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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the human thirst for spiritual experience and transformation through the studies of biographies of 19th and 20th century contemplatives from several selected religious traditions, both Eastern and Western. Through examining the spiritual and religious journey of saints and their relationships with their traditions, students learn the diversity of religious traditions of sainthood. How do the journeys of their saints relate to our personal journeys Readings include sacred biographies (hagiographies), study of modern religious traditions in context, and interpretations of sainthood in both theological and cross-cultural perspectives.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on exploring spirituality and its manifestation in our lives through creative expression. The foundation for this exploration is Maitri practice, which cultivates awareness of our own energetic makeup and how these energies manifest as the core patterns of our daily lives. Developed by Trungpa Rinpoche, the founder of Naropa, this practice is done in five different colored rooms, representing the Five Buddha Families. In addition to the Maitri room practice, we work with several contemplative art forms, such as object arrangement, painting, brush stroke and space awareness exercises. The challenge for each of us is to discover, integrate and appreciate our energetic expressions and to bring our creativity to form, individually and as a group.
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1.00 Credits
When the vast network of pain and confusion in the world is experienced, one can become overwhelmed and full of despair. But the Buddhist tradition provides training that allows one to look deeply into this pain and confusion in order to discover the courageous heart available to everyone. This weekend introduces the lojong (mind training) teachings of the twelfth-century Buddhist master Atisha that demonstrate in a practical way how to engage the world and to transform pain and confusion into compassion.
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1.50 - 6.00 Credits
This intensive, called a "teaching dathun," is a four-week, 3-credit program at Shambhala Mountain Center in the mountains of northern Colorado. Participants sit for about eight hours each day, eat meals Japanese Zen or "oryoki" style and have daily talks on meditation and the spiritual path. Other elements include meditation interviews, group discussions and community activities. Other teaching dathuns may receive 1.5 to 3 credits also with prior approval of the department. Other nonteaching dathuns may receive up to 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
In this course we continue to lay the foundation for proficiency in the Tibetan language, with the dual goal of communication and access to the wisdom teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. While continuing to build reading skills and vocabulary, this unit looks at some more areas of Tibetan sentence structure, especially verbs. Students working in this section will be able to form sentences for speaking as well as doing some actual translation work from textual sources.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the Christian contemplative practice of Centering Prayer, as taught by Fr. Thomas Keating and Contemplative Outreach. It places this practice in the broader tradition of Christian contemplation, as a path of transformation in Christ that allows greater freedom in oneself and greater compassion for others. The course includes instruction in an active practice for integrating Centering Prayer into daily life, a day of intensive practice and study of Christian contemplative practice.
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4.00 Credits
This class develops a foundation in literary Tibetan and begins the study of modern spoken Tibetan. The first semester focuses on the grammatical foundation of the language, the acquisition of basic vocabulary and training in the skills of correct pronunciation, handwriting and spelling. Students should expect to study at least eight hours a week outside of class.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the classical Sanskrit language. The first-year course includes developing familiarization with the Sanskrit alphabet ( devanagari), mastering the conventions of euphonic combination ( sandhi) and learning the basics of Sanskrit grammar. In addition, we begin reading texts from the classical Indian tradition, particularly selections from the Mahabharata and Ramayana and from some simple Buddhist texts (e.g., the Heart Sutra).
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4.00 Credits
A continuation of Tibetan I. The second semester continues the work begun in Tibetan I with the addition of working on an actual Tibetan text. Students use a mandala approach of developing varied oral, aural and written skills to produce an overall knowledge of the language. Prerequisite: REL 274/503.
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4.00 Credits
A continuation of Sanskrit I. Prerequisite: REL 277/507.
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