RELIGST 1J03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Bodhisattva Vow, Lotus Sutra, Guanyin
13 Apr 2016
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Week 12 the buddha biography in art and literature. The great perfecion of wisdom treaise (atributed to nagarjuna) Gave everything away without any hesitaion or emoion. This is a way of thinking about how enlightenment should be approached. biography of dazhi (567-609) This way they are puing distance between mainstream buddhism. While he was alive he helped people achieve enlightenment, in the mainstream concepion concepion we are now on our own. Now, the mahayana says that story is problemaic because buddha would never just teach for just 45 years and just leave us and earth alone. This was part of their criic of the. Part of their reimagining of what it means to be the buddha, the buddha is sill here, sill teaching. The chapters in the lotus sutra teaches us that: The goal is to become enlightened and escaping samsara but we need to all be on the.
