: Texts from the Eastern Han 東漢 and Three Kingdoms 三國 Periods, Tokyo: International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University (Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica X).
- Zenryu Tsukamoto, History of Early Chinese Buddhism: From Its Introduction to the Death of Hui-Yuan.
- Seishi Karashima, A Glossary of Dharmarakṣa’s Translation of the Lotus Sutra 正法華經詞典: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University (Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica I), Tokyo 1998.
- Seishi Karashima, A Glossary of Kumārajīva’s Translation of the Lotus Sutra 妙法蓮華經詞典:The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University (Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica IV), Tokyo 2001.
- Seishi Karashima, A Glossary of Lokakṣema’s Translation of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā 道行般若經詞典: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology at Soka University (Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica XI), Tokyo 2010.
- Seishi Karashima, “Vernacularisms and Transcriptions in Early Chinese Buddhist Scriptures”, in: Vernacularisms in Medieval Chinese Texts by Erick Zürcher, Seishi Karashima, and Huanming Qin, Sino-Platonic Papers, Number 71, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Pennsylvania, March 1996.
- Stefano Zacchetti, In Praise of the Light: A Critical Synoptic Edition with an Annotated Translation of Chapters 1-3 of Dharmaraksa’s Guang zan jing, Being the Earliest Chinese Translation of the Larger Prajñaparamita., TOKYO, IRIAB, Soka University, Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica VIII, 2005.
Joshua Esler, Tibetan Buddhism and Han Chinese: Superscribing New Meaning on the Tibetan Tradition in Modern Greater China, 2013
Gray Tuttle, Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China, 2005
Hindu, Buddhist and Daoist Meditation. Cultural Histories, ed. Halvor Eifring, 2014
Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia, ed. Charles D. Orzech (General Editor), Henrik H. SØrensen (Associate Editor), Richard K. Payne (Associate Editor), 2011
Arthur Wright, Buddhism in Chinese History, 1959
Paul Copp, The Body incantatory : spells and the ritual imagination in medieval Chinese Buddhism, 2014
Chinese and Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism, ed, Yael Bentor Meir Shahar
Paul Williams, Buddyzm Mahajana, 2000
Buddhist Spirituality..., ed. Takeuchi Yoshinori, 1993
Rupert Gethin, Podstawy Buddyzmu, 2010
John Powers, Wprowadzenie do buddyzmu tybetańskiego, 1999
Dan Smyer Yu, The Spread of Tibetan Buddhism in China..., 2012
John R. McRae, Seeing Through Zen..., 2003
Critical terms for the Study of Buddhism, ed. Donald S. Lopez
Robert Sharf, Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism...., 2001
John McRae, The Northern School and the Formation of Early Ch'an Buddhism, 1986
Zapiski z krajów buddyjskich, tłum G. Zduń, M. Kunstler, 2015
Buddhism Between Tibet &China, ed. Matthew Kapstein, 2009
Religions of China in Practice, ed. Donald S Lopez, 1996
Charles Brewer Jones, Buddhism in Taiwan : Religion and the State, 1660-
1990, 1999
Daniel Overmyer, Folk Buddhist Religion..., 1976
Mario Poceski, Chinese Religions, 2009
Modern Chinese Religion II, 1850–2015, ed.Vincent Goossaert, Jan Kiely, and John Lagerwey, 2014
Term 2023Z:
- Eric Zürcher, The Buddhist conquest of China : the spread and adaptation of Buddhism in early medieval China, Brill 2007. Gray Tuttle, Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China, 2005 Hindu, Buddhist and Daoist Meditation. Cultural Histories, ed. Halvor Eifring, 2014 Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia, ed. Charles D. Orzech (General Editor), Henrik H. SØrensen (Associate Editor), Richard K. Payne (Associate Editor), 2011 Arthur Wright, Buddhism in Chinese History, 1959 Paul Copp, The Body incantatory : spells and the ritual imagination in medieval Chinese Buddhism, 2014 Chinese and Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism, ed, Yael Bentor Meir Shahar Paul Williams, Buddyzm Mahajana, 2000 Buddhist Spirituality..., ed. Takeuchi Yoshinori, 1993 Rupert Gethin, Podstawy Buddyzmu, 2010 John Powers, Wprowadzenie do buddyzmu tybetańskiego, 1999 Dan Smyer Yu, The Spread of Tibetan Buddhism in China..., 2012 John R. McRae, Seeing Through Zen..., 2003 Critical terms for the Study of Buddhism, ed. Donald S. Lopez Robert Sharf, Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism...., 2001 John McRae, The Northern School and the Formation of Early Ch'an Buddhism, 1986 Zapiski z krajów buddyjskich, tłum G. Zduń, M. Kunstler, 2015 Buddhism Between Tibet &China, ed. Matthew Kapstein, 2009 Religions of China in Practice, ed. Donald S Lopez, 1996 Charles Brewer Jones, Buddhism in Taiwan : Religion and the State, 1660- Daniel Overmyer, Folk Buddhist Religion..., 1976 Mario Poceski, Chinese Religions, 2009 Modern Chinese Religion II, 1850–2015, ed.Vincent Goossaert, Jan Kiely, and John Lagerwey, 2014 |
Notes
Term 2023Z:
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- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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