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

← 2024-25 2025-26
← 2018-19 ← 2018-19 changes (lax) changes (strict) ▾

Units: 4

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

Catalog page 145

Prerequisites: Restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor

Description: Introduces the globally influential Tibetan Buddhist tradition of the Dalai Lamas, Covers the development of its unique history, doctrine, literary heritage, and gendered ritual cosmologies. 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