Posted: December 20th, 2014

Buddhism

Buddhism

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RELI 2410 ESSAY ASSIGNMENT

 Approximately 1500 words (double-spaced, type-written excluding Title page, Endnotes and Works Cited).

 This is a research essay.

 It is expected that your bibliographic sources will reflect both academic monographs and Journal articles.

 Wherever possible, seek out textual references from translations of the Pali or Sanskrit canonical writings to support your points and explanations. Many translations of excerpts from the Pali canon can be found at http://www.accesstoinsight.org/

 Be careful in your use of internet resources – you are expected to reference academic scholarship on the subject. Online journals such as those referenced in your text at http://jbeonlinebooks.org/eBooks/buddhism/buddhismOnline/onlineResources.php are acceptable. Wikipedia is not.

 Grammar and spelling will be taken into account.

 For referencing, please use the MLA format (parenthetical citations in the body of the essay and a list of all works cited at the end of the paper) https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/researchguides/citationstyles/MLA_citation.html

 This is a formal academic paper – do not offer personal opinions except as part of your concluding remarks, and do not use colloquial expressions except for “emphasis”.

 Your essay should include the following:

• Title page – that tells at a glance what the essay is about. On the title page please include your name, student number, name of the Professor, course number and date.

• Please be aware that not only quotes require a reference, but also any major point taken from a particular source.

• A list of Works Cited (which means that you include only works that have been actually cited in your paper.

ESSAY TOPICS- choose one

I. Karma and Cosmology. Your essay should include but not necessarily be limited to discussion of the following questions or points.
1. How does Buddhism understand the nature of the cosmos with reference to a) time and b) space?
2. What are the “Six Realms of Rebirth” and how are they described in Buddhist teachings?
3. Explain the main features of karma and discuss the relation between karma and cosmology.

II. the Four Noble Truths and the Buddhist notion of Dukkha. Your essay should include but not necessarily be limited to discussion of the following questions or points.
1. An explanation of Buddhist teachings about suffering and its arising,
2. An explanation of Buddhist teachings about the end of suffering and the path that leads to it.
3. What is the meaning of “no self” (anatman) and what questions might arise because of this theory?

III. development and significance of the stupa. Your essay should include but not necessarily be limited to discussion of the following questions or points.
1. At what point in Buddhist history did the stupa become significant for Buddhism?
2. Explain the parts and pieces and symbolism of the stupa.
3. Discuss the variety of stupas in Buddhist countries.

IV. major features of Mahayana Buddhism. Your essay should include but not necessarily be limited to discussion of the following questions or points.↑
1. An explanation of Mahayana “Buddhology” in the light of earlier notions about the nature of Buddhahood.
2. An explanation of the stages of the bodhisattva path and the practice of the “perfections” relative to the stages.
3. Discuss the role of Nagarjuna in the development of the concept of Emptiness

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