TABLE OF CONTENTS
0. Map of the Indian subcontinent
followed by Sanskrit glossaries.
1. Rg Veda: 1.1
and 1.8 (to Agni).
2. S.
Phillips, "South Asian Philosophy," pp. 65-87, including
selections from the Rg
Veda (10.129,
"Hymn
of Creation," 7.88, to Varuna, 8.48,
to Soma),
and selections from the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita.
3. Louis Renou, Religion of
Ancient India, pp. 1-22 (recommended).
4. S. Phillips, "Hinduism."
5. Selections on Absolute Brahman from the Rg Veda
("The
Gods as Faces of God''), the Bhagavad-Gita, and Aurobindo's The
Life Divine .
6. From the Acaranga
Sutra , "The True Doctrine: Non-violence."
7a. Geneological chart for the Mahabharata war.
7b. Chart for
classical Samkhya.
7c. Mircea Eliade, "The Hindu synthesis: The Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita" (recommended, not
required).
8. "The
Cognitive Thesis Defended,"
from William
Wainwright's Mysticism.
9. From
S. Phillips, Classical
Indian Metaphysics, "The
Grammarians and Early Manuals of
Debate," pp. 39-41.
10. From Gautama's Nyayasutra 1.1.41-1.2.3, with
commentary by Vatsyayana (recommended, not required).
11. "Early Buddhism"
(by SP), "The First Sermon,'' a
sermon
from the Majjhima-Nikaya, "The
Questions
of King Milinda," Buddhaghosa, "The
Duration of Life.''
12a.
Nagarjuna's "Averting the Arguments."
12b. From Nagarjuna's Mula-madhyamika-karika,
ch. 2, "Examination of Motion."
12c. D. Seyfort Ruegg, "Does the Madhyamika Have a Thesis and
Philosophical Position?" (recommended, not required).
13. From Gautama's Nyaya-sutra
and Vatsyayana's Commentary (tr. M. Gangopadhya): (a) 1.1.4-1.1.7,
2.1.16, and 2.1.19 (concerning pramana), and (b) 3.1.1-3.1.3
(concerning a self).
14a. From Kumarila's Slokavartika,
"Aphorism IV" (i.e., Kumarila's commentary on Mimamsa-sutra 1.1.4).
14b. From Madhava's Philosophic
Compendium: "Carvaka."
15. From Gangesa's Jewel of Reflection
about the Truth of Epistemology.
16. Vasubandhu, "A Treatise in Twenty Stanzas
and its Explanation" (tr. T. Kuchumutton).
17. From Nyayasutra
and
Vatsyayana's Commentary (Bhashya) 4.2.31-37
(required), and Uddyotakara's Subcommentary
(Varttika),tr.
G. Jha: 4.2.31-37 (recommended).
18. From S. Phillips, Classical
Indian Metaphysics, "Nyaya-Vaisesika through Udayana."
19a. From Sankara's
"Introduction" to his Commentary
on the Brahmasutra (chapter 1.1, tr. G. Thibaut).
19b. From Sankara's Commentary on
the Brhadaranyaka Upanisad, tr. Swami Madhavananda,
2.4.12-2.4.14 (please excuse the editing notations).
20. From Sankara's Commentary on the Brahma-sutra, his
refutations
of other views (tr. Swami Gambhirananda):
2.2.10-2.2.45 passim (only some of this will be required, though all is
recommended: the required part will be announced in class).
21. From Udayana's "Proofs of the
Existence of God."
22. Nyayasutra 4.2.38-4.2.49.
23. From B. K. S. Iyengar, Tree
of Yoga.
24. Swami Satyananda's introduction to
his translation of the Yogasutra.
25. From David Frawley, Tantric
Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses (recommended, not required).
26. From Paul
Muller-Ortega, The Triadic Heart
of Shiva (on
Abhinava's yoga and metaphysics).
27. From B.N. Goswami,
"Rasa: Delight of the Reason."
28. From Swami Vivekananda, "Speeches at the 1893 Congress
of World
Religions."
29. From
Satprem, The Adventure of Consciousness, "The
Centers of Consciousness."
30. Aurobindo, "Sri Aurobindo's Teaching and Method of
Sadhana."
31. From Aurobindo's The Life Divine,
"Philosophy of
Rebirth."
Appendix: SYLLABUS (on 21 August 2006): see course web page for the
latest version (including required glossary):
http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/asnic/phillips/pages/348/348sylF06.html