RS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Refuge (Buddhism), Thaumaturgy, Impermanence

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RS100
• Professor: Marybeth White

Document Summary

Invention of iron plow revolutionized agriculture: intensification of agriculture possible (produce more with fewer people) She couldn"t accept it and wouldn"t be parted from her son"s body. She wandered through the countryside begging others to help her. One day she came to a village and was sent to a wonderworker (buddha) who lived in the park outside the village. Asked him for help: he said he could help. Collect one mustard seed from every home in the village that has not experienced death : there was no home that death had not visited. With this recognition, she went to the cremation ground, laid down her son for cremation, and returned to the buddha. She said to him lord, i understand he opened his arms and said. Ahe bechuni come and see, nun: ordained as nun and attained enlightenment, the second noble truth, suffering is caused by ignorance and craving, craving: excessive desire, described as a fire (lust, hatred, delusion)