ETST 012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Four Noble Truths, Vajrayana, Noble Eightfold Path
15 Jul 2018
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Etst 012 lecture 13: buddhism in the us: ritual, myth, and culture. Ideas common to hinduism, buddhism, and jainism. Lecture 1. 9: introduction to buddhism actions that have effects (karmic effects become critically important) Karma : action - over the course of time is given moral meaning - good and bad. Samsara : cycle of birth, life, death, rebirth. Dharma : law, duty, the path of knowledge. Theravada buddhism (sri lanka, thailand, myanmar, laos, cambodia) Mahayana buddhism (china, japan, south korea, vietnam) Includes zen (chan), nichiren, and pure land. 6th - 4th century bce (566-486 bce), but now many scholars believe he died closer to 411 bce. In kapilavastu (on the india/nepal border), a prince was born. At his birth, a brahman (hindu) priest prophesied that he would be a great king or a great ascetic. His father wanted him to become a great king, so he restricted him to life within the palace walls.
