Winter 2016 (Feb. 8 – May 15, 2016)

In this course students will be introduced to the largest of the three schools of Buddhism, the Mahayana school. Students will learn the foundations, history, and importance of the Mahayana School throughout East Asia. Students will come to understand why the Mahayana split from the more “traditional” thought and philosophy of Buddhism at the time. Special emphasis will be placed on the Bodhisattva ideal and it’s importance to the spread of Mahayana.