| INTRODUCTION | |||
| 1/25-27 | Introduction: Arguments, Philosophy, Expectations, Benefits. | ||
| INDIAN THOUGHT | |||
| 2/1-3 | The Upanishads | ||
| CAP: Ch. 1 | |||
| B&H: Ch. 4, pp. 13-17; Ch. 3, pp. 18-19; Katha, pp. 44-57; Part III, pp. 73-75 | |||
| 2/8-15 | The Dhammapada | ||
| CAP: Ch. 2 | |||
| B&H: Dhammapada, pp. 95-117 | |||
| Online: The Questions of King Milinda | |||
| 2/17-24 | The Bhagavad Gita | ||
| CAP: Ch. 3 | |||
| B&H: Bhagavad Gita, pp. 150-187 | |||
| 3/1 | EXAM 1 | ||
| CHINESE THOUGHT | |||
| 3/3-10 | Confucius | ||
| CAP: Ch. 5; LIU: pp. 15-25 & Ch. 1-2 | |||
| B&H: Analects, Books: 1, 2, 4-9, 12, 17-18 | |||
| 3/15-17 | Mencius | ||
| CAP: Ch. 6; LIU: Ch. 3 | |||
| B&H: Book of Mencius, pp. 353-59 | |||
| Online: Book of Mencius, Book 7 | |||
| 3/19-28 | SPRING BREAK | ||
| 3/29-4/5 | Daoedejing | ||
| CAP: Ch. 7; LIU: Ch. 6 | |||
| B&H: Tao-Te Ching, pp. 371-90 | |||
| 4/7 | EXAM 2 | ||
| 4/12-14 | Zhuangzi | ||
| CAP: Ch. 8; LIU: Ch. 7 | |||
| B&H: Inner Chapters, 1-7 | |||
| 4/19-21 | Tian-tai School | ||
| LIU: pp. 209-19 & Ch. 11 | |||
| Online: Lotus Sutra Selections | |||
| JAPANESE THOUGHT | |||
| 4/26 | Shinto | ||
| 4/28-5/10 | Zen | ||
| CAP: Ch. 9; LIU: Ch. 12 | |||
| B&H: The Platform Sutra, pp. 474-477 | |||
| Online: 101 Zen Stories: 14, 26, 31, 32, 35, 78, 80, 89, ; The Gateless Gate: 1, 2, 6, 19, 26, 28, 29, 30, 33 | |||
| 5/12 | Catch-up & Review | ||
| 5/15 | S | FINAL EXAM | |
| * This schedule of readings and assignments is subject to change. | |||