Pensum/l?ringskrav

Leselisten er retningsgivende for kunnskapen studenten forventes ? tilegne seg i l?pet av kurset.

Harvey, Peter: An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices, 1990. Cambridge University Press. s 1 - 321.

Trainor, Kevin (red): Buddhisme: Et illustrert oversiktsverk, Oslo 2001/2002. N.W.Damm og S?n A/S. s 1 - 240.

Williams, Paul Routledge: Mah'y'na Buddhism. The Doctrinal Foundations, London 1989. s 1 - 290.

Regional buddhisme

Bechert, H. and R. Gombrich (eds): The World of Buddhism: Buddhist Monks and Nuns in Society and Culture, London 1984. Thames and Hudson. Utvalgte artikler, spesifisert under.

Sri Lanka, Burma og Thailand

Bechert, Heinz: To be a Burmese is to be a Buddhist: Buddhism in Burma, i "World of Buddhism...", s 147 - 158.

Bunnang, Jane: The Way of the Monk and the Way of the World: Buddhism in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, i "World of Buddhism...", s 159 - 170.

Carrithers, Michael B: They will be Lords upon the Island: Buddhism in Sri Lanka, i "World of Buddhism...", s 133 - 146.

Kina, Vietnam og Korea

Zürcher, Erik: Beyond the Jade Gate: Buddhism in China, Vietnam and Korea, i "World of Buddhism...", s 193 - 212.

* Welch, Holmes: Buddhism since the Cultural Revolution, i China Quarterly, vol 40, 1969:127-136 (nettversjon tilgjengelig).

Japan

Heinemann, Robert K.: This World and the other Power: Contrasting Paths to Deliverance in Japan, i "World of Buddhism...", s 212 - 231.

Sentral-Asia

Hinüber, Oskar von: Expansion to the North: Afghanistan and Central Asia, i "World of Buddhism...", s 99 - 108.

Nepal

Lienhard, Siegfried: Nepal: The Survival of Indian Buddhism in a Himalayan Kingdom, i "World of Buddhism...", s 108 - 115.

Tibet

Kv?rne, Per: Tibet: the Rise and the Fall of a Monastic Tradition, i "World of Buddhism...", s 253 - 271.

* Finnes som kompendium (opptrykk) til salgs i Kopiutsalget. For ? handle i Kopiutsalget m? gyldig studentbevis frembringes.

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