Morning Program

Expert Presentation: Dr. Bronwen Bledsoe

Buddhism in Malla-era Nepal (1400-1769)

Core Readings:

• Mary Slusser, Nepal Mandala (Princeton University Press, 1982), 52-81 (ERES)
• Bronwen Bledsoe, excerpt from Written in Stone: Inscriptions of the Kathmandu Valley's Three Kingdoms. University of Chicago Doctoral Dissertation, University microfilms International, 2004) (ERES)

Afternoon Program

Expert Presentation I: Prof. Todd Lewis

Overview of Newar Buddhism: Buddha, Sangha, Dharma in the Kathmandu Valley

Powerpoint Slides

Core Readings:

• Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal, Chapter 1
• John Locke, "The Vajrayana Buddhism in the Kathmandu Valley," in The Buddhist Heritage of Nepal. Kathmandu: Dharmodaya Sabba, 1986. (ERES)

Further Readings:

• David N. Gellner, Monk, Householder and Tantric Priest: Newar Buddhism and Its Hierarchy of Ritual. Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Expert Presentation II: Prof. Naresh Bajracarya, Tribhuvan Univ. Nepal

Newar Tantric Death Ritual: The Durgatiparisodhana Mandala

Powerpoint Slides

Campus Green
A Traditional Newar Buddhist Feast

Morning Program

Expert Presentation: Prof. Naresh Man Bajracarya

Uposatha Vrata in Practice, Detail and Experience

Powerpoint Slides

Core Readings:

• John Locke, "The Uposatha Vrata of Amoghapsa in Nepal," L'Ethnographie 83 (100-101), 159-189 (ERES)

Afternoon Program

Expert Presentation I: Prof. Bajracarya

Mahayana Ritualism: Mandala and Caitya in Newar Buddhist Practice

Powerpoint Slides

Core Readings:

• Naresh Bajracarya, “The Guru-mandala-Arcana" (ERES)
• Todd Lewis, "The Nepal Jama Jivan Kriya Paddhati, a Modern Newar Guide for Vajrayana Life-Cycle Rites," Indo-Iranian Journal 37, 1994, 1-46. (ERES)

Morning Program

Expert Presentation:  Prof. Georges Dreyfus, Williams College

Tibetan Monastic Life: Scholasticism, Debate, Communal Life

Core Readings:

• Georges B.J. Dreyfus, The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan Buddhist Monk. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.

Afternoon Program

Expert Presentation: Prof. Sienna Craig, Dartmouth College

Tibetan Buddhism in Practice: Medicine and Healing

Core Readings:

• Matthew Kapstein, The Tibetans, 244-268
• Meyer, Fernand, 1995. "Theory and Practice in Tibetan Medicine" in van Alphen and Aris, eds. Oriental Medicine: An Illustrated Guide to the Asian Arts of Healing. London: Serindia Publications, pp. 109-141 (ERES)

Further Readings:

• Prost, Audrey, 2008. Precious Pills: Medicine and Social Change among Tibetan Refugees in India. London and New York: Berghahn Books.
• Samuel, G. 1999. "Religion, Health and Suffering among Contemporary Tibetans," in Religion, Health and Suffering. Edited by J. R. Hinnells and R. Porter, pp. 85-110. London and New York: Kegan Paul International.
• Janes, C. R. 2002. Buddhism, science, and market: the globalisation of Tibetan medicine. Anthropology and Medicine 9:267-289.
• Craig, S. R. 2008. "Place and Professionalisation: Navigating amchi Identity in Nepal," in Tibetan Medicine in the Contemporary World. Edited by L. Pordié, pp. 62-90. Abingdon and New York: Routledge.
• Adams, Vincanne, Suellen Miller, Sienna Craig et al 2005, "The Challenge of Cross-Cultural Clinical Trials Research: Case Report from the Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China," Medical Anthropology Quarterly 19(3): 267-289.
• Gyurme Dorje, Fernand Meyer, et al., eds. Tibetan Medical Paintings:Illustrations to the Blue Beryl Treatise of Sangye Gyamtso. NY: Abrams, 1992

Morning Program

Expert Presentation: Prof. Kath March

Tibeto-Burman Buddhisms in the 20th Century

Powerpoint slides

Core Readings:

• Excerpts from David Holmberg, Order in Paradox: Myth, Ritual, and Exchange among Nepal’s Tamang (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989). (ERES)

Afternoon Program

Expert Presentation: Prof. Kath March, Cornell University

Film and Discussion: “Himalayan Herders”

Powerpoint slides

Core Readings:

• Naomi H. Bishop, Himalayan Herders. (NY: Harcourt Brace, 1998).

Evening ProgramSeelos Theatre, Kimball

Excursion to the Rubin Museum for Tibetan Art, NY
Museum Program hosted by Curators; Monastic visit hosted by abbot
Departure from College 7:00 AM. View during bus trip: Tibetan and Nepali films