RELI 2732 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Blacklight, Palyul Monastery, Radiance
21 Sep 2017
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Reli 2732b v monday, march 13, 2017. In the next day or so, professor will be putting up some questions to help you study for the final exam. Now is also the time to set up some study groups if you are interested in that. In contrast to the hindu teaching on the eternal, unchanging atman (soul, the higher self) that transmigrates from birth to birth, Buddhism teaches anatman (no soul) no permanent, unchanging aspect to the person. Theravada practiced in sri lanka, thailand, myanmar (the saffron robed monks, only remaining school of buddhism that represents some of the earliest ideas of buddhism) Mahayana practiced in china, japan, vietnam (form of buddhism that developed around the 1st century) Vajrayana practiced in tibet, ladakh, nepal also known as tantric buddhism spread to tibet in 7th century ce (the diamond way tibetan buddhism tibetan book of the dead)
