AST 120: Tibetan Buddhism: Dalai Lamas, Tantric Madness, and Mass Monasticism

2018-19 2019-20 →
changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾ 2019-20 → 2019-20 →

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; term paper, 1 hour; written work, 1 hour; outside research, 1 hour

Catalog page 123

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: An introduction to the 1500 year history of the globally influential Tibetan Buddhist tradition of the Dalai Lamas. Focuses on the mass Buddhist monasticism to tantric madmen and Orientalist projections about religion on the roof of the world.

Cross-listing: Cross-listed with RLST 120.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Combined: AST 120 / RLST 120
Year F W S Su Total
2018-19 22/25 22/25