COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMPARATIVE MYSTICISM: SEMITIC AND INDIAN RELIGIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FDB 6236 COMPARATIVE MYSTICISM: SEMITIC AND INDIAN RELIGIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HAKKI ŞAH YASDIMAN

Offered to

Philosophy and Religious Sciences

Course Objective

To provide students to understand the mystical overview in the Hindu scriptures. And also to provide students to understand the mystical characters and their thoughts in the history of Hinduism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students shall learn the mystical structure of Hinduism.
2   Students shall learn the development of mystical thought of Hindu scriptures.
3   Students shall learn the soul-substance distinction in Indian thought.
4   Students shall learn the development of mystical stages and the nirvana docrine of Buddhism.
5   Students shall learn the mystical characters and their thoughts in Indian subcontinent.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: The aims and sources of the lecture
2 Mysticism in the Vedas
3 Sacrificial and mantra mysticism
4 Mysticism in the Upanishads
5 Knowledge and the mystical thought
6 Yogic mysticism
7 Soul-substance distinction
8 Midterm Exam
9 Buddhist mysticism
10 Nirvana
11 Mystical dimension of supernatural powers
12 Mystical love in the Indian thought
13 Major Indian mystics and their ideas
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1) S. N. Dasgupta, Hindu Mysticism, Frederick Ungar Pub. Co., New York, 1959.
2) Steven T. Katz, Ed., Comparative Mysticism: An Anthology of Original Sources, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 2013.
3) Geoffrey Parrinder, Mysticism in the World s Religions, Sheldon Press, London 1976.
4) James H. Leuba, The Yoga System of Mental Concentration and Religious Mysticism , The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, Vol. 16, No. 8. (Apr. 10, 1919), ss. 197-206.
5) R. C. Zaehner, Hindu and Muslim Mysticism, Oneworld, 1994.
6) Mahendranath Sircar, Hindu Mysticism, Cosmo Publications, New Delhi, 2003.
7) Sadhu Santideva, Encyclopaedia of Indian Mysticism: Hindu Mystics and Mysticism, Cosmo Publications, New Delhi, 1999.
8) M.N. Sircar, Hindu Mysticism: Philosophy & Religion, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2001.
9) Gautam Chatterjee, Sacred Hindu Symbols, Abhinav Pub., New Delhi, 2001.
10) Noel A. Boreham, Mysticism in the Indian Tradition, Sri Satguru Publications, New Delhi, 1989.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, Brain Storming , Testing, Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Optional, if the instructor needs to add some explanation or further note, this column can be selected from the DEBIS menu.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hammet.arslan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Free

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Reading 10 2 20
Web Search and Library Research 4 3 12
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 166

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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