Universität Wien

140246 PS Death in Tibetan Buddhism (2013W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Details

max. 36 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.10. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 15.10. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 22.10. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 29.10. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 05.11. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 12.11. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 19.11. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 26.11. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 03.12. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 10.12. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 17.12. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 07.01. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 14.01. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 21.01. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25
  • Tuesday 28.01. 11:45 - 13:15 Seminarraum 1 ISTB UniCampus Hof 2 2B-O1-25

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Death has been a central theme to Buddhist thought and practice since the time of Buddha Sakyamuni. In Tibet, where tantric or Vajrayana Buddhism is predominant, the concepts of death and dying have developed into an entire genre of literature, are a central topic of philosophical inquiry, the subject of well-established iconography, and primary objects of meditation practice and ritual. From a tantric Buddhist perspective, the time of death and the after-death experiences of the in-between state (bar do) provide opportune circumstances for becoming fully liberated from cyclic existence, and thus are of primary concern to practitioners.

Assessment and permitted materials

One presentation, class participation, and one final exam.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

By utilizing various methods from within the field of Tibetan Studies, including anthropology, religious studies, history, comparative studies, and cultural transference, we will explore death-related topics such as funerary rituals, delog (‘das log) literature, the western reception of the Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bar do thos grol) and Tibetan Buddhist practices, Pure Land traditions, and more. This course will critically examine western academic and popular interpretations of Tibetan Buddhist treatments of death by investigating the transmission process via popular media, textual translations, and the adaptation and re-appropriation of rituals and conceptual frameworks.

Reading list

Siehe KoVo unter stb.univie.ac.at

Association in the course directory

BA10

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