RELS 223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sukha, Namarupa, Old Age
10 Oct 2016
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Some of the important places in the life of the buddha: Lumbini (birthplace of buddha); kapilavastu (where he grew up); bodh gaya (where he attained enlightenment under the bodhi tree); sarnath/varanasi (in the deer park, where he gave his first sermon); kushinagara (where he died) Bodhi-chitta (buddhi the intellect, chitta mind) the intelligent mind. Ananda his cousin and closest disciple. He wants to understand the causes of duhkha. But the buddha learns that the path to enlightenment is not through body self-mortification. It"s the middle way; between two extremes of self-mortification and luxury. From 5 disciples, he get a huge following. The buddha lives to about 80 years old. The dominant religion in the time was brahmanism (based on the hindu. The orthodox brahmins (priestly caste) focused primarily on devotional ritual practices that centered around the sacred fire (the god. Agni) and the worship of various gods and goddesses.
