ASIAN 3341

Mahayana Buddhism

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course will explore the origins and early developments of a movement in Indian Buddhism known as the Great Vehicle. We will intensively examine a small slice of this movement's voluminous literature so as to better understand its call for a new spiritual orientation within Buddhism. Topics of discussion will include the career of the bodhisattva, the lay/monk distinction, attitudes of Mahayanists toward women and other Buddhists, and the development of Buddhist utopias and transcendent buddhas. 

Course Attribute (EC-SAP)

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2022SP, 2020SP, 2018SP

Distribution Category (ALC-AS) (CA-AG, LA-AG)

When Offered Spring.

Course Subfield (RL)

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