インド哲学仏教学演習III

Week 1: Course Overview and Introduction This week will give an overview of the class and begin a discussion of the types literature we will be considering, and resources for the study of East Asian Buddhist literature. Week 2: Introduction to East Asian Monastic Literature This week, we will look at Tokuda's _Risshū bunken mokuroku_, as well as Heirman's "Vinaya: from India to China" and Prebish's _A Survey of Vinaya Literature_ to understand the development of monastic literature in India, how this was translated into Chinese, and then later commented on and developed in China, Korea, and Japan. Weeks 3, 4, and 5: Readings of Translated Vinaya Literature This unit will begin our readings of primary sources, by focusing on vinaya literature that was translated from Indian languages to Chinese. We will principally look at excerpts from the _Four part Vinaya_ that illustrate the history of the sangha, the structure of Vinaya literature, and the development of specific rules. Weeks 6, 7, 8 and 9: Readings from The Vinaya School In our second main unit, we will focus on works that comment on or explain the Vinaya for a Chinese monastic audience. We will focus on the work of Daoxuan's and read either his _Minglü lun_ from the _Xu gaoseng zhuan_ or the Preface to his _Xingshi chao_. Weeks 10 and 11: Readings from Japanese Monastic Literature: Dōgen's _Eihei Shingi_ To complete our survey of monastic literature, we will look at the development of monastic rules in Japan, focusing on Dōgen's _Eihei shingi_. Weeks 12 and 13: Student Presentations The final two weeks will be reserved for presentations of students translations and studies of material related to the course. Details of this assignment will be given during the course.

Aside from the first "Introductory" weeks, the class will be principally based around discussions of translations of the various sources. Translations will be made into English, and methods for creating such translations as well as how to use traditional Japanese commentary will be discussed.

Grading will be based on attendance, participation, and preparation for class, as well as a final major assignment. Students are expected to attend all class sessions. In cases of illness, emergency or other personal circumstances, please notify the instructor before the class begins. In some circumstances, the instructor may ask for additional work to make up for any missed class session. "Participation and preparation" mean that it is expected that students come having read the required material and prepared translations for the relevant sections. Details on how this will proceed will vary depending on the reading, and will be discussed in class. The main final assignment will be a legnthy annotated translation and commentary of a selection of text written in classical Chinese, chosen in consultation with the instructor.

Previous experience studying Buddhism or Classical Chinese (Kanbun 漢文) is not a prerequisite for the course, however some ability to read and recognize Chinese Characters (kanji 漢字) will be expected