Classical Indian Religious Traditions - AINDV1144

• Title: Classical Indian Religious Traditions
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Asian Studies (21-UAS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Arts
• Actual: from 2020
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. Daniel Berounský, Ph.D.
• Is interchangeable with: AINDV0021

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Zdeňka Eclerová (16.09.2019)

This course will trace the history of ideas in the religious and philosophical literature of Classical India. Starting with
the Vedic period, moving through the development of the Upaniṣads and the śramaṇa traditions, such as Jainism and
Buddhism, we will examine different approaches to core issues such as self, world, and liberation. We will explore the
pervasive tradition of Sāṃkhya and the Yoga of Patañjali, the dramatic dialogues of the Bhagavadgītā and the
Yogavāsiṣṭha, as well as the philosophical-theologies of the Vedānta.

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Zdeňka Eclerová (16.09.2019)

Dundas, Paul. 2002. The Jains [2nd edition]. London: Routledge.

Gethin, Rupert. 2014. The Foundations of Buddhism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Larson, Gerald James. 2014 [2nd edition]. Classical Sāṃkhya: An Interpretation of its history and meaning. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.

Larson, Gerald James and Ram Shankar Bhattacharya. 2008. Yoga: India's philosophy of meditation. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. 

Lott, Eric J. 1980. Vedāntic Approaches to God. London: Macmillan Press.

Olivelle, Patrick, trans. 1998. The Early Upaniṣads. New York: Oxford University Press.

Patton, Laurie L, trans. 2008. The Bhagavad Gita. London: Penguin, 2008.

Samuel, Geoffrey. 2008. The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press