142260 SE The Bodhisattva’s Lives in Aryasura’s Jatakamala (2024S)
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max. 16 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
Time slot negotiable if necessary. Please contact christopher.jones@univie.ac.at
Mittwoch
06.03.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Mittwoch
13.03.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Mittwoch
20.03.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Mittwoch
10.04.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Mittwoch
17.04.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Mittwoch
24.04.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Mittwoch
08.05.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Mittwoch
15.05.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
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Mittwoch
22.05.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Mittwoch
29.05.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Mittwoch
05.06.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Mittwoch
12.06.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Mittwoch
19.06.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Mittwoch
26.06.
15:00 - 16:30
Seminarraum 2 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-18
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Arguably the most widely known body of Buddhist literature across Asian Buddhist cultures is nothing overtly philosophical or heavy with doctrine – it is the stories about the past lives of “the bodhisattva/bodhisatta”, the sentient being who would eventually become the Buddha Śākyamuni. In Jātaka stories the bodhisattva is only sometimes human, and not always (at least by modern standards) morally perfect, but his deeds in these stories are the subject of our very oldest artistic record of Buddhism in India, and continue to be re-told across Buddhist cultures today. One collection of Jātakas, surviving in Sanskrit, is by the poet Āryaśūra, who wrote sometime between the second and fourth centuries CE, perhaps with a royal audience in mind. In this course, we will read Sanskrit versions of several famous Jātakas as they survive in Āryaśūra’s “Garland of Birth-Stories” (Jātakamāla): including the story of the lioness (Vyāghrījātaka), of the hare (Śaśajātaka), and – perhaps the most influential Jātaka of all – the story of the generous prince Viśvantara (Viśvantarajātaka). Our interest will be literary as well as doctrinal features of these texts, and what they tell us about how Indian Buddhists understood the bodhisattva and his long, arduous journey towards the status of a Buddha. This course will complement an exploration of the (Mahāyāna) bodhisattva in the course “The Bodhisattva’s Mind in the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa”.
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
Assessment will take into account the following:
Attendance and participation in class, plus weekly preparation (Sanskrit/Tibetan translation; reading prescribed secondary literature): 50%
Written exercise/s (details TBC): 50%
Attendance and participation in class, plus weekly preparation (Sanskrit/Tibetan translation; reading prescribed secondary literature): 50%
Written exercise/s (details TBC): 50%
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
Knowledge of Sanskrit is required. Weekly preparation will require translation of Sanskrit materials uploaded to Moodle. Knowledge of Tibetan will be beneficial.
Prüfungsstoff
All materials translated and discussed in class.
Literatur
We will be using the Sanskrit edition of Vaidya (1959), made available on the Jātaka Stories database of Edinburgh University:
https://jatakastories.div.ed.ac.uk/textual-collections/aryasuras-jatakamala/
An excellent resource is the entry on “Narratives: South Asia” In Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism (Vol.1), available in the library and online. What follow are simply initial suggestions for further reading.* Appleton, Naomi. 2010. Jātaka Stories in Theravāda Buddhism: Narrating the Bodhisatta Path. Burlington: Ashgate.
* Appleton, Naomi and Shaw, Sarah. 2016. The Ten Great Birth Stories of the Buddha. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Press.
* Khoroche, Peter. 1989. Once the Buddha Was a Monkey: Ārya Śūra’s Jātakamālā. Chicago, IL; London: University of Chicago Press.
* Meiland, Justin. 2009. Garland of the Buddha’s Past Lives. Two Volumes. Clay Sanskrit Library. New York, NY: New York University Press.
* Speyer, J.S. 1895. Jātakamālā, or Garland of Birth-Stories, by Āryaśūra. Electronic version 2010.
* Steiner, Roland. “Āryaśūra”. In Jonathan Silk et al (eds), Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Volume 2. Leiden: Brill. 70–72.Introductions to Jātakas as a genre can be found in all good introductions to Buddhism (e.g., Rupert Gethin’s Foundations of Buddhism; John Strong’s Buddhisms: An Introduction, also The Buddha: A Short Biography).
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Letzte Änderung: Do 29.02.2024 10:06