Course Syllabus (PDF download) Schedule of Readings, Exams, and Papers Course Packet Presentation Guidelines Exam Topics, October 21 online. Paper Topics 1, October 30. Paper Topics 2, November 13. Brief Research Assignment, November 6. Final Paper Topics, December 6. Reading Notes and Guiding Questions
	Four Keys to Writing in the Humanities Paper Writing Guidelines-for All Papers Checklist for Papers Bridging Consciousness and Unconsciousness Clauses and Commas
	Extroverted Learners Introverted Learners
	Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism-Related Web Pages (See 5 Chinese Classics) Key Terms: Buddhism in India, Early China 3 Major Phases before Chan/Zen Buddism: 1) Early Indian Buddhism (Nikaya Buddhism), 2) Two-Fold Truth of Mahayana Buddhism, 3) Early Philosophical Schools of Chinese Buddhism. Key Terms: Early Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China Notes on the Platform Sutra of Hui-neng The Platform Sutra is an early Chinese Chan (Zen) scripture and the source of the Sudden Gradual distinction. Notes on the Sudden/Gradual Distinction The distinction between Sudden and Gradual awakening (enlightenment) began in China in the eighth century in the Chan (Zen) school. Sudden awakening was regarded as superior to the gradual cultivation of enlightenment. Eventually, this supremacy of sudden awakening became the norm for all of East Asian Buddhism (China, Japan, Korea). Mark Unno, "The Nembutsu as the Path of the Sudden Teaching," unpublished paper, IASBS Conference, 1995 Explains Shinran's view of Sudden Awakening in Pure Land Buddhism. Key Terms: Dogen's Zen Buddhism Notes on Dogen's "Genjokoan" Dogen's Zen Buddhism in Medieval Japan (Kamakura Period 1185-1333) draws on the sudden/gradual distinction. Key Terms: Shinran's Pure Land Buddhism (Shin Buddhism) Mark Unno, "The Nembutsu of No Meaning and the Problem of Genres," The Pure Land: New Series 10-11 (1994), 105-121. Notes on Zen Abbess Mugai: Evidence of a female Zen master during the Kamakura Period. Outline of Japanese Buddhism from the Sixth through the Twelfth Centuries (Asuka through Heian Periods) Summaries of Selected Readings Natalie Goldberg on Writing in Zen, from The Sun magazine
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