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Religious Studies 360 Paper 1: Huayan influences on Chan Buddhism Tiantai influences on Chan Buddhism Tathagatagarbha influences on Chan Buddhism Daoist influences on Chan Buddhism Chan / Bodhidharma in history, myth, and iconography Sengcan (the 3rd Patriarch) and his "Faith in Mind" (Xinxin ming) The history behind the Platform Sutra The Northern The Ox-head The Hongzhou lineage (Mazu) The Linji lineage The CaoDong lineage The "Five Houses" of Chan Empress Wu Zetian's support of Buddhism The "Huichang Persecution" (842-845) and its effects on Chan The alleged "decline" of Chan in the Song dynasty Chan monks and Confucian literati in the Song Women in Chan Buddhism Chan monastic practice Theory and practice of Chan meditation The "sudden / gradual" distinction in Chan meditation Dahui and the development of the gong'an method Hongzhi and "silent illumination" (mozhao) Paper 2: Myoan Eisai and the origins of Zen in Japan Dogen Kigen: life and thought Dogen in philosophical perspective The establishment of the Soto school in Japan The establishment of the Rinzai school in Japan The Obaku school of Zen The Five Mountains (Gozan) system Soto Zen practice Rinzai Zen practice Ritual in Zen temples and monasteries Women in Japanese Zen Zen monastic life in Japan Food and eating in Zen monasteries Zen and Samurai culture Hakuin Ekaku Zen influence on Japanese arts Zen poetry Varieties of American Zen Zen influence on Ameican poetry and literature The Americanization of Zen Problems in American Zen Zen in Korea Zen in Vietnam
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