Jamie Hubbard
Seelye 303, ext. 3449
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 9:00-10:00 & by appointment

Requirements:
Periodic quizes (20%), corrected re-writes of all translations (15%), final translation project (25%), final exam (20%), attendance and participation (20%).

Required Texts:
Mizuno, Kogen. Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission. (Tokyo: Kosei Publishing Co., 1982).
COURSEPACK containing:
Kiyota, Minoru, et. al. Handbook of Buddhist Chinese (manuscript);
Selections from the Taish' Shinshå Daiz'ky' (Newly Edited Buddhist Canon of the Taisho Era), 1922-1933; miscellaneous resources.

Recommended dictionaries include:
Soothill and Hodous. A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms. London: Kegan Paul & Co. (Taipei reprint, 1975).
R. H. Mathews. Chinese-English Dictionary. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

WEEKLY SYLLABUS

Week One: Introduction; the Chinese Buddhist canon; what is a Chinese Buddhist text? Basic Chinese Buddhist grammar
Readings: Mizuno, Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission, Ch. 1; Kiyota, Handbook of Buddhist Chinese

Week Two: background to the Chinese Buddhist canon: Indian scriptures; basic Buddhist Chinese grammar, cont.
Readings: Kiyota, Handbook of Buddhist Chinese; Mizuno, Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission, Ch. 2; Buddhist birth stories: "The Six-tusked White Elephant" (T. #203, 4.453c21-454b11)

Week Three: Early Chinese translations
Readings: "The Six-tusked White Elephant" cont.; Mizuno, Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission, Ch. 3

Week Four: Translators of Buddhist texts; The Life of the Buddha (Buddhacarita, T. #192, 4.26c21-27c17).
Readings: Mizuno, Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission, Ch. 4

Week Five: The Life of the Buddha, cont.

Week Six: The Sutra of the Wise and the Foolish: "The Salvation of Niddhi" (T. #202, 4.397a24-398a12).

Week Seven: "The Salvation of Niddhi," continued

Week Eight: Mahàyàna Buddhist texts; Buddhist hermeneutics; The Lotus Sutra
Readings: Mizuno, Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission, Ch. 8; Lotus Sutra "Parable of the Herbs" (T. #262, 9.19a13-20b24;)

Week Nine: The Lotus Sutra, "Parable of the Herbs" cont.

Week Ten: Sukhàvatãvyåha-såtra on the Bodhisattva's vows and the splendor of the Land of Bliss (T. #360, 12.267c17-268c27)

Week Eleven: Hsuan-tsang; The Heart Sutra (T. #251, 8.848c1-c20)
Readings: Mizuno, Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission, Ch. 5

Week Twelve: official Buddhist translations, imperial patronage, and scriptural legitimacy; Amitàyur-dhyàna-såtra (The Meditation Sutra) on the salvation of the lowest grade of sentient beings (T. #365, 12.345c10-346a26);
Readings: Mizuno, Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission, Ch. 6

Week Thirteen: authenticity in the Buddhist canon & indigenous sutras ("apocrypha"); The Sutra on Resolving Doubts in the Time of the Counterfeit Teachings (T. #2870, 85.1336a3-1336c16)
Readings: Mizuno, Buddhist Sutras: Origin, Development, Transmission, Ch. 7

The FINAL Paper consisting of an annotated translation of a Buddhist scripture (chosen in consultation with the instructor) is due no later than the final class. The FINAL exam will be self-scheduled.