RELIGST 3L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Jataka Tales, Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce
6 Apr 2017
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No olivelle or rgveda hymns reading to remember. Bhagavadghita, laws of manu, mountain man reading, kumarasambhava, Buddha must have done some pretty extraordinary things to earn overtime enough merit/good karma but be born as buddha in last life. Chose to remain inside cycle of samsara and dedicate himself to becoming a. Buddha, spent life times practicing perfections to become buddha. The perfections : generosity what does it mean to be perfectly generous, good conduct, patience, vigor, meditation, wisdom. Aryasura jatakamala (4 stories of extreme generosity) many are stories about kings and princes i. e. royalty (fundraising stories for a royal audience) Buddha was so generous, so therefore the best thing you can do with money is give it away because were renunciates and we need your money. The tigress: one should have complete faith in the lord buddha . Mother is working on self-preservation instinct she is doing what we are doing when we have this ignorant/misunderstood sense of self/self- preservation.
