140259 KO Colloquium in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies for Advanced Students (2018W)

Objective: In Mahāyāna Buddhism, there are two main schools: Mādhyamika and Yogācāra. Buddhism is introduced from India to Tibet in the 7th century. Buddhist Mādhyamika school has been a national Buddhist school since the end of 8th century. It is thus necessary to understand Mādhyamika as a philosophical basis of Himalayan Buddhism. This colloquium aims to outline the history of Mādhyamika philosophy (especially of emptiness and two truths) by reading Indian and Tibetan Buddhist texts.
Contents: There are totally 11 lectures as follows: (*Note that the contents of these lecture are flexible and will accommodate students’ feedback)
• Lecture 1: Introduction: history of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Mādhyamika school and its philosophy.
• Lecture 2: intensive reading of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Mādhyamika texts.
• Lecture 3: intensive reading of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Mādhyamika texts.
• Lecture 4: intensive reading of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Mādhyamika texts.
• Lecture 5: intensive reading of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Mādhyamika texts.
• Lecture 6: intensive reading of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Mādhyamika texts.
• Lecture 7: intensive reading of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Mādhyamika texts.
• Lecture 8: intensive reading of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Mādhyamika texts.
• Lecture 9: intensive reading of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Mādhyamika texts.
• Lecture 10: intensive reading of Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Mādhyamika texts.
• Lecture 11: concluding discussion.