This course is an exposition view of foundational Buddhism from the Vaibhāṣika and Sautrāntika philosophical traditions, based on the The Gateway that Reveals the Philosophical Traditions to Fresh Minds root text. Students explore foundational classifications of knowable objects: the five bases, five aggregates, twelve sources, eighteen constituents, and the presentation of causation from the Vaibhāṣika philosophical system followed by the Sautrantika presentation classifying all knowable objects into specifically and generally characterized phenomena, based on our experience and then a comparison of the two views.
Faculty/Instructor(s): Arne Schelling, Christian Scott
Language(s): English