Introduction
Date: May 19th
Topic: Overview and background of the class and the participants
Core Reading: The Buddha’s Dream of Liberation, Chapter 1
The First Turning of the Wheel
Date: May 19th & 26th
Topic: The earliest Buddhist teachings in their social context.
Core Reading: The Buddha’s Dream of Liberation, Chapter 2
Supplemental Readings: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta: Setting the Wheel of Dhamma in Motion; Kandaraka Sutta
The Second Turning of the Wheel
Date: June 2nd
Topic: The beginnings of the Mayahana and the teachings on emptiness.
Core Reading: The Buddha’s Dream of Liberation, Chapter 3
Supplemental Readings: The Diamond Sutra, The Heart Sutra
The Third Turning of the Wheel
Date: June 9th
Topic: Resolving the conflict between the first and second turnings, the eight consciousnesses, Buddha Nature
Core Reading: The Buddha’s Dream of Liberation, Chapter 4
Supplemental Reading: The Samdhinirmocana Sutra
A Fourth Turning of the Wheel?
Date: June 16th
Topic: Buddhism in the Modern World
Core Reading: The Buddha’s Dream of Liberation, Chapter 4, 5, & 6
James William Coleman 