RELIGST 1J03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Lotus Sutra, Bodhisattva Vow, Guanyin
13 May 2016
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Week 12 the buddha biography in art and literature. The great perfection of wisdom treatise (attributed to nagarjuna) Riputra, be it known that formerly i took a vow, wishing to cause all multitudes to be just like me, no different. (lotus sutra) Helped a lot of people achieve enlightment. One of the ways the mahayana critiqued the mainstream schools was to say that the story was problematic, and doesn"t make sense. 80 year lifespan was to get people practicing buddhism, it acted as a magic show. To get the ready for something more real. He said that it was part of expedient means. Mahayana"s ssaid that buddhas use expediement means and that we should all be aiming towards full buddha-hood, the same enlightenment that they achieved. Furthermore, the mahayana make a commitment, that you stick around to help until everyone else is enlightened. Every buddha"s former vow [is as follows]: whatever buddha path i may have trodden,
