RELIGST 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Four Noble Truths, Skandha, Noble Eightfold Path

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

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Religious studies 2k03 week 4 the big ideas of early buddhis(cid:373) & buddhis(cid:373)"s first patro(cid:374)s. Week four goals to de(cid:448)elop a(cid:374) u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g of earl(cid:455) buddhis(cid:373)"s (cid:271)ig ideas to develop an understanding of some early developments in buddhism. The buddha"s first tea(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g: the dhamma-cakka-pavattana sutta first turning of the wheel. Early buddhis(cid:373)"s big ideas: the middle way (114 125, the five skandhas (125 134, the four noble truths (135 159, the eight-fold path (147 154, the twelve links of dependent origination (138 143) Mili(cid:374)da a(cid:374)d the chariot: the(cid:374) ki(cid:374)g mili(cid:374)da said this to the ve(cid:374)era(cid:271)le n gase(cid:374)a: (cid:862)b(cid:455) (cid:449)hat (cid:374)a(cid:373)e, The dhamma-cakra-pavattana sutta (the teaching on setting in motion the wheel of the. Dharma): (cid:862)mo(cid:374)ks, these t(cid:449)o e(cid:454)tre(cid:373)es should (cid:374)ot (cid:271)e follo(cid:449)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) o(cid:374)e (cid:449)ho has go(cid:374)e forth i(cid:374)to homelessness. The pursuit of sensual happiness in sensual pleasure, which is low, vulgar, the way of worldlings, ignoble, unbeneficial; and the pursuit of selfmortification, which is pai(cid:374)ful, ig(cid:374)o(cid:271)le, u(cid:374)(cid:271)e(cid:374)efi(cid:272)ial. (cid:863)