PHIL 307: BUDDHISM Spring Semester, 2001; Tuesdays-Thursdays 4:00-5:15 Nick Gier, Instructor; Morrill Hall Room 403; Office Hours: MW 2:30-3:15; TTh 3:30-4:00. Telephone: 885-6284; 882-3360; ngier@uidaho.edu Get your CD-ROM "Images of Asian Deities" here

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Picture Credit: The Maitreya Buddha at Thikse Monastery, Ladakh, India, by Nick Gier

COURSE OBJECTIVES

(1) To introduce students to the full range of Buddhist thought from the early sutras to Zen;

(2) To allow students to appreciate the philosophical acumen and depth of major Buddhist philosophers;

(3) To expose students to the wide diversity and richness of Buddhism as a religion;

(4) To discuss parallels between Buddhist and Euro-American philosophy;

(5) To encourage personal appropriation of aspects of Buddhist philosophy and religion.