Lecture Contents

Lecture Contents

Thoughts and Tradition

History and Culture of Sŏn

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  • Subject

    Humanities(Human Sciences)

  • Institution

    Dongguk Unversity

  • Phone

    02-6713-5178

  • Course Week

    7 weeks

  • Accredited Learning Time

    12h

  • Registration Period

  • Classes Period

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  • Course syllabus

    This course aims for an understanding of how Sŏn Buddhism, which was formed in Chinese Buddhism, has been transformed over the ages, how it has been adopted by Korean Buddhism, and also its ideological and cultural roles and influences.

    Furthermore, this course aims to understand how Chan/Sŏn/Zen has existed as a common foundation for East Asian Buddhism and to explain its function and significance in Korean thought and culture.

     

  • Instructor

    Cho Myung-je

    Professor in Dept. of History and Culture at Silla university

     

  • Lecture titles

     

    Week

    Lecture titles

     

    1

    The Embrace of Sŏn and the Formation of the Sŏn School in Later Silla

     

    2

    The Formation and Culture of the Sŏn School in Late Silla and Early Koryŏ

     

    3

    The Flow and Understaning of the Sŏn School in the Koryŏ Period

     

    4

    The Reception and Development of Kongan Sŏn in 12th and 13th century Koryŏ

     

    5

    The Spread of Kongan Sŏn in the 14th and 15th Centuries

     

    6

    Understanding Medieval Sŏn School Culture

     

    7

    The Chosŏn Sŏn Tradition and its Transformation in the Modern Period