Sponsel Leslie 20120131 4439syllabus

SYLLABUS
TITLE:
ANTH/REL 443 Anthropology of Buddhism

(Theory) 3 credits
TIME:
10:30-11:45 a.m. TTh, Fall Semester 2009
PLACE:
Saunders Hall 345, University of Hawaiì @ Manoa
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Leslie E. Sponsel, Professor

Director, Ecological Anthropology Program
OFFICE:
317 Saunders Hall

Hours: 1:00-4:00 p.m., Thursdays
Phone: 956-8507
Email: sponsel@hawaii.edu
Homepage: http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/Sponsel
(See files on Buddhism)
ORIENTATION
French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss of the Sorbonne in Paris wrote on
Buddhism after visiting India:
"Between this form of religion and myself, there was no likelihood of
misunderstanding. It was not a question of bowing down in front of idols or of
adoring a supposed supernatural order, but only of paying homage to the decisive
wisdom that a thinker, or the society which created his legend, had evolved
twenty-five centuries before and to which my civilization could contribute only
by confirming it" [1974, Triste Tropiques, NY: Atheneum, p. 411].
British anthropologist Jonathan Benthall of the Royal Anthropological Institute of
Great Britain and Ireland in London wrote:
"If Euro-American anthropological theory sometimes seems to have got in a rut,
there may be something said for alighting from the vehicle occasionally and
paying a visit to the nearest temple or mosque." [1996, "The Religious
Provenances of Anthropologists" Anthropology Today 12(4):1-2)].
This course surveys selected aspects of Buddhism through the perspective of

cultural anthropology with an emphasis on the daily experience of Buddhist monks, nuns,
and lay persons in their socio-cultural contexts. Although the main focus is on Buddhism
in Asia, some attention is also afforded to the spread of Buddhism into Western sociocultural contexts.
First, the course will provide a brief overview of the triple refuge of Buddhism:
the Buddha, Dharma (teachings), and Sangha (community of monks and nuns) in order to
establish a common foundation of knowledge and understanding to appreciate other
subjects. Next, the course will explore the regional, national, and local cultural
manifestations of Buddhism through Buddhist beliefs and behavior in relation to
traditional anthropological concerns including the following:
world views, values, and ethics;

rituals, rites of passage, and rites of intensification;
symbols, arts, and architecture
spirituality, sacred places, pilgrims, and pilgrimages;
gender roles and social institutions;
socio-cultural change, revitalization movements, and socio-political activism;
Asian Buddhists in the West and Western Buddhists in the East
Special attention will be afforded to:
Tibetan Buddhism;
the traditional spiritual and political leader of Tibetans, His Holiness the 14th
Dalai Lama of Tibet;
the ongoing human rights crisis in Tibet under the alien Chinese governments
occupation since its 1949 military invasion;
socio-cultural survival in the international Tibetan refugee community; and
comparison Tibetan sacred and Chinese secular approaches to nature.
In addition, a second special focus will be on Buddhist ecology and

environmentalism in general, and with reference to Thailand in particular. The subject of
Buddhist ecology and environmentalism will be considered in both theory and practice.
The field research of anthropologists Susan Darlington, Henry Delcore, Stanley J.
Tambiah, J. L. Taylor, Kamala Tiyavanich, and others on forest monks in northern
Thailand will receive particular attention. The instructor will emphasize ecological and
environmental aspects of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand based on his more than two
decades of ongoing field research focused on sacred places and biodiversity conservation.
Also, he will give several special PowerPoint lectures:
Natural Wisdom: Buddhist Ecology and Environmentalism;

Sacred Sites and Landscapes in Thailand; and
Buddhist Monks, Sacred Caves, Bats, Forests, and Biodiversity Conservation in
Northern Thailand.
Tibetan Sacred and Chinese Secular Approaches to Nature
Furthermore, the class will discuss theories and methods for ethnographic field
research on Buddhism in its various socio-cultural contexts as well as the implications of
Buddhism for anthropology and for anthropologists working in Buddhist countries and
other socio-cultural contexts. In particular, we will explore the questions:
What might Buddhist anthropology be like?

Why doesnt Buddhist anthropology exist?
What would be involved in a Buddhist critique of anthropology?
At the same time, many of the readings and videos will provide far more
widespread and diverse coverage of different Buddhist traditions, societies, cultures, and
ecologies. Furthermore, although this course concentrates on Buddhism, it does not do so
exclusively because, in practice, Buddhism cannot always be realistically separated from
other religions. For instance, in Thailand many people who identify themselves as
Buddhists also pursue elements of Animism, Hinduism, Daoism, and/or Confucianism.
From the instructors perspective, there are no prerequisites for this course, other
than a serious interest and commitment to exploring the subject. However, desirable
background includes ANTH/REL 422 Anthropology of Religion, and/or a basic course
on Buddhism, such as REL 207 Understanding Buddhism or REL 475 Seminar on
Buddhism.
OBJECTIVES
The primary objectives of this course are to provide:
a systematic and holistic survey of the anthropology of Buddhism;
a systematic and penetrating survey of Buddhist ecology and

environmentalism; and
a substantial resource guide for further individual study of these and related
topics during this course and in the future (pp. 16-75). (Also, see the
bibliographies in the textbooks and section on Buddhism on the instructors
homepage at http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/Sponsel).
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Identify the generic or core principles of Buddhism
2. Explain how the practice of Buddhism varies among different traditions, nations, and
cultures
3. Describe the basic Buddhist worldview, values, ethics, and attitudes
4. Analyze Buddhist symbols in ritual, architecture, art, and other aspects of culture
5. Characterize the different social and religious roles of monks, nuns, and the laity in
Buddhism
6. Understand the manifestations of Buddhism through the daily life, life cycle, and
annual rituals
7. Recognize the principal sacred places, pilgrimages, and associated spirituality in
Buddhism
8. Discuss the application of Buddhist principles in cases of socially engaged Buddhist
action
9. Explain the relevance of Buddhism for ecology and environmentalism in theory and
practice
10. Analyze Buddhism as a factor in social, cultural, economic, and political change
11. Identify the distinctions of an anthropological approach to the study of Buddhism
12. Explain the relevance of Buddhism for anthropology and the possibilities of a
Buddhist anthropology.
FORMAT
The above topics will be covered through a combination of several lectures by
the instructor, most with PowerPoint; general class discussion, student class presentations
and discussions; and videos. In particular, most sessions will be organized and facilitated
mainly by one or more students in collaboration with the instructor. The optional works
in the Resource Guide provide the basis for selecting sources for student individual and
group presentations on the seminar topics of the week.
A liberal number of videos will be shown in class and in the Resource Guide
many others are recommended for students to voluntarily view outside of class. Videos
are an especially useful complement to class readings and discussions, and to some
degree the next best thing to visiting multiple field sites. Students are encouraged to view
as many extra videos as possible. There is also a wealth of relevant material on YouTube
at http://YouTube.com. A few examples have been included in the Schedule of this
syllabus. (Also, a one-page essay reacting to a video can be submitted for extra credit).
Unfortunately, videos diminish the class time available for discussion. If desirable, then
further discussion can be facilitated on a course website.
Students are invited to suggest revisions for this syllabus at any time during the
semester. A statement attributed to the Buddha applies to every aspect of this course as
well: "Be ye lamps unto yourselves." In the context of this course, this statement means
that students should apply critical thinking in their readings and class discussions as well
as in all other aspects of the course. It also means that the course will emphasize active
and collaborative learning. In particular, each student is expected to serve as an organizer
and facilitator for one or more class meetings in collaboration with the instructor and
possibly with other students as well, depending on their special interests in a specific
topic under consideration.
GRADING
The final grade for this course will be determined as follows:
10%
30%
30%
10%
20%
attendance and general discussion;

individual class presentations (student facilitator for discussion of
readings);
surprise quizzes;
mid-term essay examination (2 questions, Oct. 15); and
final essay examination (4 questions, Dec. 17).
[See Exam Guidelines on pp. 14-15].
Every student is expected to voluntarily, regularly, and actively participate in

discussions in class and online. The instructor may also call on individuals in class.
Engaging in class discussions with clear, concise, and relevant comments and questions is
a very important component of class participation and learning in this course.
Regular attendance is imperative. Students must stay for the entire class period
(10:30-11:45). Attendance will be taken regularly, and if necessary at the beginning and
end of each class meeting. One whole letter grade will be deducted for every three
absences that are not excused. Students are expected to arrive at class on time, remain
attentive, and avoid conversation or other behavior that distracts other students and the
instructor. Cellular phones should be turned off before class and remain so throughout the
class period. Students who wish to use a laptop computer in class must email the
instructor a copy of their notes after class to prove that they are paying attention and not
using their laptop for something else. Students who fall asleep in class will be counted
absent for that whole period.
Any plagiarism will be rewarded with failure of the entire course and reported to
the Dean for appropriate disciplinary action.
In this class anyone is welcome to say or write anything with only three
restrictions--- it is relevant, polite, and concise. This includes respecting the sensitivities
of others and allowing others an opportunity to join in the class discussion. Although it
will become obvious that the instructor has his own perspective, ultimately there is no
party line in this course. In fact, students are encouraged to politely and constructively
disagree with the instructor, course material, and each other whenever they wish to do so.
Ultimately, the instructor does not really care what students think; however, he does care
very deeply that they think in an informed and critical manner.
Graduate students are naturally expected to demonstrate a higher quality and
quantity of work including additional reading beyond the regular textbooks and
assignments. Ideally they should also pursue a research project.
Extra credit may be earned by writing reaction essays each of about one-page
typed single-spaced to lectures, chapters, and/or videos. Five such essays may elevate a
border line grade, and ten may elevate the grade to the next higher level. Another
alternative for extra credit is a research report based on library and/or fieldwork, but the
topic must be approved by the instructor in advance.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS
Unfortunately, there is no single textbook that covers all of the course material.
Instead, a combination of textbooks had to be carefully selected. Every student is
required to thoroughly read and discuss each of these five basic textbooks following the
assignments in the full schedule below:
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, 1999, Ethics for the New Millennium, New
York, NY: Riverhead Books. (Listed on Amazon.com for $10.20 new, $2.66 used).
Kaza, Stephanie, 2008, Mindfully Green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole
Earth Thinking, Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, Inc. ($11.90 new, $7.37 used )
Keown, Damien, 2005, Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction, New York, NY:
Oxford University Press. ($9.56, $5.94)
Prebish, Charles S., and Damien Keown, 2006, Introducing Buddhism, New York, NY:
Routledge. ($24, $22.99)
Reynolds, Frank E., and Jason A. Carbine, eds., 2000, The Life of Buddhism, Berkeley,
CA: University of California Press. ($19.95, $3.23)
The cost of texts may be reduced by purchasing used copies, sharing with other
students, and/or reselling them at the end of the semester.
A few additional reading will be assigned from selected book chapters, journal
articles, handouts, and online sources. Other material is available in the accompanying
Resource Guide as well as on the instructors homepage under Buddhism. A Resource
Guide on Tibetan Buddhism, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, and Tibet is
available on request. The Journal of Buddhist Ethics is available free online at
http://www.buddhistethics.org. Students are encouraged to follow their own special
interests in pursuing these sources to optimize their educational experience in the course.
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SCHEDULE
PART I ENCOUNTERING BUDDHISM
August 25 T
Orientation to the course, students, and instructor
Background Prebish and Keown (PK) Introducing Buddhism pp. 1-7,

Reynolds and Carbine (RC) The Life of Buddhism pp. 1-20.
August 27 Th
Film: Ten Questions for the Dalai Lama (DVD, 2006, 85 min.)
The Dalai Lama Interview (9 minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zpf1DdArek&feature=related
(Note: YouTube segments will not be shown in class, instead interested students should
view them on their own).
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September 1 T
Ethics for the New Millennium (H.H. 14th Dalai Lama)
PART II THE TRIPLE REFUGE
September 3 Th
The Buddha PK Ch. 2
Film: Life of the Buddha: The True Story of the Man Who Changed the World (140
min)
The Life of Buddha (1 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2NLQGrbf5U&feature=related
Enlightenment in 8 Minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEwgegeOycs&feature=related
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September 8 T
September 10 Th
Film continued
The Dharma PK Ch. 3, Karma and Cosmology PK Ch. 1
Film: Wisdom of Faith: Buddhism [Huston Smith] (1996, 30 min., VHS 14492)
Ajahn Brahm Dharma Talk on Loneliness (56 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fb4IYpKYRA
Thich Nhat Hanh Mindfulness (6 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aubF7v-MlMM&feature=related
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September 15 T
The Sangha PK Ch. 4, RC Chs. 5, 9, 14
Films: Buddhism: Making of a Monk (15 min., VHS 16788), I am a Monk (1976, 30
min., VHS 7166)
Ajahn Brahm Inter-Viewed (8 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV4ojyChiLI
September 17 Th Nuns RC Ch. 6

Film: Two Buddhist Nunneries (30 min., VHS 5332)
Pema Chodron Why I Became a Buddhist Nun (6 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4slnjvGjP4&NR=1
Everywoman Buddhist Nun in Thailand [Bikkhuni Dhammananda, formerly Dr.
Chatsumarn Kabilsingh] (6 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMnSK8Hp-gs
Torture in Tibet: A Buddhist Nun Tells Her Story (3 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhrgb1PHodU
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September 22 T
Lay People RC Chs. 4, 10
Film: Living and Dying in Buddhist Cultures (49 min., VHS 17423)
Sangharakshita Commitment is Primary, Lifestyle is Secondary (1 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED-S55HK_rk
September 24 Th
Temples and Monastic Complexes RC Ch. 1
Film: Dharma River: Journey of a Thousand Buddhas (2004, 81 min.)

Buddhist Temples in Thailand (6 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYBhrYhDP3Y
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PART III REGIONAL MANIFESTATIONS OF BUDDHISM

September 29 T Buddhism in India and Sri Lanka PK Ch. 5, RC Chs. 12-13
Jesus, Buddhism, and Kashmir (India) (7 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsO2abnwSLY
Killing and Buddhism in Sri Lanka (4 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW7x_hZKqQo
October 1 Th
Mahayana Buddhism PK Ch. 6
Ven. Dhammavuddho Differences between Mahayana and Theravada (4 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkhcIyrq8Hs&feature
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October 6 T
Buddhist Meditation PK Ch. 7
Films: Natural Meditation [Lama Surya Das](2000, 34 min.), Walking Meditation

[Thich Nhat Hanh](30 min., VHS 1394]
Jack Kornfield Meditation for Beginners (2 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIVNAVwinMo&feature=channel
October 8 Th
Buddhism in Southeast Asia PK Ch. 8, RC Chs. 2-3
He Ordained to Honor Maha Ghosananda, Gandhi of Cambodia, (5 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsfmhpEPhjA
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October 13 T
October 15 Th
Film: Bhutan: Taking the Middle Path to Happiness (55 min.)

Buddhism in East Asia PK Ch. 9, RC Ch. 15
A Day in the Life of a Zen Monk (4 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pllQ_-ZxEA&feature=channel
********** Mid-Term Examination Due **********
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October 20 T Film: Mountains and Rivers: Mystical Realism of Zen Master Dogen
(2000, 45 min.)
October 22 Th
Film: Amongst White Clouds: Buddhist Hermit Masters of Chinas
Zhongnan Mountains (2005, 86 min.)
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October 27 T
Tibetan Buddhism PK Ch. 10, RC Chs. 8, 11
Om Mani Padme Hum (10 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk6q0zxa4xQ&feature
October 29 Th
Film: Vajra Sky Over Tibet (2005, 87 min.)
Sand Mandala Ceremony with Tibetan Monks (22 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33zYkrfq1k
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November 3 T
Lecture: Chinese Secular Approaches to Nature Subvert Tibetan
Sacred Approaches
Tibet: The Story of a Tragedy (55 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VRneGYpaXc&NR=1&feature=fvwp
November 5 Th
234]
Film: One Man vs. China [Dan Rather Reports HDNet Episode
Tibetan Exiles Grow Impatient in India (18 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MupCGg1tlNo&NR=1
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November 10 T
Buddhism in the West PK Ch. 11
Film: Fearless Mountain (61 min.)
Alan Watts A Conversation with Myself (7 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ8WeLrtFnY&feature
PART IV BUDDHIST ETHICS AND ACTIVISM

November 12 Th
Buddhist Ethics PK Ch. 13
Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction (Keown)
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Ajahn Brahmali Morality (1 min).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNXeAK591Nc&feature
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November 17 T
Socially Engaged Buddhism PK Ch. 12
Film: The Spirit and the Life (27 min., VHS 13576)
Thich Nhat Hanh Peace Is Every Step (51 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXQhspVJKxY&feature
Thich Nhat Hanh On Burma (5 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74o9P6G2y18&feature=fvw
PART V BUDDHIST ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTALISM

November 19 Th Lecture: Natural Wisdom: Buddhist Ecology and
Environmentalism
Film: Compassion in Action [segment from Renewal](2007, 11 min)
Thailand Annual Banquet for the Monkeys [Lopburi] (1 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dSfmV95zb0
Watpa Luangtabua Yannasampanno, Kanchanaburi (Tiger Conservation Project) (1 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8683cFOWTU
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November 24 T
Lecture: Sacred Sites and Landscapes of Thailand
Wat Suthat Bangkok (6 min.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIf904HHmJA&feature
Buddhist Ceremony in Wat Suthat (1 min)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRFBcqMqwMI&feature
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November 26 Th
***** THANKSGIVING *****
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December 1 T
Lecture: Buddhist Monks, Sacred Caves, Bats, Forests, and
Biodiversity Conservation in Northern Thailand
Film: The Ecological Self [segment from Joanna Macy: The Work That Reconnects]
(2006, 29 min.).
The Sacred Caves of Tara Mountain [Tibet, Glenn Mullin] (9 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r79R1kGcQmI
December 3 Th
***** NO CLASS *****
Mindfully Green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking (Kaza)
Zen Photography, John Daido Loori of Zen Mt. Monastery, New York (8 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPR_5MvFIXU&feature
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December 8 T
Discussion of Kazas book in the class room
PART VI BUDDHIST STUDIES

December 10 Th
Studying Buddhism PK Ch. 14
Toward a Buddhist critique of anthropology and a Buddhist anthropology

Film: Mind Science [HD Net Dan Rather Reports Episode 313]
Jainism and Buddhism: A Comparative Study (10 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cASZK6Qgp3g
A Comparative Study of Daoism and Buddhism (9 min.)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzJ7LnszYg4
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December 17 Th ***** FINAL EXAMINATION *****
********** Due in instructors mailbox in Saunders 346 by 4:00 p.m. **********
GUIDELINES FOR MID-TERM AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS

The mid-term examination is due in class on October 15, and the final
examination is due in the instructors mailbox in Saunders Hall 346 on December 17 by
4:00 p.m. Examination essays will not be accepted by email or fax. One letter grade
will be subtracted for each day that the examination is late. The mid-term examination
comprises 10% of the total course grade, the final examination 20%. One or more letter
grades will be subtracted from the exam grade for failure to carefully follow the
following guidelines.
Identify the number and topic of the question you are answering in your essay.
Each answer should be a clear and concise but penetrating essay. Limit each of your
answers to two pages typed single-spaced. (The instructor will not read more). Include
introductory and concluding paragraphs. Identify by number 3-5 main points. Instead of
quotes use paraphrasing, dont waste space.
Ultimately your essays must be the product of your own individual scholarship
and creativity. Any plagiarism will be rewarded with an automatic F for the final course
grade and reported to the office of the Dean. However, you are welcome to consult with
any individual as well as any print and internet resources, although covering the required
readings for the course is by far the most important. Just be careful to properly
acknowledge the source for very specific information, ideas, and the like. Also, be sure
to include your own insights, comments, reactions, and criticisms.
Your essay should be a synthesis of relevant course material. Cite the course
textbooks, other sources including publications, lectures, videos, case studies, web sites,
class discussion, and handouts. In each reading citation include the author, year, and
page (for example, Tambiah in Reynolds and Carbine 2000, pp. 62-63). Other sources
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can be documented as follows: (lecture Nov. 3), (discussion Sept. 17), (video title), or
(personal communication with S. J. Tambiah, November 17, 2009). It is not necessary to
append a bibliography with the full citation of sources if they are already in the syllabus,
rather the name of the author and year of publication should be sufficient.
The purposes of the essay are to (1) convincingly demonstrate your familiarity
with the course material, (2) present a critical analysis of it, and (3) discuss your own
reactions to it. Your grade will be based on fulfilling these three purposes, the guidelines,
grading criteria, and course objectives listed earlier in the syllabus on pages 3-5. In
grading the instructor will emphasize content, but also make corrections for any serious
and repetitive grammatical and spelling errors. However, you should routinely perform a
grammar and spelling check with your own computer.
The instructor is willing to read and comment on an outline or draft of an essay
sent by email well in advance of the due date of the examination.
MID-TERM EXAM QUESTION

From the list of Student Learning Outcomes on pages 3-4 select a topic to write an essay
about for each of two out of the following numbers: 1-6, 11.
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
From the list of Student Learning Outcomes on pages 3-4 select a topic to write an essay
about for each of four out of the following numbers: 4, 7-12.
Caution:
You cannot use the same essay for both examinations.
Students who do well on these essays start sooner than later. Since the questions are
already available in the course syllabus by the first day of class it is possible and highly
desirable to keep a journal or file of notes and observations toward answering them
during the semester. Just select the topics are of greatest interest and pursue them
regularly during the semester by taking notes while reading and in class as background
research for developing the essays.
RESOURCE GUIDE
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This resource guide provides a convenient start for those interested in exploring
particular topics in the course in more detail including as research projects. The listing of
books is fairly thorough, but that of journal articles and book chapters is less so. One
very useful source for periodicals is Anthropology Index Online at
http://aio.anthropology.org.uk/aiosearch/. There are several references to the Journal of
Buddhist Ethics which is available free online at: http://www.buddhistethics.org. It is
most useful to start at literature search by checking the bibliography of the most recent
book or article on any topic. The citations below are usually listed only under one topic
eve though they may be relevant to more than that.
INDEX
Page
17 Reference works
17 General
20 Anthropology of Buddhism and Buddhist anthropology
21 The Buddha and the historical and cultural manifestations of Buddhism
24 The Dharma (core teachings of Buddhism)
26 The Sangha (monks and nuns)
30 Buddhist worldviews, values, and ethics
33 Buddhist symbols, art, and architecture
35 Buddhist temples, monasteries, rituals, and practices
37 Buddhist spirituality, sacred places, pilgrims, and pilgrimages
40 Buddhist lay person lives and rites of passage
43 Nuns and gender roles in Buddhist cultures
46 Change, Asian and Non-Asian Buddhists in the West and Western Buddhists in Asia
54 Engaged Buddhism, sociopolitical issues, and cultural change
59 Buddhist ecology and environmentalism
62 Toward a Buddhist critique of anthropology and a rebuttal of critiques of Buddhist
ecology and environmentalism
64 Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, and His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama of Tibet
64 Buddhism and Western Science
65 Related publications of the instructor
67 Websites
72 Periodicals
Reference Works
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Bussell, Robert E., Jr., Editor-in-Chief, 2004, Encyclopedia of Buddhism, New York,
NY: Macmillan Referenece USA., 2 volumes.
Fischer-Schreiber, Ingrid, et al., 1991, The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and
Zen, Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Hawaiì Association of International Buddhists (HAIB), 1997, Unity in Diversity:
Hawaiis Buddhist Communities, Kaneohe, HI: HAIB.
Johnston, William M., ed., 2000, Encyclopedia of Monasticism, Chicago, IL: Fitzroy
Dearborn, 2 volumes.
Jones, Lindsay, Editor-in-Chief, 2005, Encyclopedia of Religion, New York, NY:
Thomson Gale/Macmillan Reference USA (Second Edition), 15 volumes.
Keown, Damien, 2003, A Dictionary of Buddhism, New York, NY: Oxford University
Press.
Lorie, Peter, and Julie Foakes, 1997, The Buddhist Directory: United States of America
and Canada, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.
Morreale, Don, ed., 1998, The Complete Guide to Buddhist America, Boston, MA:
Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Powers, John, 2000, A Concise Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Oxford, UK: Oneworld
Press.
Snelling, John, 1998, The Buddhist Handbook, Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions
International.
General
Durrenberger, E.P., 1981, The Southeast Asian Context of Theravada Buddhism,
Anthropology 5(2):45-62.
Gellner, David N., 2001, What is the Anthropology of Buddhism About?, in The
Anthropology of Buddhism and Hinduism: Weberian Themes, New York, NY:
Oxford University Press, pp. 45-60.
Kirsch, Thomas G., 2004, Restaging the Will to Believe: Religious Pluralism, AntiSyncretism, and the Problem of Belief, American Anthropologist 106(4):699-
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709.
Pyysianen, Ilkka, 2003, Buddhism, Religion, and the Concept of `God, Numen
50(2):147-171.
Reynolds, Frank E., 1977, Buddhism, in A Readers Guide to the Great Religions,
Charles J. Adams, ed., New York, NY: The Free Press, pp. 156-222.
Southwold, M., 1978, Buddhism and the Definition of Religion, Man n.s. 13(3):362379.
Sponsel, Leslie E., 2000, Identities, Ecologies, Rights, and Futures: All Endangered,
Endangered Peoples of Southeast and East Asia: Struggles to Survive and Thrive,
L.E. Sponsel, ed., Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, pp. 1-22.
Swearer, Donald K., 2000, "Introduction: Themes and Issues in International Buddhist
Studies," in The State of Buddhist Studies in the World 1972-1997, D.K.
Swearer and Somparn Promta, eds., Bangkok, Thailand: Chulalongkorn
University Center for Buddhist Studies, pp. 1-32
Wallace, B. Alan, 2000, "Three Dimensions of Buddhist Studies," in Buddhist Theology:
Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars, Roger Jackson and Jon
Makransky, eds., Surrey, UK: Curzon Press, pp. 61-77.
Farber, Don, 2002, Visions of Buddhist Life, Berkeley, CA: University of California
Press.
Faure, Bernard, 1998, Buddhism, New York, NY: Konecky and Konecky.
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Dalai Lama: The Soul of Tibet (A & E Biography) (50 min.)
Discovering Buddhism (about 3 hours 43 minutes)
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"Journey into Thailand: The Other Thailand" (relations between Buddhists and Muslims
in the south)(30 min.) VHS 2081
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Web sites
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"Thailand Before the Buddha" (23 min.) VHS 11007

"Thailand" (48 min.) VHS 19370
"Timeless Waters" (30 min.) VHS 12384
American Anthropological Association (AAA)

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Buddhism in the Land of the Kami (53 min.) DVD 139 DS851.B3 2004 (Windward
CC)
"Buddhism: The Path to Enlightenment"(30 min.) VHS 1388
"Footprint of the Buddha"(India and Sri Lanka)(52 min.) VHS 1280
"Nepal" (mixture with Hinduism)(62 min.) VHS 2773
The Life of the Buddha DVD (140 min.) (personal copy)
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Kundun (135 min.) VHS 16812, DVD 0220
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Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint (90 min.) DVD 8444

Teachings on Milarepa (175 min.)
Ten Years in Tibet (136 min.) DVD 4559
Buddhanet
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Compassion and Wisdom: A Guide to the Bodhisattvas Way of Life (108 min.)
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A Separate Peace (53 min.) VHS 19844
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"Introduction to Zen Buddhism"(John Daido Loori)(81 min.) VHS 7753
"The Flow of Zen" (14 min.) VHS 4149
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Bodhi
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Buddhism: Making of a Monk" (15 min.) VHS 16788

Dali Lama of Tibet" (Cornell U visit) (58 min.) VHS 8433
Dalai Lama: Non-violent Society (Honolulu visit)(60 min.) VHS 10163
A Prophecy [Dalai Lama](54 min.) VHS 8964
Buddhism, Be Ye Lamps Unto Yourselves" (29 min.) VHS 6136
Cloud Path: Journey of a Wandering Monk (53 min.) DVD 4332
"Cool Heart" (30 min.) VHS 8600
Join Me in Shambhala (29 min.) DVD 4758
Karmapa: The Lion Begins to Roar (85 min.) VHS 18988
"Life and Work of Buddhadasa Bhikku: Slave of the Buddha" (25 min.) VHS 3958
Secret Heart of Asia: Buddha on the Silk Road (60 min.) VHS 16876
Shaolin Ulysses[Shaolin Temple in Henan province) (56 min.) DVD 5060
The Teachings of Milarepa (175 min.)
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"The Principles and Practices of Zen (student priest) (116 min.) VHS 9263
"Zen in Ryoko-in" (71 min.) VHS 7337
"Zen and I: A self-Portrait" (Tachibana Takei, Chief Abbot of the Imperial Daitokuji
Temple, Kyoto) (28 min.) VHS 15228
"Wake up! On the Road with a [Korean] Zen Master (54 min.) VHS 9414
Earth Sangha: Buddhism in Service of the Earth

http://www.earthsangha.org
Suan Mokkh (forest monastery founded by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu in southern Thailand)
http://www.suanmokkh.org
Buddhist world views, values, and ethics across cultures

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King, Sallie B., 2005, Being Benevolence: The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism,
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"The Flow of Zen" (14 min.) VHS 4149

"His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama: Human Rights and Moral Practice" (35 min.) VHS
14499
"Door to Compassion: Talks with Thich Nhat Hanh" (43 min.) VHS 14679
"Peace in Every Step" (Thich Nhat Hanh)(52 min.) VHS 15150
"Man on Cloud Mountain"(meditation retreat)(54 min.) VHS 7668
"Science of Zazen" [physiological effects of meditation](31 min.) VHS 14035
Journal of Buddhist Ethics (online journal)

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Buddhist symbols, art, and architecture across cultures

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"The Music of Buddhism" (sound recording, slides) KIT 286
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Amongst White Clouds (Zhongnan Mountains, China)(86 min.)
"Festival of Light: The Loy Krathong Festival in Thailand" (30 min) VHS 11966
"Buddha and the Rice-Planters" (Sri Lanka) (30 min.) VHS 6447
Buddhism and Black Belts" (Japan) (28 min.) VHS 10299
Dharma River: Journey of a Thousand Buddhas (Laos, Thailand, Burma)(81
min.)DVD 4784
"Festival of Light: The Loy Krathong Festival, Thailand" 1994 (30 min.) VHS 11966
"Food for Body and Spirit" (China) (29 min.) VHS 8209
Hidden Korea (60 min.) VHS 18701
In The Beginning Was Desire, (49 min.) DVD 4681
"Kanphrasop Somdet Phranangchao Ramphaiphanni Phraborommarachini Nai Ratchakan
Thi" (Royal funeral of Queen Ramphaiphanni, April 9-13, 1985) (120 min.) VHS
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Living and Dying in Buddhist Cultures (49 min.) VHS 17423
"Lord of the Dance" (Nepal monastery festival of awakening)(114 min.) VHS 9671
Obon: A Buddhist Memorial Celebration 20 min.) DVD 4631
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8896
The Art of Dying (63 min.) VHS 13375
"The Fields of the Senses" (funeral, Tibet)(54 min.) VHS 8965
"The Retreat" (40 min.) VHS 2742
The Land of Bliss (47 min.) DVD 5130
"The Lion's Roar" (His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa life and funeral)(50 min.)
VHS 9991
Prajna Earth: Journey into Sacred Nature (Bali, Cambodia, Java)(85 min.) DVD 4704
The Sacred Sites of the Dalai Lamas: A Pilgrimage to the Oracle Lake (2 hrs.)
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Vajra Sky Over Tibet (87 min.) DVD 5054
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10724
Chasing Buddha (52 min.) VHS 19730
Choice for a Chinese Woman (35 min.) VHS 10724
"In Search of a Holy Man" (nuns in India)(30 min.) VHS 3710
"On the Road Home: A Spiritual Journey Guided by Remarkable Women" (75 min.)
VHS 18885
Sisters of Ladakh (52 min.) VHS 21732
"Two Tibetan Buddhist Nunneries" (30 min.) VHS 5332
"Women in Buddhism: Unity and Diversity" (1997 conference of Intern. Assoc. of
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"I Am A Monk" (30 min.) VHS 7166

Becoming the Buddha in L.A. (57 min.) VHS 21729
"Blue Collar and Buddha" (Laotian refugees in US)(57 min.) VHS 4133
Bhutan: The Last Shangri-La
"Buddhism Comes to America" (30 min.) VHS 4052
By a Hair of Buddha [Myanmar/Burma] (57 min.) VHS 16017
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"Essential Alan Watts" (58 min.) VHS 13823

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His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama: Human Rights and Moral Practice (35 min.) VHS
14499
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Beta I
Man on Cloud Mountain [retreat center in Castle Rock, WA] (54 min.) VHS 7668
Mind Science (Dan Rather Reports HDNet)(50 min.)
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One Man vs. China (Dan Rather Reports HDNet)(50 min.)
"One Precept: Zen Buddhism in America" (30 min.) VHS 13179
"Pak Bueng on Fire" (Thai immigrants in LA)(25 min.) VHS 4099
"Thana Lauhakaikul" (Thai artist in Austin, TX)(33 min.) VHS 8570
"The Best of Alan Watts" (60 min.) VHS 10283
The Dalai Lama: A Non-violent Society (60 min.) VHS 10163
Tibet Hope (52 min.)
Wake Up! [Korean Zen Master in Europe] (54 min.) VHS 9414
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"Zen Mountain Monastery" (50 min.) VHS 7325
"Zen Center" (LA, impact of American culture on Zen)(30 min.) VHS 2616
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Plum Village (Thich Nhat Hanh)
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"Globalization and Human Rights" (segment on Thailand)(20 min.) VHS 13274
"It Needs a Political Decision (segment on Thailand)(20 min.) VHS 4137
"Ocean of Wisdom" (Dalai Lama, Tibet and Chinese)(29 min.) VHS 5416
"Overcoming Differences" (Dalai Lama of Tibet at Cornell on world peace)(58 min.)
VHS 8433
Peace In Every Step (52 min.) VHS 15150
"Secret Heart of Asia" (Tibet) (60 min.) VHS 16877
"Smiles" (struggle for democracy in Thailand)(32 min.) VHS 17765
The Spirit and the Life [rebuilding Cambodia] (27 min.) VHS 13576
Tibetan Buddhism (46 min.) DVD 4757
"Tongpan" (63 min.) VHS 9645
Touching Peace (90 min.) VHS 16023
"With Hope and Help" (AIDS in Thailand)(35 min.) VHS 15603
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Buddhist Peace Fellowship

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International Campaign for Tibet
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International Network of Engaged Buddhists
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"Mini-Dragons II: Thailand"(60 min.) VHS 10571

"Ancient Futures: In Harmony with Spirit"(Ladakh)(86 min.) VHS 11602
"Buddhism, Man and Nature" (Alan Watts)(14 min.) VHS 1371
"Man in Nature" (Alan Watts)(58 min.) VHS 14128
Mountains and Rivers: Mystical Realism of Zen Master Dogen VHS (45 min.)
(personal copy)
"Sacred Wilderness: Zen Teachings of Rock and Water" (Zen Mountain Monastery, Mt.
Tremper, NY)(31 min.) VHS 13756
Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University

http://www.religionandecology.org
International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture
http://www.religionandnature.com
Toward a Buddhist critique of anthropology and rebuttal of

critiques of Buddhist ecology and environmentalism
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Society of Oxford 21:211-215.
Potomaki, Heikki, 2002, From East to West: Emergent Global Philosophies
Beginnings of the End of Western Dominance?, Theory, Culture, and Society
19(3):89-111.
Vyner, Henry M., 2002, The Descriptive Mind Science of Tibetan Buddhist Psychology
and the Nature of the Healthy Human Mind, Anthropology of Consciousness
13(2):1-25.
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Davidson, Richard J., and Anne Harrington, eds., 2002, Visions of Compassion: Western
Scientists and Tibetan Buddhists Examine Human Nature, New York, NY:
Hayward, Jeremy W., 1987, Shifting Worlds, Changing Minds: Where the Sciences and
Buddhism Meet, Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications.
Hershock, Peter D., 1999, Reinventing the Wheel: A Buddhist Response to the
Information Age, Albany, NY: State University of New York.
Loy, David R., 2002, A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack, Albany, NY:
State University of New York Press.
Loy, Daniel R., 2003, The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory, Boston, MA:
Wisdom Publications.
Mori, Masahiro, 1981, The Buddha in the Robot: A Robot Engineers Thoughts on
Science and Religion, Tokyo, Japan: Kosei Publishing Co.
Sivaraksa, Sulak, 1993, Buddhist Perceptions for Desirable Societies in the Future,
Bangkok, Thailand: Thai Inter-Religious Commission for Development,
Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation.
Tamney, Joseph B., 1992, American Society in the Buddhist Mirror, New York, NY:
Marlowe and Co.
Thomson, Garry, 1995, The Skeptical Buddhist, Bangkok, Thailand: River Books.
Wallace, B. Alan, 2000, The Taboo of Subjectivity: Toward a New Science of
Consciousness, New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Wallace, B. Alan, ed., 2003, Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground, New York,
NY: Columbia University Press.
Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, and His Holiness the XIVth Dalai
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Lama of Tibet
Upon request an extensive Resource Guide from a previous course is also available
separately on this subject. Only a few items from that guide have been included here. It
contains numerous books on Buddhism and Western science.
Buddhism and Western Science

DAquili, Eugene, and Andrew B. Newberg, 1999, The Mystical Mind: Probing the
Biology of Religious Experience, Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.
Coleman, Daniel, and Robert A.F. Thurman, eds., 1991, MindScience: An East-West
Dialogue, Boston, MA: Wisdom Publications.
Cooper, Robin, 1996, The Evolving Mind: Buddhism, Biology, and Consciousness,
Birmingham, UK: Windhorse.
Davidson, Richard J., and Anne Harrington, 2002, Visions of Compassion: Western
Scientists and Tibetan Buddhists Examine Human Nature, New York, NY:
Harrington, Anne, and Arthur Zajonc, eds., 2008, The Dalai Lama at MIT, Cambridge,
MA: Harvard University Press.
His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama of Tibet, 2005, The Universe in a Single Atom: The
Convergence of Science and Spirituality, New York, NY: Broadway Books.
Houshmand, Zara, Robert B. Livingston, and B. Alan Wallace, eds., 1999,
Consciousness at the Crossroads: Conversations with The Dalai Lama on Brain
Science and Buddhism, Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications.
Ricard, Matthieu, and Trinh Xuan Thuan, 2001, The Quantum and the Lotus: A
Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet, New York, NY:
Three Rivers Press.
Wallace, B. Alan, 2000, The Taboo of Subjectivity: Toward a New Science of
Consciousness, New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Wallace, Anthony B., ed., 2003, Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground, New
York, NY: Columbia University Press.
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Wallace, Anthony B., ed., 2007, Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and
Neuroscience Converge, New York, NY: Columbia University.
Zajonc, Arthur, ed., 2004, The New Physics and Cosmology: Dialogues with the Dalai
Lama, New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Related publications of the instructor (extracted from CV)

JOURNAL ARTICLES
1992, "Thailand: Buddhism, Ecology and Forests," The New Road (Gland, Switzerland)
December 1991-January 1992, 21:4-5 (co-author Poranee Naadecha-Sponsel).
1992, "A Comparison of the Cultural Ecology of Adjacent Muslim and Buddhist Villages
in Southern Thailand: A Preliminary Field Report," Journal of the National Research
Council of Thailand 23(2):31-42 (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel).
1998 "Sacred and/or Secular Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation in Thailand" (coauthors Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel, Nukul Ruttanadakul, and Somporn Juntadach)
invited for special issue on biodiversity of Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion
2(1):155-167.
2000, "Does Buddhism Have Any Future?: Some Thoughts on the Possibilities of
Buddhist Responses to the 21st Century," (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel) invited
for Seeds of Peace 16(1):36-39, January-April issue.
2003 (Spring/Summer), "Sacred Caves, Bats, and Forests: A Case Study in Buddhist
Ecology," (with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel), Hawaiì Association of International
Buddhists Newsletter XI(1):11-12.
BOOK CHAPTERS
1988, "Buddhism, Ecology and Forests in Thailand," in Changing Tropical Forests:
Historical Perspectives on Today's Challenges in Asia, Australasia, and Oceania, John
Dargavel, Kay Dixon, and Noel Semple, eds. Canberra, Australia: Centre for Resource
and Environmental Studies, Ch. 17, pp. 305-325 (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel).
1991, "Nonviolent Ecology: The Possibilities of Buddhism," invited for Buddhism and
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Nonviolent Global Problem-Solving: Ulan Bator Explorations, Glenn D. Paige and

Sarah Gilliatt, eds. Honolulu, HI: Center for Global Nonviolence and Spark M.
Matsunaga Institute for Peace, pp. 139-150.
1993, "The Potential Contribution of Buddhism in Developing an Environmental Ethic
for the Conservation of Biodiversity," (Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel co-author) invited for
Ethics, Religion, and Biodiversity: Relations Between Conservation and Cultural
Values, Lawrence S. Hamlton, ed., Cambridge, U.K.: White Horse Press, Ch. 4, pp. 7597.
1995, "The Role of Buddhism in Creating a More Sustainable Society in Thailand,"
invited for Counting the Costs: Economic Growth and Environmental Change in
Thailand, Jonathan Rigg, ed. Singapore: Institute for Southeast Asia Studies, Ch. 2, pp.
27-46, (co-author Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel).
1997 "A Theoretical Analysis of the Potential Contribution of the Monastic Community
in Promoting a Green Society in Thailand," (with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel) invited for
Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds, Mary Evelyn
Tucker and Duncan Williams, eds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Center for the
Study of World Religions, pp. 45-68.
1998, "The Historical Ecology of Thailand: Increasing Thresholds of Human
Environmental Impact from Prehistory to the Present," invited for Advances in Historical
Ecology, William Balee, ed. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, Ch. 17, pp.
376-404.
http://www.earthscape.org/r3/ES14449/balee.html
2001, "Why a Tree is More than a Tree: Reflections on the Spiritual Ecology of Sacred
Trees in Thailand," (with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel), invited for Santi Pracha
Dhamma, Sulak Sivaraksa, et al., eds., Bangkok, Thailand: Santi Pracha Dhamma
Institute, pp. 364-373.
2003, "Buddhist Views of Nature and the Environment" (with Poranee NatadechaSponsel), invited for Nature Across Cultures: Views of Nature and the Environment in
Non-Western Cultures, Helaine Selin, ed., Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer
2003, "Illuminating Darkness: The Monk-Cave-Bat-Ecosystem Complex in Thailand,"
(with Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel) invited for Socially Engaged Spirituality: Essays in
Honor of Sulak Sivaraksa on His 70th Birthday, David W. Chappell, ed., Bangkok,
Thailand: Sathirakoses-Nagapradipa Foundation, pp. 255-269.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES
1997, "Environment and Nature: Buddhism," Encyclopaedia of Science, Technology,
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and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, Helaine Selin, ed. Boston, MA: Kluwer
2005, Caves - Sacred (Thailand), Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, Bron Taylor,
Editor-in-Chief, New York, NY: Continuum 1:276-278.
2005, Trees- Sacred (Thailand) Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, Bron Taylor,
Editor-in-Chief, New York, NY: Continuum 2:1661-1663.
2007 Religion, Nature and Environment, Encyclopedia of Earth, Cultler J. Cleveland,
et al., eds., Washington, D.C.: National Council for Science and the Environment,
Environmental Information Coalition http://www.eoearth.org.
2007, Sacred Places and Biodiversity Conservation, Encyclopedia of Earth, Cultler J.
Cleveland, et al., eds., Washington, D.C.: National Council for Science and the
Environment, Environmental Information Coalition http://www.eoearth.org.
2007, Buddhism: Environment and Nature, Encyclopedia of the History of Science,
Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures, Helaine Selin, ed., The
Netherlands: Springer, Second Edition 1:768-776.
BOOKS
Natural Wisdom: Meditations on Buddhist Ecology and Environmentalism, Poranee
Natadecha, co-author (in preparation)
WEB SITES
Note: Please alert the instructor if there are any problems with any of the following web
sites or to suggest additional ones: sponsel@hawaii.edu
About Buddhism
http://buddhism.about.com/religion/Buddhism
American Academy of Religion
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http://www.aarweb.org
Anthropology of Religion Section of the American Anthropological Association
http://www.aaanet.org
Asian Arts
http://www.AsianArt.com
Asian Source (Asia Society)
http://www.asiasource.org
Bibliography of Asian Studies
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bas/
Bodhi
http://www.bodhionline.org
Buddhadharma: The Practitioners Quarterly
http://www.thebuddhadharma.com
BuddhaNet.net
http://www.buddhanet.net/
Buddhist Association of the United States
http://www.baus.org
Buddhist Peace Fellowship
http://www.bpf.org
Buddhism Portal E-Sangha
http://directory.e-sangha.com
Dharma Friendship Foundation
http://www.dharmafriendship.org
Dharma Gates Magazine
http://www.dharmagates.org
Dharma Life: Buddhism for Today
http://www.dharmalife.com
DharmaNet International
http://www.dharmanet.org
Dharma Publishing
http://www.dharmapublishing.com
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Dzogchen Center (Lama Surya Das)

http://www.dzogchen.org
Earth Sangha: Buddhism in Service of the Earth
http://www.earthsangha.org
Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University
http://www.religionandecology.org
Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
http://www.fpmt.org
Google.com
http://www.Google.com
The Government of Tibet in Exile in New York
http://www.tibetoffice.org
Guide to Buddhism on the Net
http://members.tripod.com/~Arumugam/buddhiststudies
His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama of Tibet [official website including speeches, news,
schedule, and a wealth of other information]
http://www.dalailama.com
Insight Meditation Society
http://www.dhama.org/index.html
International Association for Buddhist Studies
http://www.iabsinfo.net
International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture
http://www.religionandnature.com
Journal of Buddhist Ethics [free online journal]
http://www.jbe.gold.ac.uk/
Mandala Magazine
http://www.mandalamagazine.org
Mind and Life Institute [Buddhist meditation from a scientific perspective]
http://www.mindandlife.org
Nalandabodhi (Gateway to the Buddhist Sciences of the Mind)
http://www.nalandabodhi.org
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Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science [meditation and healing]

http://www.nalandameditation.org
Naropa University [offers distance learning]
http://www.naropa.edu
The Official Website of the Central Tibetan Administration [includes extensive report on
environment and development in Tibet]
http://www.tibet.net
Office of Tibet (Official Agency of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama of Tibet and
Tibetan Government in Exile to the Americas)
http://www.tibetoffice.org
Online Meditation Resources
http://www.wildmind.org
Open Source Buddhism Research Institute
http://www.opensourceBuddhism.org
Public Broadcasting Company
http://www.pbs.org
Plum Village (Thich Nhat Hanh)
http://www.plumvillage.org
Resources for the Study of Buddhism (Ron Epstein)
http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Buddhism.htm
Root Institute (Socially Emgaged Buddhist Meditation Centre, Bodhgaya, India)
http://www.rootinstitute.com
Sacred Journeys
http://www.sacredjourneys.org
San Francisco Zen Center (also Green Gulch Farm)
http://www.sfzc.org
Shambhala Center
http://www.shambhala.org/buddhism.html
Shambhala Sun
http://www.shambhalasun.com
Snow Lion Publications [largest press devoted to Tibetan Buddhism, periodically
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publishes extensive newletter andbook catalog]

http://www.SnowLionPub.com
Students for a Free Tibet
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org
Students for a Free Tibet France
http://www.tibetlibre.org/Accueil/
Suan Mokkh (forest monastery founded by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu in southern Thailand)
http://www.suanmokkh.org
Sulak Svaraksa (Thai socially engaged Buddhist and author)
http://www.sulak-sivaraksa.org
Tharpa Publications
http://www.tharpa.com
Tibet Environmental Watch [includes Dalai Lamas proposal for Tibet as a Zone of
Peace]
http://www.tew.org
Tibet Foundation [charity for Tibetan culture and exiles]
http://www.tibet-foundation.org
Tibet Heritage Foundation
http://www.tibetheritagefund.org
Tibet House [dedicated to preserving Tibetan culture]
http://www.tibethouse.org
Tibetan Buddhist
http://www.tibetan-buddhist.org
Tibetan Environmental Network
http://www.tibet.net/en/diir/enviro/
Tibetan Government in Exile Official Web Site [wealth of information and news]
http://www.tibet.com
Tibetan Nuns Project
http://www.tnp.org
Tibetan Review
http://tibetan.review.net
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Tibetan Studies Internet Resources

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/Tibetan/links.html
Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library
http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html
Time Magazine
http://www.Time.com/DalaiLama
http://www.Time.com/Tibet
Windhorse Publications
http://www.windhorsepublications.com
Wisdom Books
http://www.wisdom-books.com
Wisdom Publications
http://www.wisdompubs.org
World Fellowship of Buddhists
http://www.wfb-hq.org/main.html
YouTube
http://www.YouTube.com
PERIODICALS
Note: Call numbers indicate periodicals available in Hamilton Library at UH.
Bodhi
Buddhadharma: The Practitioners Quarterly
The Buddhist BL1400 .B68
Buddhist-Christian Studies BQ4600 .B82 Asia
The Buddhist Forum BQ2 .B815
Buddhist Himalaya: Journal of Nagarjuna Institute of Exact Method BQ 400 .H54
Buddhist Review BL1400 .B843
Buddhist Studies BQ2 .B82 Asia
Buddhists for Peace BQ20 .A74 B8 Asia
B83 Asia
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Dharma Life
Dharma Quarterly
Dharma World
Eastern Buddhist BL1400 .E3 Asia
Hawaii Buddhist Women's News BQ8702.U52 H6
Hawaii Buddhism BQ8602 .U53 H38
Indian Journal of Buddhist Studies BQ1 .I53 Asia
International Journal of Tantric Studies
Journal of Buddhist Ethics http://www.jbe.gold.ac.uk/
Journal of Chinese Religions BL1802 .S63 Asia
Journal of Dharma BL1 .J62 Asia
Journal of Global Buddhism
Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies BQ2 .I55a Asia
The Maha Bodhi BL1400 .M3 Asia
The Middle Way: Journal of the Buddhist Society BL1400 .M58 Asia
The Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley) BQ2 .P24 Asia
The Pure Land
Seeds of Peace BL2075 .S44
Shambhala Sun
Soka Gakkai International Quarterly Magazine
The Tibet Journal DS 785 .A1 T5 Asia
The Tibet Society Bulletin DS 785 .A1 T53 Asia
The Tibet Society Newsletter DS 785 .A1 T54 Asia
Tibetan Bulletin DS 785 .A1 T51 Asia
Tibetan Review DS 785 .A1 T52 Asia
Tibetan Studies DS 785 .A1 H77
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review BQ2 .T75
Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism
Wheel of Dharma BQ730 .W44 folio
Won Buddhism BQ92220.W64 Asia
Zen Buddhism Today BQ20 .A1 Z4 Asia
ADDENDA
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PUBLICATIONS
Berkwitz, Stephen C., ed., 2006, Buddhism in World Cultures: Comparative
Perspectives, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, Inc.
Blackman, Sushila, ed., 1997, Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die, Boston, MA:
Boyce, Barry, ed., 2009, In the Face of Fear: Buddhist Wisdom for Challenging Times,
Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Coleman, Graham, Thupten Jinpa, et al., 2007, The Tibetan Book of the Dead, New
York, NY: Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Dalai Lama, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, and Howard C. Cutler, 2009, The
Art of Happiness in a Troubled World, New York, NY: Doubleday.
Dotson, Brandon, et al., eds., 2009, Contemporary Visions in Tibetan Studies:
Proceedings of the First International Seminar of Young Tibetologists, Serindia
Publications.
Evans-Wentz, W.Y., 1969/2000, Tibets Great Yogi Milarepa: A Biography from the
Tibetan, New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Goodman, Charles, 2009, Consequences of Compassion: An Interpretation and
Defense of Buddhist Ethics, New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Habito, Ruben L.F., 2007, Environment or Earth Sangha: Buddhist Perspectives on
Our Ecological Well-Being, Contemporary Buddhism 8(2):131-147.
Hallifax, Joan, 2008, Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in
the Presence of Death, Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Holt, John Clifford, 2009, Spirits of the Place: Buddhism and Lao Religious Culture,
Leidy, Denise Patry, 2009, The Art of Buddhism: An Introduction to Its History and
Meaning, Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications.
Loori, John Daido, 2008, Cave of the Tigers: The Living Zen Practice of Dharma
Combat, Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Payne, Richard, ed., 2010, How Much Is Enough? Buddhism and the Human
Environment, Boston, MA: Shambhala Publications.
Piver, Susan, 2008, Quiet Mind: A Beginners Guide to Meditation, Boston, MA:
Shankman, Richard, 2008, The Experience of Samadhi: An In-Depth Exploration of
Buddhist Meditation, Boston, MA: Shambhala.
Sutin, Lwarence, 2006, All Is Change: The Two-Thousand-Year Journey of Buddhism
to the West,New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company.
Watling, Tony, 2009, Buddhist Visions, Ecological Imaginations in the World
Religions: An Ethnographic Analysis, New York, NY: Continuum International
Publishing Group, pp. 105-122.
Wilson, Jeff, 2009, Mourning the Unborn Dead: A Buddhist Ritual Comes to
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Americam, New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
WEBSITES
A Lighter Side of Buddhism
http://www.serve.com/cmtan/buddhism/Lighter/index.html
Wabash Center - Internet Guide to Religion
http://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/resources/guide_headings.aspx
VIDEOS
The Unwinking Gaze: The Inside Story of The Dalai Lamas Struggle for Tibet (70
min). http://ww.theunwinkinggaze.com
China Terrified of Tibet
hhtp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zydfI-a9DbE

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ANTH/REL 443 Anthropology of Buddhism

10:30-11:45 a.m. TTh, Fall Semester 2009

Saunders Hall 345, University of Hawai`i @ Manoa

Dr. Leslie E. Sponsel, Professor

317 Saunders Hall

This course surveys selected aspects of Buddhism through the perspective of

world views, values, and ethics;

In addition, a second special focus will be on Buddhist ecology and

Natural Wisdom: Buddhist Ecology and Environmentalism;

Tibetan Sacred and Chinese Secular Approaches to Nature

What might Buddhist anthropology be like?

a systematic and holistic survey of the anthropology of Buddhism;

a systematic and penetrating survey of Buddhist ecology and

attendance and general discussion;

Every student is expected to voluntarily, regularly, and actively participate in

Orientation to the course, students, and instructor

Background Prebish and Keown (PK) Introducing Buddhism pp. 1-7,

The Dalai Lama Interview (9 minutes)

Ethics for the New Millennium (H.H. 14th Dalai Lama)

PART II THE TRIPLE REFUGE

The Buddha PK Ch. 2

The Dharma PK Ch. 3, Karma and Cosmology PK Ch. 1

The Sangha PK Ch. 4, RC Chs. 5, 9, 14

September 17 Th Nuns RC Ch. 6

Chatsumarn Kabilsingh] (6 min.)

Lay People RC Chs. 4, 10

Temples and Monastic Complexes RC Ch. 1

Film: Dharma River: Journey of a Thousand Buddhas (2004, 81 min.)

PART III REGIONAL MANIFESTATIONS OF BUDDHISM

Mahayana Buddhism PK Ch. 6

Ven. Dhammavuddho Differences between Mahayana and Theravada (4 min.)

Buddhist Meditation PK Ch. 7

Films: Natural Meditation [Lama Surya Das](2000, 34 min.), Walking Meditation

Buddhism in Southeast Asia PK Ch. 8, RC Chs. 2-3

He Ordained to Honor Maha Ghosananda, Gandhi of Cambodia, (5 min.)

Film: Bhutan: Taking the Middle Path to Happiness (55 min.)

A Day in the Life of a Zen Monk (4 min.)

********** Mid-Term Examination Due **********

Tibetan Buddhism PK Ch. 10, RC Chs. 8, 11

Om Mani Padme Hum (10 min.)

Film: Vajra Sky Over Tibet (2005, 87 min.)

Sand Mandala Ceremony with Tibetan Monks (22 min.)

Tibetan Exiles Grow Impatient in India (18 min.)

PART IV BUDDHIST ETHICS AND ACTIVISM

Ajahn Brahmali Morality (1 min).

Socially Engaged Buddhism PK Ch. 12

PART V BUDDHIST ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTALISM

Lecture: Sacred Sites and Landscapes of Thailand

Wat Suthat Bangkok (6 min.)

Buddhist Ceremony in Wat Suthat (1 min)

***** THANKSGIVING *****

***** NO CLASS *****

Discussion of Kazas book in the class room

PART VI BUDDHIST STUDIES

Studying Buddhism PK Ch. 14

Toward a Buddhist critique of anthropology and a Buddhist anthropology

December 17 Th ***** FINAL EXAMINATION *****

********** Due in instructors mailbox in Saunders 346 by 4:00 p.m. **********

GUIDELINES FOR MID-TERM AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS

MID-TERM EXAM QUESTION

Anthropology of Buddhism and Buddhist anthropology

"Thailand: Land of Smiles" (27 min.) VHS 7145

"Thailand Before the Buddha" (23 min.) VHS 11007

Mid-Term Examination Due

* THANKSGIVING *

* NO CLASS *

December 17 Th * FINAL EXAMINATION *

Due in instructors mailbox in Saunders 346 by 4:00 p.m.