SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

LS 813 EVERYDAY ENLIGHTENMENT Wednesdays, 6:30 pm 9:20 pm SFU Downtown Campus, Rm 1525 Fall 2013 Instructor: Heesoon Bai Office: EDUC 8553 Email: hbai@sfu.ca Web: http://www.educ.sfu.ca/research/bai Classmates: Roberta; Byron; Nancy; Rachel; Barbara, Tracy; Bruce; Kathy; Helene; Tony; Sarah; Megan; Eugenia; Judith and (Olga used another name?) 17 total
STUDY INTENTION

Human beings have the ability to alter their mental frames, optics, viewpoints, perspectives, doors of perception, and so on, thereby accessing multiple states of lived reality. This course is both a theoretical excursion into, and a practical experiment in, this very human ability. Utilizing this ability, we will inquire into the nature of enlightenment and explore everyday, every moment opportunities to experience enlightenment.
READINGS Hadot, P. (1995). Philosophy as a way of life . Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Inc. ISBN 0-631-18033-8 Available as a free download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/149744964/Philosophy-as-a-Way-of-Life-PierreHadot Watson, G., Batchelor, S. & Claxton, G. (Eds.). (2000), Psychology of awakening: Buddhism, science, and our day-to-day lives . Hork Beach: Samuel Weiser Inc. ISBN 1-57863-172-6 Durkheim, K. G. (2007). The way of transformation: Daily life as spiritual practice . Sandpoint: Morning Light Press. ISBN-10: 1-59675-014-6 Available as a free download: http://www.scribd.com/doc/18018559/The-Way-of-Transformation Loori, J. D. (2008). Bringing the sacred to life: The daily practice of Zen rituals . Boston & London: Shambhala. ISBN 978-1-59030-533-1 Additional PDFd reading materials and watchables will be made available to students.

STUDY SCHEDULE abbrev. P=Philosophy as a way of life PA=Psychology of awakening W=The way of transformation B=Bringing the sacred to life ASSIGNMENTS abbrev. RRN=reading reflection notes EJ= enlightenment journal Portfolio (see the explanation below for preparing your portfolio) SEPT 4 Introduction to the course; group process; start-up dialogue Watch Robert Carter on self-cultivation. Each person picks 2 chapters out of PA.

SEPT 11 SEPT 18 SEPT 25 OCT 2 OCT 9 OCT 16 OCT 23 OCT 30 NOV 6 NOV 13 NOV 20 NOV 27 DEC 9

P: pp. 1- 45; B: pp.1-22 P: pp. 49-77; B: pp. 22-33 P: pp. 81-144; B: pp. 34-48 P: pp. 147-178; pp. 49-58 P: pp. 179-213; pp. 59-73 NO CLASS P: pp. 217-250; pp. 74-90 P: pp. 251-286; pp. 91-108 W: pp. 3-75 W: pp. 79-137 Seminar on Psychology of Awakening e-Symposium

RRN; EJ RRN; EJ RRN; EJ RRN; EJ RRN; EJ Contemplative break! RRN; EJ RRN; EJ RRN; EJ RRN; EJ RRN; EJ Portfolio DUE

Assignments 1) Readingreflectionnotes(RRN) :Keepajournalofreadingandreflectionnotesthat youbringtoeachclass.Youwillworkoffyournotesforgroupdiscussionsand classdialogue. 2) Embodimentjournal(EJ): write(preferably)dailyyourphenomenological observationsofyourenlightenmentexperience. 3) SeminaronPsychologyofAwakening: TalkaboutthetwochaptersfromPAand, usingthesetwochapters,shedfurtherlightoneverythingwevereadand discussed. 4) eSymposium: Seminarianssharetheirpersonalenlightenmentjourney during/throughthiscourse.Whathaveyouinvestigated,discovered,resolved,and attained? 5) PORTFOLIO: createadocumentthatincludesselectednotes/entriesfromyour RRNandEJ,aswellasanyartifacts,PLUSanessayof~3000wordsthatexplores anddiscussesthenatureandprogressofyourenlightenmentjourney.Your portfolioisdueonDEC9th.(Notethatwedonthaveaclassonthe9th.)