Eastern Classics - Year 1

Eastern Classics Reading List – Year 1

Eastern Classics - Year 1 is from St. Johns Eastern Classics Graduate Reading List

Fall

WEEK ONE

• Confucius, Analects, #1-7 (Edward Slingerland translation, the reading is pp. 1 - 77)

• Confucius, Analects #8 - 13 (Slingerland, pp. 78 - 152)

WEEK TWO

• Confucius, Analects #14 - 20 (Slingerland, pp. 153 - 235)

• Mo Tzu, Basic Writings of Mo Tzu, Hsün Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu, translated by Burton Watson (Columbia University Press) fascicles 11, 16, 17, 19, 20, 26, 27 31, 32, 35, 39; Mo Zi, Chapter 14 "Universal Love I" and Chapter 15 "Universal Love Il."

WEEK THREE

• Mengzi (Meng Tzu, Mencius), Books I - II

• Mengzi (Meng Tzu, Mencius), Books III - IV

WEEK FOUR

• Mengzi (Meng Tzu, Mencius), Books V - VII.

• Xunzi (Hsün Tzu), Basic Writings of Mo Tu, Hsün Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu, translated bv Burton Watson (Columbia University Press), sections 1, 2, 9,17.

WEEK FIVE

• Xunzi (Hsün Tzu), sections 19 - 23, pp. 89 - 171

• Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), chapters 1-3

WEEK SIX

• Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), chapters 4-7.

• Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), chapters 17, 18, 19, 26.

WEEK SEVEN

• Laozi (Lao Tzu), Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching), Chapters 1 - 37

• Laozi (Lao Tzu), Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching), Chapters 38 - 81

WEEK EIGHT

• Han Feizi (Han Fei Tzu), fascicles 20, 21

• Han Feizi (Han Fei Tzu), Basic Writings of Mo Tzu, Hsün Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu, translated by Burton Watson, sections 5 - 10, pp. 16 - 72.

WEEK NINE

• Han Feizi (Han Fei Tzu), sections 12, 13, 17, 18, 49, 50, pp. 72 - 129

• The Rig Veda: An Anthology, translated by Wendy Doniger (Penguin), sections 10.129, 10.121, 10.90, 10.130, 10.190, 10.81-82,10.72,10.14,10.16,10.18,10.154,10.135,10.58,10.71,10.125,10.101,10.151,1.164,1.163,1.162, 10.56.

WEEK TEN

• The Rig Veda, sections 1.1, 1.26, 5.2, 2.35, 10.51, 10.124, 10.5, 8.79, 9.74. 4.58. 8.48, 10.136. 4,18, 10.28 1.32 2.12.5.83.7.101.1.50.1.160.1.185.6.70:10.10.1.179. 10.95. 10.85.

• "Brhadäranvaka Upanisad" Parts I & II, in collections translated by either Patrick Olivelle (Oxford) or Robert Ernest Hume (Oxford).

WEEK ELEVEN

• "Brhadäranyaka Upanisad" Parts III & IV.

• "Brhadäranyaka Upanisad" Parts V & VI.

WEEK TWELVE

• "Katha Upanisad"

• "Kena Upanisad" and "Mundaka Upanisad."

WEEK THIRTEEN

• "The Nyâya Sütra," in A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy, edited by Sarvepali Radhakrishnan and Charles A. Moore (Princeton University Press), pp. 358 - 379.24.

WEEK FOURTEEN

• "The Vaisesika Sütra" and "The Padarthadharmasamgraha," A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy, pp. 387 - 423

• Tattva-Kaumudî, karikas 1 - 29. Read both the Sânkhya Kârikâ verses and the commentary by Vacaspati Misra. Photocopies are available in the bookstore.

WEEK FIFTEEN

• Tattva-Kaumudì, karika 30 - end.

• "The Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali," in A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy, pp. 454 - 485.

WEEK SIXTEEN

• The Bhagavadgità in the Mahäbharata, translated by J. A. B. van Buitenen (Chicago University Press), pp. 39-107.

• The Bhagavadgita, pp. 107 - 157.

Spring

WEEK ONE

• Kalidasa, Kumarasambhava, in The Origin of the Young God, translated by Hank Hifetz (University of California Press)

• Kalidasa, The Recognition of Shakuntalà (tr. W.J. Johnson, Oxford World Classics)

WEEK TWO

• "The Dhvanvaloka of Anandavardhana with the Locana of Abhinavagupta" selections with supplemental material by Keith and Perry. Through pp. 119.

• Dhvanyaloka, selections through pp. 696.

WEEK THREE

• "Pürva Mimâmsä" section from A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy, edited by S. Radhakrishnan and Charles Moore, pp. 486 - 505.

• "Carvaka" section from A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy, pp. 227 - 249.

WEEK FOUR

• "Discourses on the Noble Quest," "Discourse to Kalamas," and "The Greater Discourse on Cause" from Early Buddhist Discourses, edited and translated by John Holder (Hackett Publishing).

• "The Greater Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness," "The Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving," "Discourse of the Honeyball."

WEEK FIVE

• "Short Discourses from the Samyutta Nikaya," "The Shorter Discourse to Mälunkyaputta," "Discourse on the Parable of the Water Snake." "Discourse to Vacchagotta on Fire."

• "Discourse to Prince Abhaya," "Discourse to Potthapada," "Discourse on the Threefold Knowledge."

WEEK SIX

• "Discourse to Assalavana." "Discourse to the Lavman Sigala" in Holder): Samannaphala Sutta ("Fruits of Recluseship"). xerox.

• The Lotus Sutra: Chapters 1 (prose portion only), 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 (only the parable in the last nine paragraphs of the final prose section, beginning with "Monks, you must understand this."), 8, from The Lotus Sutra, translated by Burton Watson (Columbia Universitv Press)

WEEK SEVEN

• The Lotus Sutra: Chapters 10 (prose portion), 11 (verse only), 12, 13, 14 (prose portion), 16, 20 (prose portion), 21 (prose portion), 23 (prose portion), 25 (prose portion), 28.

• Nagarjuna, Mulamadhyamakakärikà of Nagarjuna: The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, translated by Jay L. Garfield OR The Philosophy of the Middle Way translation by David J. Kalupahana, chapters 1, 2, 7

WEEK EIGHT

• Nagâriuna, chapters 10. 12. 17 18.

• Nagâriuna. 24. 25 27

WEEK NINE

• Vimalakirti Sutra, The Holy Teaching of Vimalakirti, translated by Robert A. F. Thurman (Penn State), sections 1 - 6.

• Vimalakirti Sütra. 7 - end.

WEEK TEN

• Gaudapada, "Mandukya Upanishad with the Kärika of Gaudapada" in Vol. Il of The Upanishads translated by Swami Nikhilananda (Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center), pp. 223-368. Read both the Mandukya Upanishad and Gaudapada commentary. Omit other commentaries.

• Sankarâkârya's commentary on the Vedânta Sutras. pp. 2-67, Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 34, translated by George Thibaut (Motilal Banarsidas) available as a photocopy in the Bookstore. [In reading Sa kara and Ramanuja pay close attention to whether you are hearing their own positions or their opponents' arguments. The latter can be lengthy and detailed (and plausible).]

WEEK ELEVEN

• Sankara, pp. 183-191, 199-216, 283-289, 299-308, 312-320, 355-362.

• Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 48, translated by George Thibaut (Motilal Banarsidas)

WEEK TWELVE

• Ramánuja, 102 -119,129-138, 255-273, 296-308

• Jayadeva's The Gitagovinda in Love Song of the Dark Lord, edited and translated by Barbara Stoler Miller (Columbia University Press), Pp. 69-125

WEEK THIRTEEN

• The Diamond Sutra, in the Diamond Sutra & the Sutra of Hui-Neng, translated by A.F. Price and Wong Mou-lam (Shambhala). pp. 17-53. Photocopies of the Heart Sutra are available in the bookstore.

• Hui Neng, Commentary on the Diamond Sutra, translated by Thomas Cleary (Shambhala).

WEEK FOURTEEN

• Hui-Neng, The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, translated by Philip Yampolsky (Columbia University Press), paragraphs 1-30

• The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, paragraphs 31-57

WEEK FIFTEEN

• The Great Learning and The Doctrine of the Mean, in A Sourcebook of Chinese Philosophy, translated and edited by Wing-Tsit Chan, pp. 84-114

• Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi), "The Complete Works" in A Sourcebook in Chinese Philosophy, pp. 605-633

WEEK SIXTEEN

• Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi), pp. 634-53, 593-604

• Wang Yangming, "Inquiry on the Great Learning" and "Instructions for Practical Living," in A Sourcebook of Chinese Philosophy, pp. 659-691

Summer

WEEK ONE

• The Tale of the Heike, translated by Helen Craig McCullough (Stanford University Press), Chapters 1–8.

• The Tale of the Heike, Chapters 9–10

WEEK TWO

• The Tale of the Heike. Chapters 11 - end.

• Kukai, "The Difference Between Exoteric and Esoteric Buddhism" (pp. 151-157), "Attaining Enlightenment in This Very Existence" (pp. 225-234), "The Meanings of Sound, Word, and Reality" (pp.234-246), from Kükai: Major Works, translated and edited by Yoshito S. Hakeda (Columbia University Press)

WEEK THREE

• Sei Shönagon, The Pillow Book, translated by Meredith McKinney (Penguin Classics), pp. 2-112.

• The Pillow Book, pp. 112-189, plus sections 243, 258, 273, S 29.

WEEK FOUR

• Kamo no Chömei, "Höjoki or the Record of the Ten-Foot Square Hut" in Kenkö and Chömei: Essavs in Idleness and Höjoki, translated by Meredith McKinney (Penguin) or in Four Huts: Asian Writings on the Simple Life, translated b Burton Watson (Shsambhala).

• Dögen, "Bendowa," in The Heart of Dogen's Shöbögenzo, translated by Waddell and Abe (SUNY Press).

WEEK FIVE

• Dögen, "Bussho." DD. 59 - bottom of 84

• "Busshö." DD. 84 - 98.

WEEK SIX

• Dögen, "Geniököan"

• Dögen, "Uji"

WEEK SEVEN

• Kenkö, sections 1 - 38, 43-49, 52, 53, 58-60, 66 in Kenko and Chömei: Essays in Idleness and Höjoki, translated by Meredith Mckinney (Penguin) or Essays in Idleness, translated by Donald Keene (Columbia University Press).

• Kenkö, sections 69-75, 81-85, 89, 92, 97-98,104-122,127 -130,133,137,154, 162, 166, 184, 188, 190, 191, 235-237.

WEEK EIGHT

• Bashö, "Journey of Bleached Bones in a Field," "Kashima Journal," "Knapsack Notebook, "Sarashina Journal" in Bashö's Journey: The Literary Prose of Matsuo Bashö, translated by David Landis Barnhill (SUNY Press).

• Bashö, "The Narrow Road to the Deep North."