MASTER OF AnT' (BUDDHIST STUDIE INTERDlSCJPLlNAR\,' COUR E

SEME TER IV Candidates shall t e required t answer thre~ questions in all II1c tuding one compu lsory

question. The compulsory question ~h , II ~ons i s t of questions rt!quirillg ,hon Cln. wers worth 30 mart",. The other t\V quest ions sl1a ll require tong essay £ype answers worth 40 marks.

BS404A: Pali Based Buddhi m and Bul.ll.lhi t Concepts

I. Fundamental Teachings of the Buddha n, Pat h ofPuri fi at ion

b Sta~e of Men ta l Puri ficat ions

\: 'n leory of Percept ion

d. T I1 ry o f K now l ~dge

e. The0ry of Relat ivi ty

2: , Stud ies o f Contemporary Issues on tbe ba t ofPali Literature 3 . Econom ic Issues h. En '. ir nmental I: . Ucs

c . W m CIl Empo \,vcrm ent

d . '- DI ICt'pl of oeial a nd Culrural ldentlt)

c. P(>l il ical alld L e:=al 1$. ues I . t'd e l1lal Health and Buddh ism g cial l ssu s

Suggt'Sled Reading i . Barua, Dipak K umar: An A nal vll cal LUdy of CI ur Nikayas. De lhi .M ul l hiram M n harlal

Pub Pvc Ltd. 2 03 . 2. kt:\. wn. Dam i 1'1 : Buddhi sm and 81uethic L nd n. M crn il lan, 1095 . .', D,:. 10kuldas: Democ racy in Ea,'ly Buddhist Safgila, K Ikat<i .U ni vt' l c; it) o f Ko lkatu 1995

4 Niinamoli , Bh ikkhu. tr The Path o f Purilicat ion V I udd h i ma~ga L Singap }re, Buddhist ledilation entre, 1997 .

S. C (OrlZ e, If'. B uddhist Scriptures. HamlOndsworth, Penguin. I 59.

6. RatnakuL Pin it : 8 io thies An Introduction to the Ethics f !J ed i ine and Liti Sciences, Ban kok. M :lhid I 'niversity 1986. 7. alup hana. Dav id Causali!': . The cJ11ral Philosoph tl 8udJhism l ion !Iu lu . Uni\ersity ,-, f HHwai i 197" .

S. arada 'taha Thera, Ed and Tr A Manual of Ahhi hamlna. Singap r~ , Bllddhis\ t di l ation Centre, ] 9g9

t) Buddh i t and Indian Sludies in Honour of Prof. Sodo 10ri 'Tokyo, Kousai Bukk) oto "-yoki 2007. I , ir lee. Sirjla !. An Analy tica l Study of Buddhist Ethic . Elh ica l Rules alld Crite ria for

Judgmen t of Eth ical Prob lems in Medicine at the Present Tim', Bangkok, Nat i nal Research Cuuncil ofThaiialld , 1986

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BS404B: BUDDHIST SAN 'KRIT LITERATURE I. EvoluTi n of Sal sk ril Buddh ist [iterature through different phHS~ ('anonical

Canon i al. Biograph ic a l and Gatha Lit ratllfe) .

:. A rit ical Survey of Buddhist SansJ..ri! Canon ical Lit rature and il relationship with Pall .

3. Relevance of Sanskr it Buddhist Li erature on different cultures of the \. orld : India_ 11 lOa, Korea.. Japan. ibet, Mongo l ia, Vietnam, Nepal. Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanrna . n

Lan ka, Bangladesh and Bhutan.

Suggested Readings

I . Ha,ime I iakamura. IndiclI1 B1Iddhism. M.L.B.D., Delhi, 1989.

2. Winternitz M .. I-li.I·/or)' (~/ Indian Lilero ll4re 2 1"OIs.. Reprinl - New Del hi 1968

3. Pand y, G.c. . Studies in /hp r ig il1s ofBI/ddhi. m, De lh i: MOlilal Banars idas : 1974.

4. Na riman J.K... A Literature His/uJ)" ojSullskril Bliddh i.l nl . Reprint Delh i-1974.

5. Mi tra D.L., A fl istory o(,'\fi!pale Buddhist Sanskrit Literafw·J. Ko lkala 1973.

6. Narendra Deva. Bauddho Dharma und Dal"sanCi . Biha! Rashtriya Bhasa Parisad.Parna.

Second Edition 2000 .

7 Garror iski, . !lidil's about rhl' Snaslo'i/ BIId. 'J-lIs t Literotllre: , Delhi . 1967

8. Ke ith , A 13., HiSlOr) ofS anskrit Lit"ruwe. O.U.P . 1953

9 Sanskri lyayall t\ R hul " Sanskr it A."i/\'yaJhiirii, Kitab Mahal, De lhi, 1959.

10 Kal hupah na OaviJ L A flislW I' 1)( BuddhlSf Ph/il 101,11.1 . Delh i: "I i lal I3anar " ue; re prin1. 2006.

I I. Joshi .M .. ','I/I J i i.!.s in fhe B uddhis / " ~"lure ufJndiu. ·1.l.BD elh i: 198:2.

B '404- : DE LINE OF BUDDHI M IN rNOIA in this paper the fo lic win!.! is Ll e~ sha ll be crit i ally exnmined in relation the dec l ill(' of

Buddh ism in Ind ia: (a) . Mora l and Ihi al Dege eracy (b). R Ie of Br, hmon ical-Hinduisn

Brahm !) ical Kings. (cl. Sec tar ianism and the Rist: ofMahayc n3 and Vaj rayana. (dl. Altal'i, b.

. ra bsilnd urk:;.( c).l mpac [ f B l1nkt i Mo ement, (f) . ulisn .

. ngge ted Readin g

i. M itra, R.C. ThL' Dc:dill' (:/Buddhism i ll India, Samin ikel n. Bi rbhum: Visva-Bharati, 19~1 .

2. Jain;, P.S. "T he Disappearanc e of Buddhism and Iht' Survival of Jain ism : A I:)lud. ' Contras l," in f K.. larain (ed). ~ w di.;s in History or Buddhism, De lhi: B.R. Publishing

Corporar i, n., 1980: ~ 1-9 1.

J. Joshi , L. M. -"'lll/lie.1 il7 ill ~ 8 11ddhist ic Culture o( Indja, _ nd rev . edn .. Delh i ' M 31

Ranars idass. 1977 : ) 02n~

4. S, rao. K.TS. The Decline of Buddhism in India .4 Fresh Perspecti\- . Delhi : Munsh lra'n

Manohar la I, 2ll1 2.

5. Na nier. L ( nee r;pon Q Fu turr' Tim . SludieJ il1 <.I Bliddh i.l'l Pr, y '/pcv oj Dl!chne, Berkel

Asian Human it i s Pr"ss, 199 1.

6. hanna, R.S., Urlh~ J l Decay 117 India (c.300-c 1000), Dellli: Munshi ram Man haria\, 1~87.

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BS404D:ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAHAvANA DUDOHJ T PHILOSOPH ' I. Origin ar d Development of .l1aJulyiina Buddhism 2. Salient Featu res r lvlu lzZiyuJ/ li Buddhi'm ::L Hil7lJyClt/u and Mohi'iyol7u 4. Doctines oj Trivi ilWYCI170 . Trikcha. Bodhisatlva's Ideals, and Paranlita ~ . Concept of Dusanhll l'rJ/

' uggestcd Reading 1. A charya Narendra D<!v. Bauddhu Dhurma Dar~una. MLBD. Delh i. :!006. 2 Berkwi tz. [(' phen C, .\·olllh Asian Buddhi 'm A Survey , R urledge, London, 2009. 1 . Rhadan ta R va lad ha rnm 3 3nd Ramshankar Tripathi. .'lbhidhamnw ll ha.lomgalw (Hind i rranslation) ]. ols.; Saill pu rnanand (Varanasi) Sanskrit Vi "avid..' alaya . aranasi. 199 1, 1992. 4. Bh ikkhu Bodh i, A c(}lIlprehmsil'(! }\If mua! of Abhhidhamma, Buddhist Publication ()clel ' Ko nd v. 1993. 5 Conze, Edward (ed.). Buddhisr Texts through the Ages, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers PVI td. I ~92.

6. Ou r! , N., Ell idh isl Secls in India , Reprinl, Firmil KLM (Private Ltd., alcutta. 1977. 8 Out[. , I . . MahiivDna Bllddhism.. rirma KLM Private) Ltd. Cal una. 197() . 9. DLi ve. S N , Cross Currenls In E rly Buddhism . rv1anohar Publi 'ation. Ne\~ Delhi, 1 189 10. .Io" l1 i, L M . S!uciies in fh Buddhistic Cul/w'e a/India, MLBD. Delhi 11. Kalupahan:L Davi d LA /-l is l on orBuddhil'1 /Ihilosoph)', MLBD. D.:: lhi. 1994 12. Kalup hfl ll3, Dav id L Mlf !U Modhyan'1I1kak,irddj of Niigiiri 11 !lU Th t! ·emu.J! Phi l(lso/,/1\ of Mieldl.! Way. l\lLB D De lh i. 199 1 1:1 Ka lu paila n3. Dav id L Cuusali ty Thl! Ce ntral Philosophy o/lJuddhism. Ho nolul u: The Universit. Pr~s: f Ilawa ii . 1976. 14 . Kashyapa. Bhikshll .I agad i h. , he hhidJ7G:mma Philm ophL - hal', I i) :'! idya Prakashan, Delhi. 198_ . 15 K rn . H.. i\fOl7uu! ofi l7dioll Buddhism . Indo log,lcal Book Hou e. \,',tranru i De lhi. 197'2. 16. Ki mu ra . Ryun. ."1 Hi,-Ioricol. ludy of the T,' rms Hinayiina olld Muhciyal7L1 ul1d the Origin u) Mahi:ml/UI Buddhism. Inrjolo(!ical Book Corporati n, Rajendra Na:' ar. 1978. 18 1a govern . W. 1 . .4 il,fw llliI! ofBwldhilt Philosophy. Ori nta l Pr inters, Luc\"now. 1976. 19. Pandey, G. ' .. BouddhLl Dhar m,] Ke Vfkas,1 k5 !tihasu, Hindi Sam it i. Luc know. 1976 . 20 . Pandey. G. . '\/udies il1 /he Origin a/Buddhism, MLBD, D Ihi, 1974 . 21. Palldeya. R. ~ ,Buddhist ic SII/dies in Ind ia, M BD, De lhi. 1975. 22. Pa ll de.'a. R C, (eu.\ indiu ll " wdie' in PhiLosophy, MLBD, e lh i. 1977 . • 3. Pandey, S. K.. A bhidhulIl n7u Philosoph ... Indo-An;an ub lish ing House. De lhi. 200:2 . 24 . 'l!zukL D. ' .. Oll flines o(Mohay( 11 Bllddhism. Newyor!" : Schod ;en. 1963 . 190 7 25 . ripathi, Rallls ha nkar. lJouddha Dar .l h,mQ Pru ·thl.ma Ken ri) a l lc llcha Tebbeti Sanslhan3. Sarnath, Varan3.- i. 1977 . 26 . padh. ay, Ba ldeva. /3(Jllddhu 1),/I ·.. al1o M im f !7lSa, Chaukh am )h Vid) a Bh:lVan. \ arallasi 1978 . ~ 8 . padhyay, Bh rat Sin gh. Piifi S~lhi(yti h7 Itihasa, HindI Sahiry ' Sarnmelan. Allahabad . 199.:1 . 29. Warde r. A . K. im/iclIl Buddhism, '1LBD. Delhi, 2000. 30. William. Paul , Moh/iyililo Buddhism, _ eun , nd Roultedge , L( n Ion, 2008.

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BS4tl4E: ROYAL PATRONAGE OF BUDDHISM IN CHI A I . Yao Xi llg of lat er Qill : Yao xing. and KlImiirajiv~ Ya ' xing and translation of Buddhist I

2. Emperor Wli di of Lian g Prohibition of killing, Buddhist monks as King's adv isors

Constructions of Buddhist temples. studies of Mahay~na u\ras,

3. W\!!l di and Yan g d i o f Su i : Establishment of uddhist monasteries and srLipas. Buddhism 3.!

the a fii ia l ideology . rev ival of Buddhist Salras and images. Buddhist seTvi ·cs.

4. Tai zong and Empress Wu of Tang: Construction of Buddhist monasteries, image makill !!, at

Buddhist caves, apocr. pha[ Sat ras and political ambi tiun. royal families and famous monks

Suggested Reading

1. Berger, Palri ia Ann. Emp ire of emptiness: Buddhis1 art and politica l authority in Qing

Ch ina HOIl lulu: Universi1Y or Hawaii Press. 2003 2 Chan. $in- vI.'ai Buddh ism in la te Ch' ing p lideal lh ughL Hong Kong: Chinese Univer" ITY

Press. 19&5

3. Chel l. .I in hua Mo nks an d monarchs. kinship and k ingsh ip. Tanq ian in ui Buddh ism 31 d

po lit ics En glish and som e C hinese. Kyoto: Scuola Italianad i Studi s ull 'A ia Orientale 200:'

4. Gregory. Pete r N .. and Getz. Dan iel A . Jr. . eds. Buddhism in the Sung. Honolu lu: Hgw I I

Un iversity Press. 1999

5 Ke nneth KSC h'en. Buddhi sm i ll China. Princeton: Pr inceton L1niversit} Press 196<-1 .

6 Tan Sell . Buddhi slTl . D iplom acy and Trade. Delhi : Mal1o ilaf, 2004

7. We inste in. Stan ley. 8uddllism un der the T ang. New York : Cambridg.e llniverslt) Pres

87.

8. W Iter, !\ !bert . Monk~ . Ru le rs, and Literati : The Pol itic;]1 Asce ndancy or han Buddhi~m

Oxfo rd: New Yo rk : Oxford U ni\'C f sitv Press. 2006 .

9. Z UI·cher. E Th e Buddhi t ~ollq uest of China: the spr ad and ad..1pt3 !1 (>l l of Buddh ism III ar"

Med i v I China. NJ /\ llantic Hig hlan ds . 1973.

B -to-t F: The Impact anti Importan e ofFQur Major Tradition' of Butldbi'ln in Tiber

I. BO il. the re- i3uddhist R eli g ion o f T ibel

') Historicli aCCOlll1t of rN y ing m 3... a sk.'a. bKa ' rg. ud and age, lugs

3. Bka'darns pa and Oge lugs pa Ira iti ons

4. Bka ' brgy ud pa - its fo ur n1 3jo r di vis ions alld eigh t sub-divisions.

5. Monast ic sys leill o f Blidd hi~m in T ib t .

6 The Gsarm11 an d the Rn):i nglll a sy st~m of BuddhislTI in fiber>

Sugg sted Readings

1. Bruce NeWill, n . . 1 Beg inner's Guid e> (0 Tibelun Buddhism. 'no \ .. Lion Publi cation. 1996

2. T hubt c n Chodron. Buddhism i or Br>g i l7l1ers. 110\ Lion Pub lIcat ion, 1972.

3. Wallace. B. iall ( ctobt::r 15, 1993). Tibetali Buddhism /i"om rln Grmmd I".,. A Pm.:l/ .1/

4pprl.JGd 7 }or A1ndcrn LI}2 W isJom Publ icalicl!lS.

A. Yt:sht:. Lam a Thublen (2. 0{) I) rhe Es. enc/:! (1 Tiber(JI1 Buddhism. Lama Yeshe WISdom

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