RELIGST 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jataka Tales, Maurya Empire, Vinaya
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Week 5 early develop(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts, buddhis(cid:373)"s first patro(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d the spread of buddhis(cid:373) Week five goals to develop an understanding of some early developments in buddhism. Traditional buddha biography combination of the ordinary and the extraordinary. The three jewels: the buddha, the dharma (his teachings, the sangha (his community) The four-fold sangha: (cid:373)o(cid:374)ks (cid:894)the buddha(cid:859)s fi(cid:448)e for(cid:373)er (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)io(cid:374)s(cid:895, nuns (his au(cid:374)t mah praj pat - (cid:373)other(cid:859)s sister) laymen (the merchants trapu a and bhallika- offer him alms) la(cid:455)(cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:894) uj t ?- gives food to the buddha after his extreme asceticism) The buddhist canon = the tripi ika (the three baskets) s tra = the tea(cid:272)hi(cid:374)gs. Abhidharma = scholastic reworkings of doctrine: (cid:373)ea(cid:374)t to (cid:858)sell(cid:859) the religio(cid:374) to (cid:374)o(cid:374)-buddhists thought to be words/directions directly from the buddha, but that is not verifiable, abhidharma is the equivalent of theology. Lay life taking refuge in the three jewels (one of the first steps in becoming a buddhist)