RELS 223 Lecture Notes - Svabhava, Heart Sutra, Asita
10 Sep 2013
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Office hours tuesday 11:30-12:30, room 406, theological hall. Awoke to the truth, dharma (modernist idea: siddartha gautama, everyone in buddhism can become a buddha. Philosophy, experience, meditation, follow life of siddartha. Difficult, because must abandon attachments, renounce desires. Karma: law of cause and effect, become attached, karma is embedded. Meditation slows things down, allows us to understand who we are. Pali language eventually used to write canon of buddhist teachings. Meditation = dhyana (sanskrit), chan (chinese), zen (japanese) The three turnings of the wheel of dharma (india: hinayana (small vehicle) Goes to southeast asia: mahayana (large vehicle) China, japan: vajrayana (thunderbolt or diamond vehicle) Images on cave walls: spectrum of the human mind. Can enter into different states of consciousness if shown how. All people are capable of having a spectrum of human experience. But in modern day, value rational mind over visionary. Natural to have visionary experiences: ca.
