Paper on Chinese Buddhism overview and its influence on Chinese medicine. The teacher is not very clear or strict about this, this is why I am having it written plus I have no time. Here is what we covered on the subject in class (from syllabus)
-Chinese Buddhism
-Biography of Siddhartha Gautama
-Basic Tenants of Buddhism
-Four Noble Truths
-Eightfold Path
-Nirvana, Samsara, meditation
-Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism
-Mahayana monk/physicians bring Buddhism to
Buddhism in China
-High water mark in Tang Dynasty and eventual suppression
-Development of various Chinese schools: Chan, Pure Land, Tien Tai, esoteric.
-Ideal of physician/monk as exemplar of paramita of Compassion.and influence of Buddhism on Chinese Medicine.
Modern Buddhism
-Buddhism as a model of self-cultivation, personal development and behavior, and ethical norms for
contemporary western practitioners of this medicine.