RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Svabhava, Arhat, Middle Way

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 253
• Professor: Victor Soﾍgen Hori

Document Summary

Mahayana greater vehicle from 1st c bce in china, korea, japan. It comes to china and conform confucianism, daoism and. Mahayana buddhism (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Chinese folk religions (cid:1) religion to chan (chinese pronunciation) / zen (japanese pronunciation) buddhism & pure land buddhism to japan (cid:1) (cid:1) From indian mahayana buddhism and chinese culture and (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) 1 the practitioner someone who want to become a buddha. In order to do that it get reborn many times and each time it get perfect. Practicing dana, charity or giving wisdom meditation millions of rebirth. Finally one more rebirth will make him become the buddha. 2 the critique of the arhat vow (when the buddha become perfected) to save all sentient beings trying to acquire enlightenment for other sentient beings, not for himself, not selfish. Only when the other sentient beings have achieved. Buddhahood, he the arhat vow will accept it for himself.