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1 1 Course Code BUDS5009 Course Title (both English and Chinese) Special Topics in Buddhism and Society 佛教與社會專題 Buddhist Social Roles, Rituals, and Meditation 佛教之社會角色儀式和禅修 Course Description (both English and Chinese) The focus in this course is late imperial and modern Chinese Buddhism, with an emphasis on monastic Buddhism before 本課程的重點是晚期的中國佛教和現代佛教, 強調在 1950 年之前的僧侣佛教 Course Syllabus. I. Introductory Terms and Theory II. Typology of Buddhists 1. Lay Buddhists 2. Monastic Buddhists 1) Rites of Entry 2) Occupational Differentiation and Careers 3) Institutional System 4) Historical Sources and Developments III. Ritual 1. Overview 2. Theoretical Definitions 3. The Daily Liturgy 4. Monastic Ordination 5. The Flaming Mouth Ritual IV. Meditation 1. Definition and Relation to Ritual 2. Early History in China 3. Primary Methods in Modern China 1) Chan 2) Pure Land 1

2 2 Learning Outcomes 1) Knowledge To enable students to obtain a broad knowledge of Buddhist Studies as a discipline and a more specialized knowledge in a particular sub-field of concentration. 2) Skills To help the students develop research skills in Buddhist Studies, including their competence in academic writing and presentation in order to prepare them for further academic research in Buddhist Studies. 3) Attitude To develop a reflective and empathetic attitude in understanding Buddhism. Assessment Scheme Participation 20% In-Class Presentations 20% Term Paper 60% Course Requirements Students will be required to complete the following: 1) Regular attendance and reading. Attend each class and complete the required readings each week. On occasion, short assignments will be given. 2) In-class presentations. Each student will make two presentations. One, which might be done along with other classmate(s), is to briefly critique class readings and to raise discussion questions. The second presentation, in week 12, will be related to the student s term paper. More details (i.e., length of presentation, etc.) will be given during class. 3) Term paper. Each student will submit a term paper (roughly 4000 words). Term paper topics should be related to the course theme and should be discussed with the instructor. Term papers can be either synthetic (i.e., integrative review of secondary research on a certain topic), or researchoriented (i.e., based on original research, using primary source documents, interviews, participant observation, etc.). Feedback for Evaluation End-of-term university course evaluation will be conducted in class. Students comments and feedback on the course through s or personal meeting with the instructor are always welcomed. 2

3 3 Required Readings and Purchases All of the required readings will be provided as pdf documents or are accessible online. In addition, students are welcome to consult Chinese-language translations of the English readings, when available. In particular, students may wish to acquire the Chinese translation of Holmes Welch s The Practice of Chinese Buddhism, (1967): 唯慈 (Welch, Holmes) [1967]. 近代中國的佛教制度. 包可華, 李阿含譯. 新編世界佛學名著譯叢 ; 北京市 : 中國書店. Class Schedule Topic and Readings Week 1: Introduction: Social Roles and Ritual Arenas in Buddhist Practice Gethin, Rupert The Foundations of Buddhism, Chapter 4 (The Buddhist Community), pp Collins, Randall "The Micro-Sociology of Religion: Religious Practices, Collective and Individual." Association of Religion Data Archives, Guiding Paper. (14 pages) Collection of encyclopedia entries on monasticism, priesthood, and sangha (to be provided). Mallon, Ron Naturalistic Approaches to Social Construction. ( Week 2: Lay Buddhists Welch, Holmes The Practice of Chinese Buddhism, , pp. v-x and (preface and chapter 11, The Lay Buddhist ). Jones, Charles Stages in the Religious life of Lay Buddhists in Taiwan. Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 20/2, pp Lo, Yuet Keung "Indeterminacy in Meaning: Religious Syncretism and Dynastic Historiography in the Shannüren Zhuan." Gender & History 25 (3): Yu Lingbo 于凌波中国近现代佛教人物志. 3

4 4 Week 3: Monastic Buddhists Welch, Holmes The Practice of Chinese Buddhism, , pp (chapter 9, Entering the Sangha ). Chen-hua, Chu n-fang Yu, and Denis C. Mair In Search of the Dharma: Memoirs of a Modern Chinese Buddhist Pilgrim. [translation of Can xue suo tan 參學瑣談 ], pp (chapters 2 and 3, ordination and seminary preparation). Welch, Holmes The Practice of Chinese Buddhism, , pp (monastic careers). Mingshan 茗山 (Ven.) Mingshan riji 茗山日记. 上海 : 上海古籍出版社 Mingshan riji xuji 茗山日记续集. 上海 : 上海古籍出版社. Week 4: The Monastic System Welch, Holmes The Practice of Chinese Buddhism, , pp (chapter 1, The People of the Monastery ). Kieschnick, John "Buddhist Monasticism." In Early Chinese Religion, Part Two, edited by John Lagerwey, Wu, Jiang Enlightenment in Dispute: The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-Century China, esp. chapters 1, 10, and 11. Ter Haar, Barend J "State and Sangha in the Qing Period: A New Look at Old Figures." In The Middle Kingdom and the Dharma Wheel: Aspects of the Relationship between the Buddhist Sam gha and the State in Chinese History, edited by Thomas Ju lch, Welch, Holmes Buddhism Under Mao, pp and Ji Zhe Chinese Buddhism as a Social Force: Reality and Potential of Thirty Years of Revival. Chinese Sociological Review 45.2: Week 5: Primary Sources on Monastic Practices in Chinese History Welter, Albert The Administration of Buddhism in China: A Study and Translation of Zanning and the Topical Compendium of the Buddhist Clergy (Da Song seng shi lu e), pp. 1-8, 85-95, , , , , , , and These selections include English translation, edited Chinese text, and endnotes. 4

5 5 Ennin and Edwin O. Reischauer Ennin's Diary; the Record of a Pilgrimage to China in Search of the Law. Yifa The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Chanyuan Qinggui. Week 6: Ritual: Overview Gildow, Douglas M The Chinese Buddhist Ritual Field. Journal of Chinese Buddhist Studies 27: Sharf, Robert H "Ritual." In Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism, edited by Donald S. Lopez Jr., Hureau, Sylvie "Buddhist Rituals." In Early Chinese Religion, edited by John Lagerwey and Marc Kalinowski, Todd, Lewis "A History of Buddhist Ritual." In The Buddhist World, edited by John Powers, Week 7: Ritual: Daily Liturgy and Music Chen, Pi-yen "Morning and Evening Service: The Practice of Ritual, Music, and Doctrine in the Chinese Buddhist Monastic Community." PhD Diss., University of Chicago, pp and Chen, Pi-yen "Buddhist Chant, Devotional Song, and Commercial Popular Music: From Ritual to Rock Mantra." Ethnomusicology 49 (2): Chen, Pi-yen "The Contemporary Practice of the Chinese Buddhist Daily Service: Two Case Studies of the Traditional in the Post- Traditional World." Ethnomusicology 46 (2): Gu nzel, Marcus Die Morgen- Und Abendliturgie Der Chinesischen Buddhisten. Go ttingen: Seminar fu r Indologie und Buddhismuskunde. Chanmen risong 禪門日誦 (Daily Chanting of the Chan Gate) (Guangxu 26) (reprinted undated, but from post-1980 PRC). Edition of Tianning Monastery 天寧寺 ed. Changzhou 常州 (reprinted in 莆田市南山 ): Reprint by Putian Guanghua Monastery 莆田广化寺. 5

6 6 Week 8: Ritual: Monastic Ordination Prip-Møller, Johannes Chinese Buddhist Monasteries: Their Plan and its Function as a Setting for Buddhist Monastic Life. 2nd ed. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, pp (chapter 5: The Ordination Unit, Its Ceremonies and Its Development). Shi Guodeng 釋果燈 Mingmo Qingchu lüzong qianhuapai zhi xingqi 明末清初律宗千華派之興起. Taipei 台北 : Fagu wenhua 法鼓文化, pp (on the monk Jianyue). Zongxing 宗性三坛传戒正范版本综述. 佛学研究 19: 三壇傳戒正範, X ( Week 9: Ritual: Releasing Flaming Mouths Lye, Hun Yeow "Yuqie Yankou in the Ming-Qing China." In Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia, edited by Charles D. Orzech, Henrik Hjort Sorensen and Richard Karl Payne, Boston: Brill. Lye, Hun Yeow "Feeding Ghosts: A Study of the Yuqie Yankou Rite." PhD Diss., University of Virginia, pp and Scan through the following, particularly the first, and read several pages (to be specified in class): X 1080, 瑜伽集要施食儀軌 ; and X 1081, 修設瑜伽集要施食壇儀. Lye, Hun Yeow "Feeding Ghosts: A Study of the Yuqie Yankou Rite." PhD Diss., University of Virginia. Sik, Hung Hin and Fa Ren Sik "A Case Study of the Decline of the Buddhist Funeral Ritual, the Guangdong Yuqie Yankou." Contemporary Buddhism 17 (1): Week 10: Meditation: Concepts and History in China Sponberg, Alan "Meditation in Fa-Hsiang Buddhism." In Traditions of Meditation in Chinese Buddhism, edited by Peter N. Gregory,

7 7 Greene, Eric Matthew "Meditation, Repentance, and Visionary Experience in Early Medieval Chinese Buddhism." PhD diss., UC Berkeley, pp Bielefeldt, Carl Do gen's Manuals of Zen Meditation. Berkeley: University of California Press. Ahn, Juhn Y "Buddhist Self-Cultivation Practice." In Modern Chinese Religion I, Song-Liao-Jin-Yuan, Part 2, edited by John Lagerwey and Pierre Marsone, Boston: Brill. Eichman, Jennifer Lynn A Late Sixteenth-Century Chinese Buddhist Fellowship: Spiritual Ambitions, Intellectual Debates, and Epistolary Connections, chapter 6 (The Struggle for Attainment). Boston: Brill. Week 11: Meditation: Chan and Pure Land Welch, Holmes The Practice of Chinese Buddhism, , pp (chapter 2, The Meditation Hall, and chapter 3, The Buddha Recitation Hall ). Shi Yicheng 釋一诚, ed Chanqi yigui 禅七仪规. Beijing: Zongjiao wenhua chubanshe. Jones, Charles Brewer, trans Treatise Resolving Doubts About the Pure Land (jingtu jueyi lun 凈土決疑論 ), by Master Yinguang 印光 ( ). Pacific World, Third Series 14, pp Week 12: Student presentations and discussion of working term papers. Week 13: Meditation Theme and assignment to be determined. Contact Details of Teachers Professor/Lecturer/Instructor: Professor Name: Office Location: Telephone: Prof. Douglas Gildow 7

8 8 Academic honesty and plagiarism Attention is drawn to University policy and regulations on honesty in academic work, and to the disciplinary guidelines and procedures applicable to breaches of such policy and regulations. Details may be found at With each assignment, students will be required to submit a signed declaration that they are aware of these policies, regulations, guidelines and procedures. For group projects, all students of the same group should be asked to sign the declaration. For assignments in the form of a computer-generated document that is principally text-based and submitted via VeriGuide, the statement, in the form of a receipt, will be issued by the system upon students uploading of the soft copy of the assignment. Assignments without the receipt will not be graded by teachers. Only the final version of the assignment should be submitted via VeriGuide. Grade Descriptor A Outstanding performance on all learning outcomes. A- Generally outstanding performance on all (or almost all) learning outcomes. B Substantial performance on all learning outcomes, OR high performance on some learning outcomes which compensates for less satisfactory performance on others, resulting in overall substantial performance. C Satisfactory performance on the majority of learning outcomes, possibly with a few weaknesses. D Barely satisfactory performance on a number of learning outcomes F Unsatisfactory performance on a number of learning outcomes, OR failure to meet specified assessment requirements. 8

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