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142245 UE Reading Prajnakaragupta (2022W)
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- Registration is open from Mo 29.08.2022 08:00 to We 28.09.2022 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 31.10.2022 23:59
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max. 24 participants
Language: English
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Classes
Mo 15:00-16:30, SR 2, ab 3.10.
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This course aims to extend and deepen knowledge of philosophical Buddhist literature in Sanskrit by focusing on Prajñākaragupta, an 8th century philosopher who, among other works, composed the Pramāṇavārttikālaṅkara (PVA), an extensive commentary on chapters 2 to 4 of Dharmakīrti’s Pramāṇavārttika (6th-7th century). The course will also enhance the ability to translate and analyse śāstric and commentarial texts as well as to apply the historical-philological method to philosophical Buddhist texts from South Asia.Selected passages from the PVA will be translated and analysed. Their Classical Tibetan translation will also be read.The passages comment on segments of Dharmakīrti’s discussion of the Nobles’ four Truths.
Assessment and permitted materials
Students will prepare translations of the Sanskrit text and take part in the relevant discussions in the class. A short final written paper will be submitted and presented as an informal talk.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Knowledge of Sanskrit is required.Active participation in class 30% and homework 50% (oral and written preparation of translations and text's analysis). A final written and oral examination 20%.
Examination topics
The texts read in class and relevant discussions.
Reading list
Course material will be provided during the classes.Preliminary readings:
● Gethin’s chapter of the four Truths in his The Foundations of Buddhism
● Norman’s articles.
● Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta in the Saṃyutta Nikāya.Some readings:
● 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.
● Gethin, Rupert, 1998. The Foundations of Buddhism. OUP, Oxford.
● Moriyama, Shinya, 2004. Omniscience and Religious Authority. A Study on Prajnakaragupta's Pramanavarttikalankarabhasya ad Pramanavarttika II 8-10 and 29-33. LIT, Leipzig etc.
● Moriyama, Shinya, 2022. “Prajñākaragupta. Buddhist Epistemology as the Path to the Wisdom of Non-Duality”. In: Edelglass et al. (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Indian Buddhist Philosophy.
● Norman, K. R., 1982. “The Four Noble Truths: A Problem of Pāli Syntax”. In: Indological and Buddhist Studies, Volume in Honour of Professor J. W. de Jong on his 60th Birthday. Sri Satguru, Delhi, pp. 377−391.
● Norman, K. R., 2008. “Why are the Four Truths called ‘Noble’?”. In: Collected Papers IV, pp. 171-175.
● Ono, Motoi, 2000. Prajnakaraguptas Erklarung Der Definition Gultiger Erkenntnis. (Pramanavarttikalamkara Zu Pramanavarttika II 1-7). Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Wien.
● Prajñākaragupta Studies (online journal) – selected articles
(https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/prajnakaragupta/1/0/_contents/-char/en).
● 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).
● Gethin’s chapter of the four Truths in his The Foundations of Buddhism
● Norman’s articles.
● Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta in the Saṃyutta Nikāya.Some readings:
● 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.
● Gethin, Rupert, 1998. The Foundations of Buddhism. OUP, Oxford.
● Moriyama, Shinya, 2004. Omniscience and Religious Authority. A Study on Prajnakaragupta's Pramanavarttikalankarabhasya ad Pramanavarttika II 8-10 and 29-33. LIT, Leipzig etc.
● Moriyama, Shinya, 2022. “Prajñākaragupta. Buddhist Epistemology as the Path to the Wisdom of Non-Duality”. In: Edelglass et al. (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Indian Buddhist Philosophy.
● Norman, K. R., 1982. “The Four Noble Truths: A Problem of Pāli Syntax”. In: Indological and Buddhist Studies, Volume in Honour of Professor J. W. de Jong on his 60th Birthday. Sri Satguru, Delhi, pp. 377−391.
● Norman, K. R., 2008. “Why are the Four Truths called ‘Noble’?”. In: Collected Papers IV, pp. 171-175.
● Ono, Motoi, 2000. Prajnakaraguptas Erklarung Der Definition Gultiger Erkenntnis. (Pramanavarttikalamkara Zu Pramanavarttika II 1-7). Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Wien.
● Prajñākaragupta Studies (online journal) – selected articles
(https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/prajnakaragupta/1/0/_contents/-char/en).
● 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).
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