Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition

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Course no. 4620.
Lecture 1. Life's great questions - Asian perspectives -- Lecture 2. The Vedas and Upanishads - the beginning -- Lecture 3. Mahavira and Jainism - extreme nonviolence -- Lecture 4. The Buddha - the middle way -- Lecture 5. The Bhagavad Gita - the way of action -- Lecture 6. Confucius - in praise of sage-kings -- Lecture 7. Laozi and Daoism - the way of nature -- Lecture 8. The Hundred Schools of preimperial China -- Lecture 9. Mencius and Xunzi - Confucius's successors -- Lecture 10. Sunzi and Han Feizi - strategy and legalism -- Lecture 11. Zarathustra and Mani - dualistic religion --Lecture 12. Kautilya and Ashoka - Buddhism and empire -- Lecture 13. Ishvarakrishna and Patanjali - Yoga -- Lecture 14. Nagarjuna and Vasubandhu - Buddhist theories -- Lecture 15. Sima Qian and Ban Zhao - history and women -- Lecture 16. Dong Zhongshu and Ge Hong - eclecticism -- Lecture 17. Xuanzang and Chinese Buddhism -- Lecture 18. Prince Shotoku, Lady Murasaki, Sei Shonagon -- Lecture 19. Saicho to Nichiren - Japanese Buddhism -- Lecture 20. Shankara, Ramanuja, Madhva - Hindu Vedanta -- Lecture 21. Al-Biruni: Islam in India -- Lecture 22. Nanak and Sirhindi - Sikhism and Sufism -- Lecture 23. Han Yu to Zhu Xi - Neo-Confucianism -- Lecture 24. Wang Yangming - The study of heart-mind -- Lecture 25. Dogen and Hakuin - Zen Buddhism -- Lecture 26. Zeami and Sen no Rikyu - Japanese Aesthetics -- Lecture 27. Wonhyo to King Sejong - Korean philosophy -- Lecture 28. Padmasambhava to Tsonghkapa - Tibetan ideas -- Lecture 29. Science and technology in premodern Asia -- Lecture 30. Muhammad Iqbal and Rabindranath Tagore -- Lecture 31. Mohandas Gandhi - Satyagraha, or soul-force -- Lecture 32. Fukuzawa Yukichi and Han Yongun -- Lecture 33. Kang Youwei and Hu Shi -- Lecture 34. Sun Yat-sen and Mao Zedong -- Lecture 35. Modern legacies -- Lecture 36. East and West.
Western philosophy is a vast intellectual tradition, the product of thousands of years of revolutionary thought built up by a rich collection of brilliant minds. When most of us study philosophy, we're focusing only on the Western intellectual tradition brought about by people such as Aristotle, Descartes, and Nietzsche. But to understand the Western intellectual tradition is to only get half of the story. Just as important, and just as valid a contribution to philosophy, is the Eastern intellectual tradition. Eastern philosophy is also the product of thousands of years of thought and was also built up by a distinct group of brilliant thinkers. Among these are Buddha, Confucius, Gandhi, and Zarathustra. Their ideas demonstrate fascinating, wholly different ways of approaching, understanding, and solving the same fundamental questions that concerned the West's greatest thinkers, such as the existence of God, the meaning of life, the nature of truth and reality, the organization of government and society, the significance of suffering, and the roots of a well-lived life. To explore Eastern perspectives on these issues is to embark on an illuminating journey into the heart of grand, but often unfamiliar, civilizations. It's also a thought-provoking way to understand the surprising connections and differences between East and West, and to strengthen your knowledge of cultures that play increasingly important roles in our globalized 21st-century world.

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Grant Hardy shares his enthusiasm submitted by patricia alvis on August 25, 2016, 7:59pm The lecturer is very likable, loves his subject, and makes the viewer want to learn more. A historical-geographical tracing of the various religions helps us see how they fit in the culture of a vast and various area, and what they can bring to our lives, spiritually as well as on a more outward part of our lives.