Lecture Contents

Lecture Contents

History and Historical Figures

The State Power and Buddhism

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  • Subject

    Humanities(Human Sciences)

  • Institution

    Dongguk Unversity

  • Phone

    02-6713-5178

  • Course Week

    10 weeks

  • Accredited Learning Time

  • Registration Period

  • Classes Period

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  • Course syllabus

    The purpose of this course is to understand he relation between the state power and Buddhism.

    First, this course will be on overview of the relationship between the kings and Buddhism in India and East Asia.

    Learners will also understand the mechanism of power and Buddhism in Korean Buddhist history from the Three Kingdoms Period to the present.

    In this course, you will learn how Buddhism, the supramundane world, and real political power have coexisted through the Dharma protection, which preserves Buddhist teachings, and the state's protection of the country.

  • Instructor

    KIM Yongtae

     

    HK professor at Dongguk University

  • Lecture titles

     

     

    Week

    Lecture titles

    Instructor

    1

    Indian Buddhism, Kings, and the State-protection

     

    2

    Buddhism in East Asian Countries

     

    3

    The Development of the Korean Ancient Kingdoms and Buddhism

     

    4

    Buddhism in Unified Silla as an Icon of Unity and Prosperity

     

    5

    Koryŏ Buddhism and its Monastic System

     

    6

    Replacing Buddhism with Confucianism and anti-Buddhism Policies in the Early Chosŏn Dynasty

     

    7

    Royal Buddhism and the Chosŏn Kings

     

    8

    The Monks’ Militia and the Labor of Monks in the Late Chosŏn Dynasty

     

    9

    Buddhism and its Secularization in the Japanese Colonial Era

     

    10

    The Twists and Turns of Korean Modern Political History and its Influence on Buddhism