RELG 252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Dharmachakra, Sariputta, Foodborne Illness
22 Feb 2018
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Test: same format as hinduism, 20 multiple choice and 10 ids, from the ids, you have no choice. Buddha begins to teach: when he first set out to go and teach, the first person he met was upaka, they passed each other on the road. Upaka says that"s really good for you demonstration of his disinterest in buddha"s news: the first people who buddha taught were his five ascetic companions. Buddha because buddha was shining and was so radiant. These five became buddha"s first five disciples and became monks. Image of buddha turning a wheel: associated with royal power and a master of a domain, which is a teaching of a dharma: his first turning of the wheel is the turning of dharma. Dharmachakra: dharma wheel dharma chakra, dharmachakra mudra the hand gesture of setting the wheel in motion, buddha begins to teach.
