Thursday, October 26, 2023

Buddhist horizons

Oh, how I love teaching about Buddhism! Buddhism gets only a week in "After Religion," and the main object is to unsettle pat views of Buddhism (which I caricatured as Stop- Think- Stop Thinking- Done!), but it lets me explore another world of traditions and possibilities... Since this is a time when future courses are in the air - students are registering for Spring 2024 and faculty are assembling the 2024-25 (!) curricuum - I've half a mind to bring back one of my Buddhist studies courses. Or take a crack at orphaned "Buddhist Sutra Literature"?!