How Will I Be Assessed?

• First Revised Personal Philosophy Statement

Assigned Readings

• Read and discuss Thich Nhat Hanh, Heart of Understanding, 1–30.
• Read and discuss James Baldwin, “Freaks and the American Ideal of Manhood,” 814–829.
• Read and discuss Danielle S. Allen Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education: 140–159.

Lectures

• Defining ziran 自然
• The role of dao 道 for translating Buddhism for Chinese culture
• Defining atman
• The four goals in Upanishadic life
• The Four Noble Truths
• Defining karma
• The Three Marks of Existence