INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM - SEMESTER 2

The second part of the course will survey the development of Buddhism in Tibet, and in East Asia - especially in China and Japan. The course will survey the ways by which several Indian Mahayana Buddhist sects - such as Madhyamaka, Yogacara and others - were introduced into China, and became deeply Sinisized. We will give a special attention to the development of Chan [Zen] Buddhism in China and Japan, as a sect that was created from the encounter of Chinese Daoism and Indian Buddhism. One chapter will take a look at the development of Western Buddhism.