Explore the Buddhist tradition and its development. Your studies in this unit will encourage you to review the development of Buddhism through Asian history, focusing on its responses to local cultural, political and economic conditions. The philosophical and practical applications of Buddhist doctrines will then be examined, concluding with a study of Buddhism in the modern world and discussion of the implications for the future. Study for the unit is mainly through guided readings and writing academic essays. The development of skills in the critical analysis of source materials is central to assessment of the academic essays that form the assignments for the unit.

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