Courses on Buddhism

Listed in the Harvard and BTI Course Catalogs
for the Academic Year 2006–2007

Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Course Number	Course Title	Term	Faculty	Day/Time	Section Number
EABS 114	The Mahayana in East Asia: Bodhisattvas and Their Cults in Medieval and Early Modern East Asian Buddhism	Fall 2006	Robert M. Gimello	TuTh/10:00 AM-11:30 AM	1
Explores the character of East Asian Mahayana Buddhism as revealed in the systematic expos...
EABS 210r	Topics in East Asian Buddhism	Fall 2006	Robert M. Gimello	W/2:00 PM-5:00 PM	1
Examination of various themes and issues in the history of medieval and modern Chinese, Ko...
EABS 240r	Japanese Buddhist Doctrine and Monastic Culture	Fall 2006	Ryuichi Abe	W/10:30 AM-12:30 PM	1
A graduate seminar aimed at improving students' ability to read and analyze scriptural sou...
INDN-ST 118	Indian Philosophy: Advanced Introduction	Fall 2006	Parimal Ganapati Patil	TuTh/11:30 AM-1:00 PM	1
Discusses selected topics in Indian epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of mi...
RELIGION 1005	World Religions in Boston: Seminar	Fall 2006	Diana Louise Eck	TBD/TBD	1
Investigates religious traditions of the world in the dynamic context of the U.S., focusin...
RELIGION 1703	Theravada Buddhist Traditions	Fall 2006	Donald K Swearer	TuTh/9:00 AM-10:00 AM	1
The Theravada Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia are often contrasted with Ma...
RELIGION 1725	Buddhism and Social Change: Seminar	Fall 2006	Christopher S. Queen	W/1:00 PM-3:00 PM	1
This survey of Buddhist social teachings examines the evolution of central concepts (imper...
RELIGION 2760	Buddhism and Its Critics	Fall 2006	Parimal Ganapati Patil	TBD/TBD	1
Focuses on the Buddhist theory of momentariness. After discussing its intellectual history...
RELIGION 2841	Orthodoxy: Religion, Truth, and Authority: Seminar	Fall 2006	Mohammed Shahab Ahmed	W/2:00 PM-5:00 PM	1
Orthodoxy is defined as "truth or sound belief according to an authoritative norm" (Encycl...
TIBETAN 220	Introduction to the Tibetan Buddhist Schools: The Sakya Tradition	Fall 2006	Leonard Willem J Van Der Kuijp	TBD/TBD	1
EABS 115	Buddhist Meditation Traditions	Spring 2007	Robert M. Gimello	TuTh/10:00 AM-11:30 AM	2
Focusing particularly on Buddhism in East Asia, and relying chiefly on English translation...
EABS 120	Buddhist Apologetics in East Asia	Spring 2007	Robert M. Gimello	TBD/TBD	2
A treatment of the process by which Buddhism in China, Korea, and Japan came to define its...
EABS 245	Ritual and Text in Japanese Buddhist Literature	Spring 2007	Ryuichi Abe	TBD/TBD	2
Examines the way in which rituals are approached, described, and interpreted in primary Ja...
HAA 188j	Japanese Architecture	Spring 2007	Yukio Lippit	TuTh/1:00 PM-2:00 PM	2
A survey of the diverse architectural traditions of the Japanese archipelago from the preh...
JAPNHIST 125	Japanese Religious Traditions	Spring 2007	Ryuichi Abe	TuTh/2:00 PM-3:30 PM	2
An introductory course designed for students to understand some central values in Japanese...
RELIGION 1715	Buddhism, Ecology, and the Sacred Mountain Traditions of Asia: Seminar	Spring 2007	Donald K Swearer	TBD/TBD	2
The seminar will first examine the growing body of literature in the field of Buddhism and...
RELIGION 1730	Buddhist Women and Representations of the Female	Spring 2007	Janet Gyatso	TuTh/11:30 AM-1:00 PM	2
This course explores two interrelated subjects: 1) Buddhist practices and conceptions rela...
RELIGION 19	Religious Belief and Moral Action	Spring 2007	Donald K Swearer	TuTh/9:00 AM-10:00 AM	2
An exploration of the relationship between religion and morality. Basic ethical concepts i...

Harvard Divinity School
Course Number	Course Title	Term	Faculty	Day/Time	Section Number
3536	South Asian Buddhism: Dharmas, Emptiness, and Idealism	Fall 2006	To Be Determined	TBD/TBD	N/A
A very close and contextual reading (in translation) of some important Buddhist "doctrina...
3560	The Mahayana in East Asia: Bodhisattvas and Their Cults in Medieval and Early Modern East Asian Buddhism	Fall 2006	Robert Gimello	TuTh/10:00 AM-11:30 AM	N/A
An exploration of the character of East Asian Mahyna Buddhism as revealed not only in the ...
3573	Theravada Buddhist Traditions	Fall 2006	Donald K. Swearer	TuTh/9:00 AM-10:00 AM	N/A
The Therav?da Buddhist traditions of South and Southeast Asia are often contrasted with Ma...
3853	Buddhism and Social Change: Seminar	Fall 2006	Christopher S. Queen	W/1:00 PM-3:00 PM	N/A
A survey of Buddhist social teachings, this course examines the evolution of central conce...
3867	Buddhism and Its Critics: Seminar	Fall 2006	Parimal Patil	TBD/TBD	N/A
This year we will focus on the Buddhist theory of momentariness. After discussing its inte...
3901	World Religions in Boston: Research Seminar	Fall 2006	Diana L. Eck	TBD/TBD	N/A
An investigation of the religious traditions of the world in the dynamic context of the Un...
3934	Buddhist Arts of Ministry and Leadership: Teaching and Adapting Meditative Skills	Fall 2006	Janet Gyatso	W/9:00 AM-11:00 AM	N/A
This course will provide historical perspectives and the critical tools to explore and ass...
3979	Orthodoxy: Religion, Truth, and Authority: Seminar	Fall 2006	M. Shahab Ahmed	W/2:00 PM-5:00 PM	N/A
Orthodoxy is defined as "truth or sound belief according to an authoritative norm" (Encycl...
3524	Buddhist Apologetics in East Asia	Spring 2007	Robert Gimello	TBD/TBD	N/A
A treatment of the process by which Buddhism in China, Korea, and Japan came to define its...
3535	Philosophy of Religion: Religious Epistemology	Spring 2007	Parimal Patil	TBD/TBD	N/A
Philosophers belonging to nearly every religious tradition have offered arguments in suppo...
3558	Buddhist Tradition in Theory and Practice	Spring 2007	Janet Gyatso	TBD/TBD	N/A
A study of the main ideas, practices, and classic texts of Buddhist tradition. The class w...
3559	Buddhist Women and Representations of the Female	Spring 2007	Janet Gyatso	TuTh/11:30 AM-1:00 PM	N/A
This course explores two interrelated subjects: 1) Buddhist practices and conceptions rela...
3561	Buddhist Meditation Traditions	Spring 2007	Robert Gimello	TBD/TBD	N/A
Focusing particularly on Buddhism in East Asia, and relying chiefly on English translation...
3574	Buddhism, Ecology, and the Sacred Mountain Traditions of Asia: Seminar	Spring 2007	Donald K. Swearer	TBD/TBD	N/A
The seminar is divided into two sections. The first will be devoted to an examination of t...

Boston Theological Institute
Course Number	Course Information
BC TH 454	Sacred Buddhist Texts Permission of instructor required. Readings in early Buddhist and Mahayana scriptures, attending to developments in Buddhists thought and practice and strategies of legitimation. Makransky Th 10-12 Fall
BC TH 505	Buddhist Philosophy & Spirituality Focus on Mahayana Buddhist philosophies of India. Buddhist theological anthropology, ontology, epistemology, ethics, soteriology are related to practices of ritual, phenomenological inquiry, devotion and meditation. Readings from classical and contemporary sources. Makransky Th 4:30-6:30 Spring
BU STH TS 846	Religion and Society in East Asia Comparative and historical study of the interaction of religion and society in East Asia. Particular attention to the relation of Christianity to Asian religions. The role of religion in modernization. Also offered as STH TM 846. Chung W 2-5 Fall
EDS L 2715	Practicing Compassion: Christian Worship and Buddhist Practice Buddhism is oriented toward specific practices that open the practitioner to new ways of perceiving, being, and acting in the world. Even in more belief-based Christian traditions, liturgical practices serve this same transformative function. This seminar will examine Buddhist practice as a model for discovering how liturgical worship in the Christian West is a form of transformative Christian practice. Previous course in liturgy or worship or permission of the instructor required. McCall M 1-3 Spring

Harvard Extension School
Course Number	Course Title	Term	Faculty	Day/Time	Section Number
RELI E-1703	Buddhist Meditation Traditions	Fall 2006	Robert M. Gimello	W/5:30 PM-7:30 PM	(12773)
Relying chiefly on English translations of primary canonical sources, this course examines...
RELI E-1705	Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism	Fall 2006	Leonard van der Kuijp	Th/5:30 PM-7:30 PM	(11940)
An introduction to and exploration of Tibetan Buddhism in the context of Tibetan intellect...
RELI E-1010/W	World Religions	Spring 2007	Christopher S. Queen	Th/5:30 PM-7:30 PM	(21794)
The historical origins, central teachings, and devotional practices of the major religious...
RELI E-1700	Introduction to Buddhism	Spring 2007	Robert M. Gimello	W/7:35 PM-9:35 PM	(22605)
An introduction to the fundamentals of Buddhist history, doctrine, practice, and instituti...