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ASA = Asian Art (anthology)

IAR = Introduction to Asian Religion (@ library reserve counter)

MOO = Masterpieces of the Orient (anthology)

RAP = Religions of Asia in Practice (anthology)

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Extra Credit Readings, Practices & Terms

In selecting a practice & terms for each unit, most people will be drawn to a practice identified in one of the readings guides and addressed in one of the Application Exercises done in class. Interested students may earn **EXTRA CREDIT**, however, by doing additional reading that either (A) provides additional information about one of the above mentioned practices or (B) describes an entirely different practice not yet considered in class. You can also add points to a TRA score by doing a written analysis of one of these optional sources.

Unit 3

B. Additional Practices NOT Considered in Class
  • design of and worship at Angkor Wat temple
    "Excerpts from Angkor Wat" (ASA, 83-92)
    (reflection: Vishnu, deva, naga, milk ocean)
    (community: Khmer culture, Suryavarman II, Angkor dynasty)
  • writing & listening to stories of Tantric masters
    "Yogin Lorepa's Retreat at Lake Namtso" (RAP, 505-16)
    (reflection & community: TBA)
  • making & focusing on Tibetan Buddhist images
    "Image as Presence" (ASA, 140-46), IAR, 128-33 &
    "Buddhist Worlds of Southeast Asia & the High Himalayas " (part 3)
    (reflection & community: TBA)
  • Tibetan prayer & study to prepare for death
    "A Prayer for Deliverance from Rebirth" (RAP, 556-71)
    [+ optional: "Prayer Flag for Tara" (RAP, 583-87)]
    (reflection & community: TBA)
  • recitation & study in a Tibetan monastery
    "The Regulations of a Monastery " (RAP, 539-55)
    (reflection & community: TBA)
  • sculpting and viewing Buddha statues in 11th-12th CE Japan
    "Jocho's Statue of Amida at the Byodoin" (ASA, 295-310),
    IAR, 306-16 & "Temples & Icons of Japan" (part 3)
    (reflection & community: TBA)
  • composing & reading stories of Kukai
    "The Founding of Mount Koya" (RAP, 672-77) + IAR 295-305, 387-88
    (reflection & community: TBA)
  • composing & reading Nara period poetry
    Manyoshu [selections] (MOO, 598-20)
    (reflection & community: TBA)
  • recording & reading history of the Nara court
    excerpts from Manyoshu (MOO, 598-99, 621-25)
    & "The Confucian Monarchy of Nara Japan" (RAP, 660-65)
    (reflection & community: TBA)
  • Shinto kami worship
    IAR, 280-94 & Nihongi & Norito selections (IAR, 384-86)
    (reflection & community: TBA)
  • writing & illustrating an 11th CE Japanese novel
    "'The Oak Tree,' fromThe Tale of Genji"
    (reflection & community: TBA)
  • reciting, enacting & listening to tales of the Minamoto war
    Tales of the Heike     & "Atsumori" (MOO, 668-69, 685-90, 702-12)
    (reflection & community: TBA)
  • enacting & viewing No plays
    "The Deserted Crone" & "Princess Hollyhock (MOO, 712-20, 737-42)
    (reflection & community: TBA)
  • creating & viewing landscape paintings in Korea
    "True-View Landscape Painting" (ASA, 395-405)
    (reflection: nature, reality, mind, Heaven)
    (community: sirhak, Yi Ik)

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