RELIGST 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Abhidharma, Mahapajapati Gotami, Sangha

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2K03
• Professor: Philip Rose

Document Summary

Lec 4 - early developments, buddhism"s first patrons and the spread of buddhism. To develop an understanding of some early developments in buddhism. Monks, do not break into lamentations after i am gone, for all karmically constituted things are subject to passing away . Now, monks, i declare to you: all conditioned things are of a nature to decay - strive on untiringly . Combination of the ordinary and the extraordinary. The buddha was a man in which his actions could be emulated. The buddha is seen as a kind of god to whom you pray to and perform rituals, when you pray the buddha will then help you. The buddha vs a buddha, the buddha is one among many (strong, table 2. 3) - in upcoming classes we will spend times talking about the other buddhas. Through his own efforts he rediscovered periodically.