Noa Ronkin
SCBS Fellow
Philosophy and Psychology
in Early Theravada
February 12-March 11
Thursdays
6:00 p.m.
Additional
meetings:
Wednesday, April 28
6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 5
6:00 p.m.
SCBS Seminar Room
Building 70, Room 71E
This seminar-based series explores
some basic issues regarding the development of early Theravada
Buddhist analysis of consciousness as represented in the Pali
Canon and particularly in the Abhidharma -- a system of thought
and method of exposition set out in the third layer of the Canon
and which attempts to provide an exhaustive account of one's
conscious experience. Based on the Pali texts (in translation),
we will discuss the earliest Buddhist position on meditation
and its Abhidharma elaboration into a comprehensive theory of
the consciousness process, examine the relationship of cosmology
and meditation according to the Theravada, and consider some
of the philosophical implications of this "metaphysics of
mind."
Open to all members of
the Stanford community
Others by arrangement
Please note:
This workshop presupposes some background in the study of Buddhism
For more information,
contact: ronkin@stanford.edu
For academic credit, register for
RS 319, section 03
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