Description

This seminar studies monastic, scholastic, medical, and tantric ideas on anatomy and physiology. It then considers how paths of training deploy these maps of the body to effect changes in the body's experience, the mind's capacity, interpersonal relations, and modes of being in the world. This includes a close look at monastic discipline, various traditions of meditation, bodily exercise, ritual, bodily kinds of worship and devotion, and other varieties of embodied practice and experience as reflected in personal memoirs, handbooks, and theoretical writings.

Enrollment Limited: Limited to 17 students. Instructor's permission required.
Open to BTI Students: Yes
Jointly offered as Religion 1735

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Scheduling

0.50 credits
Fall 2012
Thurs 4pm-6pm
Rockefeller Hall Room 117

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	Buddhist Studies East Asian Religious Studies Religion, Ethics, and Politics Religion, Literature, and Culture South Asian Religious Traditions
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Buddhist Studies East Asian Religions South Asian Religions
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	Pastoral Care and Counseling Religious Education and Spiritual Development
Language Course Designation(s)	None