61042101 The Religions of South Asia

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School Liberal Arts Education Program

Lecture Code 61042101 Subject Classification Area Courses

Subject Name 南アジア宗教論［旧パッケージ］

Subject Name
（Katakana）ミナミアジアシュウキョウロン

Subject Name in
English The Religions of South Asia

Instructor SUGIKI TSUNEHIKO

Instructor
(Katakana) スギキ　ツネヒコ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 1st-Year, First Semester, 1Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (1T) Thur5-8：IAS K314

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) 　

Lecture. Question and answer.

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 23 : Arts and Humanities

Course Area（Discipline） 03 : Religion

Eligible Students Students from all departments

Keywords Hinduism, Buddhism, religion, India, and South Asia

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education Students learn thoughts and cultures of Hinduism and Buddhism in premodern India.
Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences)　Category：Philosophy / Ethics / Religion / Arts
*Students who got admitted in 2018 or after can take this course as an “Area Course”. For this group of students, credits from this course will be regarded as credits from an “Area Course”.
If students who got admitted in 2017 or before take this course, it is regarded as a “Package-Based Subject”. The latter group of students cannot take this course as an “Area Course”.
Expected Outcome

Class Objectives
/Class Outline In this course we learn religoius, moral, and law systems of Hinduism (Brahmanism, Vaisnavism, and Saivism) and Buddhism in India, mainly in the ancient age, and understand their roles in the making of the Sanskrit civilization in the Indian subcontinent. Iconic documents are actively used in this course. Although minimum, we also learn some modern forms of Hinduism and Buddhism.

Class Schedule Lesson 1 [Hinduism] Guidance: Deities and the history of Hinduism
Lesson 2 [Buddhism] Guidance: The Buddha and the history of Buddhism
Lesson 3 [Hinduism] Reincarnation and Liberation (1): Death and life views taught in the ancient Brahmanical scriptures
Lesson 4 [Hinduism] Reincarnation and Liberation (2): Death and life view found in modern Varanasi
Lesson 5 [Hinduism] Dharma: Rules of conduct and the ideal social structure according to the dharma scriptures, and interpreting the epic Ramayana
Lesson 6 [Hinduism] Artha ("profit") and Kama ("desire")
Lesson 7 [Hinduism] Soteriology of the Bhagavadgita and the myth of the god Krsna
Lesson 8 [Hinduism] Sakta (worship of goddesses and powers) and Tantra
Lesson 9 [Hinduism] Yoga and its world and human views
Lesson 10 [Buddhism] Buddha: Stories of former lives of the Buddha (Jataka stories).
Lesson 11 [Buddhism] Dhamma (Dharma): Religous discourses in early Buddhism.
Lesson 12 [Buddhism] Sangha: Rules of conduct and the ideal social structure taught in the vinaya scriptures.
Lesson 13 [Buddhism] Mahayana: Emptiness, compassion, and bodhisattvas.
Lesson 14 [Buddhism] Mahayana: The mind only philosophy and the Tathagata embryo.
Lesson 15 [Buddhism] Expansion of Buddhism and Ashoka's ideology

Students are required to submit a paper at the end of this course.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. We do not use texts that are commercially available. I provide handouts in every class.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. 　

(More Details) Handouts, PC, and DVD

Learning techniques to be incorporated 　

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Lesson 1: Understand what the concepts "Hinduism" mean and the outline of Hinduism.
Lesson 2: Understand the outline of Buddhism.
Lessons 2-9: Understand religious, moral, and law systems in Hinduism.
Lessons 10-15: Understand religious, moral, and law systems in Buddhism.

Requirements You must be interested in Indian and Nepali cultures and religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.

Grading Method Class performance 30% and the final paper 70%.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message I expect your active performances in class.

Other 【As for the student who enrolled after AY2018，and if the take this subject and get credit, this subject are regard as "Area Courses". But as for the student who enrolled before AY2017, "Package-based subject". And also, for the student enrolled before AY2017, if they take this subject, not regarded as "Area Courses".】

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	Liberal Arts Education Program
Lecture Code	61042101	Subject Classification	Area Courses
Subject Name	南アジア宗教論［旧パッケージ］
Subject Name （Katakana）	ミナミアジアシュウキョウロン
Subject Name in English	The Religions of South Asia
Instructor	SUGIKI TSUNEHIKO
Instructor (Katakana)	スギキ　ツネヒコ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year, First Semester, 1Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(1T) Thur5-8：IAS K314
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)
Lecture. Question and answer.
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	03 : Religion
Eligible Students	Students from all departments
Keywords	Hinduism, Buddhism, religion, India, and South Asia
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Liberal Arts Education	Students learn thoughts and cultures of Hinduism and Buddhism in premodern India. Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences)　Category：Philosophy / Ethics / Religion / Arts *Students who got admitted in 2018 or after can take this course as an “Area Course”. For this group of students, credits from this course will be regarded as credits from an “Area Course”. If students who got admitted in 2017 or before take this course, it is regarded as a “Package-Based Subject”. The latter group of students cannot take this course as an “Area Course”.
Expected Outcome
Class Objectives /Class Outline	In this course we learn religoius, moral, and law systems of Hinduism (Brahmanism, Vaisnavism, and Saivism) and Buddhism in India, mainly in the ancient age, and understand their roles in the making of the Sanskrit civilization in the Indian subcontinent. Iconic documents are actively used in this course. Although minimum, we also learn some modern forms of Hinduism and Buddhism.
Class Schedule	Lesson 1 [Hinduism] Guidance: Deities and the history of Hinduism Lesson 2 [Buddhism] Guidance: The Buddha and the history of Buddhism Lesson 3 [Hinduism] Reincarnation and Liberation (1): Death and life views taught in the ancient Brahmanical scriptures Lesson 4 [Hinduism] Reincarnation and Liberation (2): Death and life view found in modern Varanasi Lesson 5 [Hinduism] Dharma: Rules of conduct and the ideal social structure according to the dharma scriptures, and interpreting the epic Ramayana Lesson 6 [Hinduism] Artha ("profit") and Kama ("desire") Lesson 7 [Hinduism] Soteriology of the Bhagavadgita and the myth of the god Krsna Lesson 8 [Hinduism] Sakta (worship of goddesses and powers) and Tantra Lesson 9 [Hinduism] Yoga and its world and human views Lesson 10 [Buddhism] Buddha: Stories of former lives of the Buddha (Jataka stories). Lesson 11 [Buddhism] Dhamma (Dharma): Religous discourses in early Buddhism. Lesson 12 [Buddhism] Sangha: Rules of conduct and the ideal social structure taught in the vinaya scriptures. Lesson 13 [Buddhism] Mahayana: Emptiness, compassion, and bodhisattvas. Lesson 14 [Buddhism] Mahayana: The mind only philosophy and the Tathagata embryo. Lesson 15 [Buddhism] Expansion of Buddhism and Ashoka's ideology Students are required to submit a paper at the end of this course.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	We do not use texts that are commercially available. I provide handouts in every class.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
(More Details)	Handouts, PC, and DVD
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Lesson 1: Understand what the concepts "Hinduism" mean and the outline of Hinduism. Lesson 2: Understand the outline of Buddhism. Lessons 2-9: Understand religious, moral, and law systems in Hinduism. Lessons 10-15: Understand religious, moral, and law systems in Buddhism.
Requirements	You must be interested in Indian and Nepali cultures and religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.
Grading Method	Class performance 30% and the final paper 70%.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	I expect your active performances in class.
Other	【As for the student who enrolled after AY2018，and if the take this subject and get credit, this subject are regard as "Area Courses". But as for the student who enrolled before AY2017, "Package-based subject". And also, for the student enrolled before AY2017, if they take this subject, not regarded as "Area Courses".】
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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