Questions of Indian and Far Eastern Philosophy and Spirituality

Teacher(s)

Cornu Philippe;

Language

French

Prerequisites

Elementary knowledge in Buddhism, Hinduism and/or the foundations of the Ancient Indian history and thought.

Main themes

Devoted mainly to the Hindu and Buddhist philosophies and spiritualities, the course deals with the questions of the Vedic foundations, the ideological context, the Brahmanic or Buddhist classical structurations, the devotional expressions and the heterodox or sectarian developments. The lectures are based on the analysis of textual or archaeological indigenous sources related to the various questions.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	The aim of the course is to provide the student with a critical approach to deal with questions related to the philosophies and spiritualities of India and the Far East, on the basis of primary sources, both textual and archaeological.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content

Those seminaries are consecrated to Philosophical and Spiritual Questions about Buddhism,  Hindouism, and others Asiatic Religious, to reflect on. translations problems,  to comparative studies with similar systems in West, all of those on the basis of texts.
This year (2018-2019), the topic is Dzogchen in his History and his development. It is prolongation of the last year seminary on the same subject, given in Chaire Satsuma.
It is n ot necessary to have follow the last year seminary for having access to this one...

Teaching methods

Studies according to original tibetan, pali, sanskrit or chinese texts, reflexion about translation and terms, lec ture of personnal works by the teacher in charge, debate about questions studied.

Evaluation methods

Fifteen pages writing work about the seminary or about a question decided with the teacher. 

Other information

Prerequesites: elementary knowledge in Buddhism, Hinduism and/or the foundations of the Ancient Indian history an thought.
Be aware that this year, the seminary is reported on second quadrimestre (from february to may 2019)

Bibliography

• Textes proposés et fournis aux participants en fonction. du contenu du séminaire.

Variable selon le sujet du séminaire. Bibliographie fournie lors du séminaire. 

Teaching materials

• Textes proposés et fournis aux participants en fonction. du contenu du séminaire.

Faculty or entity

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