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Buddha/Awakened One. Birth celebrated on full moon of Vaisakha by Buddhists. Luxorious and aristocratic youth. Young adulthood was a struggle between family and spiritual Awakenign. |
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came before karma. Idea that outward actions result in luck/lack of luck |
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buddha’s first student in Deer park near Sarnath |
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wandering on... birth, death, rebirth |
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any good or bad deed will result in a coresponding fate |
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four things buddha saw to encourage him to partake on his quest: old man, sick man, ascetic monk, death |
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spritiual quest; left family for religion. Renounced clothes, hair |
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one of 3 jewels (buddha, sanga, dharma) is te path |
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1. concentration free from sensual pleasure 2.set aside any discursive reflection 3. negate emotional elation 4. transcend both joy and sorrow |
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state enjoyed by attainment of Awakening |
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location of buddhas first lesson |
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the budha, the darma, the sangha |
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Buddha praised this man before his death |
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originally funerary monument, now more an object of veneration.
shrine that the buddha was to be placed under |
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everything in universe is constantly in flux |
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duhka/dissatisfactoriness |
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dissatisfactoryness of human suffering condition, reach nirvana to avoid this!
Examples: getting sick, old, giving birth, |
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impermanent soul, nothing real, ignorance of this creates selfishness, realization of no self= compassion |
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sensation material form perception mental formations concsiousness |
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what does ignorance bring about |
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one of the factors that bring about dukha. To over come duhka do not be ignorant of 4 noble truths. |
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1.)the dissatisfactory nature of existence (duhka) 2.) the cause of its arising 3.) the cessation of its arising 4.) the path that leads to that cessation |
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main concpets of 8 fold path |
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proper view proper conduct proper practice Nirvana |
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of Mauryan dynasty. King was Buddhist after war on Kalinga. Now all peace lead to fall of empire. He helped spread Buddhism, shrines and monasteries, missionaries, and son brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka |
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means way of the elders. Monastery is core. Layeity is secondary |
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what were the roles of monks in the city and forests |
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city= teachers
forest= meditators |
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'the greater vehicle'
bodhisatva path guru can help higher wisdom nature of consciousness |
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backlash by educated european buddhists to orthodox buddhism. |
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started by sumedha great journey includes 10 stages, 6 perfections |
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clarify path of bodhisatva. there are many of these. |
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Literature- Buddha’s womb/embryo. 250-350 CE; all living beings have this. It will help them develop into Buddhahood. Bad qualities make people unaware of it. |
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significance of monastery schools |
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India needed more monks universities become centers of culture sent missionaries here logic and theory focus |
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invocation to dieties. recited for emphasis |
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round image of celestial being. enlightenment |
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body motion; going up and down to praise.
By blending three (mandala, mantra, mudra) whole self enteres tantrac practice. It incorporates body, mind and speech! |
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somtimes called master, can help one reach nirvana.
connected to mahayana movement |
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Vajrayana (or Mantrayana): |
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Tibetan Buddhism; Tibet was not welcoming of Buddhists at first. However, they had shamanistic/animistic religions so tantra was also appealing. King Songtsen Campo brought it to Tibet. |
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First dissemination (7th-9th centuries): |
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Songsten Gampo- princesses which make him buddhist, builds Buddhist temples, promoted Tibet alphabet, Buddhist texts can be written now, modeled on samskript, changed laws to reflect Buddhist codes, sent scholars to India.
-King Trsinag Detsen: first Buddhist king; sent Santarakstia from India and had Samye built as first monastery.
-King Lan Darma forces people to give up Buddhism, monk must now be laiety. He is assassinated. Fall of first dissemination. |
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Second Dissemination (10-13 c) |
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-Late 10th century rulers interested in Buddhism. (sent monks to study in India, Atisa returns with new philosophy of tantra, Mahayana, and other elements.) -Bodhisatva journey is included in this Tibetan Buddhism. One can use tantra to shorten and excel Bodhisatva journey. |
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main scriptural texts of buddhism |
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means self; misunderstanding of atman is a consequence of ignorance |
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location where Buddha obtained Enlightenment |
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basic code of ethics, Theravada and Buddhist followers alike believe in this. |
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A temple that was once hindu and is now buddhist |
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