교과목해설

This course consists of three types: one-day temple stay, experiential temple stay, and rest-type temple stay. It is designed to help people return to society in pursuit of mental and physical stability. Also, for this purpose, the ability to teach and plan a temple stay is cultivated.

This course is offered due to the plan for particularization of culture and cultural contents in the Buddhist Studies department. It is necessary to understand the history of interchange of Buddhism and Buddhist culture for improving capabilities of particularization in the filed of culture and cultural contents. This class explores the spread of Buddhism in East Asia through Central Asia and Southeast Asia and the growth process of Buddhism as major religious culture in Southeast Asia and East Asia. It also examines the process of acculturation of various cultural elements in Buddhism through the interaction between and within areas and localization of Buddhism through the bilateral exchanges between Buddhism and local culture. Thus, this class will provide the general understanding of the history of Buddhist cultural exchange and basic characteristics of Buddhist thoughts and culture.

We reconstruct the stories and parables scattered in Buddhist literature. It adapts and reconfigures appropriately for modern people. The same story of Jataka is reconstructed to suit various age groups.

This course aims to understand the Buddhist cultural heritage of the World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO at the present time by regions or periods. We investigate how the world Buddhist cultural heritage is preserved and utilized. Focusing on Korean Buddhist cultural heritage we will explore Buddhist cultural assets in Korea that can be listed on UNESCO in the future.

This course deals with cultivation the ability of planning Buddhist cultural contents and learning the methodology of actual application based on the study on the change of Buddhist cultural contents and its application in Buddhist history. It also aims at establishing theoretical background through the function of Buddhist thought and culture in history and developing the ability of planning Buddhist cultural contents to the society.

In modern society, the importance of culture is increasing more and the temple needs the administration of the Buddhist Order to smooth the operation. This lecture examines the background of the culture of Buddhist temples and examines the basic contents of the administration of the Buddhist Order

Student will observe or take part in developing Buddhist cultural contents in Buddhist News company or Buddhist Broad TV or Radio company so as to create their own Buddhist contents for people in general.

Students learn the techniques of creating Buddhist cultural contents to spread Buddhism through video platforms such as YouTube, TikTok and Agora etc.. At the end of the semester, every student opens and operates their own studio on YouTube, and edits their videos and upload them to the video platform.

It is to provide the methodology of teaching and leading Seon Practice for students how they properly teach and lead people who want to practice Seon in terms of the physical and spiritual ways.

This is a lecture on the general knowledge of tea culture formed on the foundation of Buddhist though which is to make it a custom of individual of everyday life running parallel with team teaching and work study for the purpose of maximizing study effect.

This subject is about understanding the overall matters related to the museum exhibition planning of Buddhist relics and acquiring the basic process of exhibition planning. Since Buddhist cultural heritage accounts for a very high proportion of Korean traditional cultural heritage, exhibition planning of Buddhist cultural heritage is also numerous. Through this subject, basic contents to be considered in the exhibition and planning of Buddhist cultural heritage are acquired.

Student will observe or take part in developing Buddhist cultural contents in Buddhist News company or Buddhist Broad TV or Radio company so as to create their own Buddhist contents for people in general.

It is a course of the history of Korean Seon thoughts from its introduction to Silla to the present, including important thoughts of influential Seon Masters and developments of Seon Schools in Korea.

Buddhism is one of the religions in Korea. Buddhist students are requested to exactly understand neighborhood religions. And after graduation for them, it is also necessary to understand the believers of neighborhood religions. Interest, consideration and strategy for neighborhood religions are the most important capability among all abilities for Maitri-Karuna which is the greatest ideology of Buddhism. This class must be the groundwork for the dialogue with neighborhood believers and to mission Buddhism to them.

This course provides the students with the proper understanding of the core thoughts of Seon Buddhism. The students are expected to have the intellectual skills necessary for reflective capability through the teachings of Buddhist Scriptures and Analects, so that they can apply the skillful methods to the Seon-practice and the Bodhisattva Path in order to achieve the wisdom, loving kindness and compassion.

As Hyundai is a diverse cultural age and there are big temples and cultural properties in Myungsan wherever we go, Buddhist culture has been with us for many years. In addition, Buddhism is becoming an important cultural area in line with the changes and trends of the times. This lecture examines the importance of this culture and understands its content in the most basic areas

In Buddhist tradition, doctrine, practice and belief occupy an important part. Especially, Buddhist belief is not only a simple worship and belief, but also a kind of practice itself. At the same time, Buddhist belief forms different cultures according to different regions and periods. In Korea and China, Pure Land belief and Guanyin(Avalokiteśvara) belief produce religious sentiment among the people. This lecture will introduce the formation and cultural influence of the main belief traditions of Buddhism.

This course leads students to learn what is needed(eg. learning foreign languages such as Chinese). Students are introduced to prepare for Buddhist Studies.

The concept of cultural industry emerged in the West in the mid-20th century. This concept begins with the recognition of the fact that culture is produced and consumed as a commodity in a capitalist society. Now, culture has been imaged as a commodity to the public, and the public participates in that culture through consumption. Currently, the 'cultural industry' has reached a position that leads the entire industry. This course aims to understand the process by which Buddhist culture is produced and consumed as a commodity.

This course is offered due to the plan for particularization of culture and cultural contents in the Buddhist Studies department. In terms of understanding of culture and cultural contents, field work of Buddhist cultural and historical sites is no less necessary than the theological studies. This course aims at cultivating the comprehension of transformation of Buddhist history and culture by investigating the Buddhist cultural and historical sites in Gyeongju. This course also helps student to improve capabilities of particularization in the filed of culture and cultural contents of students. This course will be divided into two parts. In classroom, students will take the theological classes about the Buddhist history, culture and application of cultural contents. And the contents of theological classes will be examined by the field work in Buddhist historical sites in Gyeongju. Then, this class provides the comprehension of the aspects of acculturation coupled with Buddhist thoughts, culture and history.

This is to study and understand various cultures of architectural space of temple, corridors of the building and placement of stupas built on the ground of Buddhist thought by way of learning theories and practices.

The early Buddhist texts which contain the teachings of the Buddha are the oldest text in Buddhism. To study the early Buddhist text is a foundation for the understanding of later developments of Buddhism, including Mahayana Buddhism.

A general survey on the History of Indian Buddhism, from the age of early Buddhism to Buddhist Tantrism.

The course will deal with major aspects of Mahayana Buddhism lecturing on background of arising of Mahayana Buddhism major texts including commentarial literatures. Mahayana Buddhism is to be compared with early Buddhism and Abhidharma Buddhism. Major doctrines. such as idea of Bodhisattva will be explained.

Ons is expected to understand Buddhism in English. one can learn Buddhist technical terns in English. one can get new approach to the teachings of the Buddha in English.

Students will learn basic knowledge while reading 『Diamond Sutra』 and 「jeondeungbeobeo」 and acquire reading ability. And study Buddhist scriptures, as well as the spirit of seon Buddhism.

Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other traditions of Buddhism. A variety of information on Korean Buddhism is to be presented with pictures if possible. However, the focus will be on Jogye Order, the biggest Buddhist order in Korea.

It is a course of history of Chan schools in China where the tradition had been developed.