FULLTEXTS OF PURANIC/DEVOTIONAL TEXTS: Visnu Purana (H.H. Wilson's Classic English Translation [1840])
Garuda Purana (Translated by Ernest Wood and S.V. Subrahmanyam)
Prem Sagur of Lallul Lal. English translation of a popular Hindi retelling of the Krishna cycle, based on the tenth book of the Bhagavata Purana (Prem Sagar).
15 May: The Four Ennobling Truths. The Three Characteristics (Impermanence, Dissatisfactoriness, No-Self). Karma and Rebirth. Theravada Buddhism. Mahayana Buddhism. Emptiness, Compassion and the Bodhisattva Ideal.
REQUIRED READINGS:
(1) Living Religions, pp. 142-143, 143-147, 147-154, 154-158
(2) The Suffering of Self (by Professor David Loy)
(3) The Problem with Karma (by Professor David Loy)
We will be watching the video documentary, The Land of the Disappearing Buddha (from the acclaimed BBC Classics series, "The Long Search") in class today.
EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK OF ZHUANGZI FOR CLASS DISCUSSION:
(1) From Chapter 2 of Zhuangzi: "Three in the Morning/Keeper and Monkeys" (2:6), "Beauty of Mao Qiang and Li Ji" (2:11),and "Zhuangzi's Dream (Butterfly)" (2:14)
(2) From Chapter 3 of Zhuangzi: "Cook Ding and Duke Wenhui" (3:2)
(3) From Chapter 13 of Zhuangzi: Duke Huan and Wheelwright Bian (13:9b)
(4) From Chapter 17 of Zhuangzi: Sacred or Living Tortoise? (17:11)
(5) From Chapter 18 of Zhuangzi: "Zhuangzi's Wife" (18:2)
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