Asian Spiritual Classics, 300 A.D. to the Present, 1982

by: Roger Weir

Asian Spiritual Classics, 300 A.D. to the Present
12 of 12 presentations available
Thursdays, Jan 7, 1982 to Mar 25, 1982



  • Nagarjuna (3rd Century) @ Jan 07
    Originator of the Madhyamika Philosophy
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  • Patanjali (4th Century) @ Jan 14
    The Yoga Aphorisms. Organized Knowledge of the Disciplined Mind
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  • HuiNeng (7th Century) @ Jan 21
    Platform Sutra of the 6th Patriarch, Ch'an Master
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  • Li Po (699-761); Tu Fu (712-770) @ Jan 28
    China's Two Greatest Poets. Tang Dynasty Contemporaries
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  • Santideva (9th Century) @ Feb 04
    Arthur of the Bodhicaryavatara. Entering the Path of Enlightenment.
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  • Tibetan Book of the Dead @ Feb 11
    The Bardo Thodol of Recensions edited by W.Y. Evans-Wentz and Chogyam Trungpa
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  • Milarepa (1040-1123) @ Feb 18
    The St. Francis of Tibet. Fount of the Kargyupa Lineage. Buddhust Poet of 100,000 Poems
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  • Ma Yuan (1170-1230); Hsia Kuei (1160-1230) @ Feb 25
    Southern Sung Dynasty Chinese Landscape Painters. The Chinese Phrase which Translated Means, "Spirit-Vibration-Movement"
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  • Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506) @ Mar 04
    Japanese Landscape Painter Carried Ma-Hsia Vision to Japan. The Long Scroll is His Masterpiece
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  • Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) @ Mar 11
    Zen Poet. Originator of Haiku-Haibun Travelogue Master
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  • Hiroshige (1797-1858) @ Mar 18
    Ukiyo-e Master-Landscape Tradition of Spiritual-Sight-Journey
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  • Gandhi (1869-1948) @ Mar 25
    Mahatma of the 20th Century. Satyagraha and Ahimsa. Returned Sages from Mountain Retreat to Family and Market-place
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