RELIGST 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Three Turnings Of The Wheel Of Dharma, Vajrayana, Mahayana

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2K03
• Professor: Joe Larose

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99% of these buddhists are still in. Theravada - sri lanka to e. asia (sri lanka, ) - ~139 million. Mahayana - east asia (china, s. korea, japan, vietnam) - ~312. 2 million. India: ~0. 8%, 9. 8m of all buddhists in the world. Muslim rule in the subcontinent until british arrived. Also because of the rise of hinduism (80% of india now) Comparing other states - nepal is still a continuous tradition. *result of either tibetan diaspora (settling in india due to dalai lama), revival movements (mid-20thc of reintroduction of buddhism into. Three wheels from around the world, but now a modern/westernized north american buddhist community. One of the a/b/c/d will not be on the exam***** D needs to be in dialogue context. 4/5/6 double spaced pages each question x3 ******* Citing = no need, but will add marks if you know which primary text it comes from. ***coursepack, lectures and text (strong) are suf cient sources.