03 – Buddhist Philosophy

2014 Fall

Background Browsing

Buddha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha

Sacred Texts
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/

BuddhaNet Library
http://www.buddhanet.net/library.htm


Dhamma
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/

Three Basic Facts of Existence: Impermanence, Suffering, Egolessness
http://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh186-p.html


Thich Nhat Hanh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thich_Nhat_Hanh

Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings (of Engaged Buddhism)
http://plumvillage.org/mindfulness-practice/the-14-mindfulness-trainings/

Mara and the Buddha
http://plumvillage.org/transcription/mara-and-the-buddha-embracing-our-suffering/


Expanding the Circle

Database: Kalmanson, Leah. “Buddhism And Bell Hooks: Liberatory Aesthetics And The Radical Subjectivity Of No-Self.” Hypatia: A Journal Of Feminist Philosophy 27.4 (2012): 810-827. Philosopher’s Index. Web. 24 Aug. 2014.

“I identify the empowering potential of artistry in everyday life as a third component
in hooks’s vision for radical subjectivity.” (818)

Considers hooks’ claim that there is a “connection between our capacity to engage in critical resistance and our ability to experience pleasure and beauty.” (hooks 111)
hooks, bell. 1990. Yearning: Race, gender, and cultural politics. Boston: South End Press.

Dogen
http://www.thezensite.com/ZenTeachings/Dogen_Teachings/Shobogenzo_Complete.html