PHL 302 Foundations of Buddhist Thought II: Medium & Great Scope
Required texts
The Bodhisattva Vow, Geshe Sonam Rinchen, Snow Lion Publications, 2000.
Practicing the Path,
Yangsi Rinpoche
, Wisdom Publications, 2003.
The Way of the Bodhisattva, Shambhala Publications, 2006/2008.
The Vajra-cutter Sutra, available online for download by donation at http://www.fpmt.org/shop/product1.aspx?SID=1&Product_ID=587&Category_ID=8
To be provided in class:
Abhidharmakosha The Treasury of Knowledge, Vasubandhu, PDF by email
The Eight Categories and Seventy Topics, Jetsun Chogyi Gyalsten, PDF by email
Course Reader
(one of the below texts will also likely be required TBD)
Mind in Tibetan Buddhism, Lati Rinbochay, Snow Lion Publications, 1980.
Buddhist Psychology, Geshe Tashi Tsering, Wisdom Publications. 2006.
PHL304 Madhyamaka II: A Dose of Emptiness
A Dose of Emptiness, Jose Cabezon, SUNY Press, 1992.
Cutting Through Appearances, Geshe Lhundub Sopa, Snow Lion Publications, 1989.
Mind & Mental Factors, Yeshe Gyeltsen, PDF to be distributed by email.
Course Reader to be handed out in class
PHL450 Theories and Methods
Course reader to be distributed in class
TIB102
A Primer for Classical Literary Tibetan, John Rockwell.