142245 UE Dharmakirti on the Path to Liberation: Selected Passages from the Pramanavarttika (2020W)
Continuous assessment of course work
Labels
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Sa 01.08.2020 08:00 to Mo 14.09.2020 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Sa 31.10.2020 23:59
Details
max. 24 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Monday
05.10.
17:15 - 18:45
Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
Monday
12.10.
17:15 - 18:45
Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
Monday
19.10.
17:15 - 18:45
Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
Monday
09.11.
17:15 - 18:45
Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
Monday
16.11.
17:15 - 18:45
Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
Monday
23.11.
17:15 - 18:45
Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
Monday
30.11.
17:15 - 18:45
Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
Monday
07.12.
17:15 - 18:45
Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
Monday
14.12.
17:15 - 18:45
Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
Monday
11.01.
17:15 - 18:45
Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
Monday
18.01.
17:15 - 18:45
Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
Monday
25.01.
17:15 - 18:45
Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The texts to be prepared and revised from week to week + 1 final written paper.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Active participation in class 40%, homework 40%, and a final written examination 20%.
Examination topics
The texts read in class.
Reading list
Course material will be mentioned during the classes.Readings on the topic:
- Buswell, Robert E., & Robert M. Gimello, 1992, Paths to liberation. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
- Eltschinger, Vincent, & Isabelle Ratié, 2013, Self, no-Self and salvation. Dharmakirti's critique of the notions of Self and person. VÖAW, Wien.
- Franco, Eli, 2015, “Summary of the Pramāṇasiddhi-chapter of the Pramāṇavārttika”. In: K. H. Potter (ed.), with an Introduction by Eli Franco and Karen Lang, Buddhist philosophy from 600 to 750 A.D. (Encyclopedia of Indian philosophies 21). Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, pp. 297-354.
- Kellner, Birgit, 2010, “Towards a critical edition of Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇavārttika”, Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens 52-53: 161-211.
- Kellner, Birgit, & Sferra, Francesco, 2008, “A palm-leaf manuscript of Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇavārttika from the collection kept by the Nepalese rājaguru Hemarāja Śarman”. In: F. Sferra (ed.), Sanskrit texts from Giuseppe Tucci's collection. Part I. Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, Roma, pp. 423-483.
- Pecchia, Cristina, 2015, Dharmakīrti on the cessation of suffering. A critical edition with translation and comments of Manorathanandinʼs Vṛtti and Vibhūticandraʼs glosses on Pramāṇavārttika II.190-216. With the assistance of Philip Pierce. Brill, Leiden.
- Pecchia, Cristina, and Vincent Eltschinger (eds.), 2020, Mārga. Paths to Liberation in South Asian Buddhist Traditions. Papers from an international symposium held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, December 17–18, 2015. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Vienna.
- Tillemans, Tom J.F., 2017, “Dharmakīrti”. The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (Spring 2017 Edition), E. N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2017/entries/-dharmakiirti/>.
- Vetter, Tilmann, 1990, Der Buddha und seine Lehre in Dharmakīrti's Pramāṇavārttika. ATBS, Wien (1st ed. 1984).
- Buswell, Robert E., & Robert M. Gimello, 1992, Paths to liberation. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
- Eltschinger, Vincent, & Isabelle Ratié, 2013, Self, no-Self and salvation. Dharmakirti's critique of the notions of Self and person. VÖAW, Wien.
- Franco, Eli, 2015, “Summary of the Pramāṇasiddhi-chapter of the Pramāṇavārttika”. In: K. H. Potter (ed.), with an Introduction by Eli Franco and Karen Lang, Buddhist philosophy from 600 to 750 A.D. (Encyclopedia of Indian philosophies 21). Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, pp. 297-354.
- Kellner, Birgit, 2010, “Towards a critical edition of Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇavārttika”, Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens 52-53: 161-211.
- Kellner, Birgit, & Sferra, Francesco, 2008, “A palm-leaf manuscript of Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇavārttika from the collection kept by the Nepalese rājaguru Hemarāja Śarman”. In: F. Sferra (ed.), Sanskrit texts from Giuseppe Tucci's collection. Part I. Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, Roma, pp. 423-483.
- Pecchia, Cristina, 2015, Dharmakīrti on the cessation of suffering. A critical edition with translation and comments of Manorathanandinʼs Vṛtti and Vibhūticandraʼs glosses on Pramāṇavārttika II.190-216. With the assistance of Philip Pierce. Brill, Leiden.
- Pecchia, Cristina, and Vincent Eltschinger (eds.), 2020, Mārga. Paths to Liberation in South Asian Buddhist Traditions. Papers from an international symposium held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, December 17–18, 2015. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Vienna.
- Tillemans, Tom J.F., 2017, “Dharmakīrti”. The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (Spring 2017 Edition), E. N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2017/entries/-dharmakiirti/>.
- Vetter, Tilmann, 1990, Der Buddha und seine Lehre in Dharmakīrti's Pramāṇavārttika. ATBS, Wien (1st ed. 1984).
Association in the course directory
MATB1 (UE b)
Last modified: Tu 03.11.2020 15:09
The course aims to examine the philosophical contents of the texts, place them in their historical context, and consider them from the point of view of textual criticism.Please note that the course is in English. Discussions can be in German.UPDATE 3.11.2020
From November 9th, teaching is changed to a digital format. The link for the next classes was sent per email to the participants and can be found in Moodle.