RELS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Skandha, Impermanence, Sariputta

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 131
• Professor: Aditi Sen- Chowdhury

Document Summary

Rels 131: january 18,2016 buddhism (week 3: lecture 1) Assignment does not need a cover page. Born out of the economic, social, and political condition of that period. A time of political turmoil and a time for urbanization. Time of revolutionary ideas and social upheaval (5th-6th c bce) Urbanization happens at a rapid pace: stressful process, politically disturbing time, socially tough times. King can take away your livelihood at anytime (vedas are completely dominated by the priests, you can"t expect help from the priests, the priests validate the kings) The epics (in their formative stage, goes right up to the medieval time) The bhagavad gita (historically occurs after buddhism, late addition to the mahabharata definitely after the rise of buddhism) For buddhism, to create the moral comfort that hinduism created: buddhism happens before krishna is in the scene. Married to cousin yoshodhara (son of rahula) Leaving samsara behind to become an ascetic.