RLGN 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mahabodhi Temple, Shwedagon Pagoda, Buddhology
29 Sep 2017
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Hotei/ milo (laughing buddha): not a buddha in india. + chinese/ asian believe he"s a kind of buddha. + an incarnation of matreiya the future buddha. + the oldest continually buddhist country -> old style (tradition form) of buddhism. + three baskets of teaching tripitaka (pali) + very historical one of the oldest temples. + under the tree that was taken from enlightenment of the buddha. + buddhas touching the ground (earth posture) to defeat mara. + shwedagon pagoda big site with many temples: one of the most scared temples in burma, believed to hold 4 relics of previous buddhas, focuses on religious practices. Burma is a poor country but a large amount of their national wealth goes into these. Buddha cannot hear your prayers not in heaven just gone. But people treat these statues as if they are alive and praying to them. + no heaven in buddha"s live -> liberated from reborn.
