RLG206H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Newar Buddhism, Bodhisattva Vow, Vigna Mungo
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Comes from caste (vajracaryas) that know and transmit the rituals, texts of newar buddhism in heightened way. For money, they run shops they are traders, merchants, etc. go to monastery where deities are kept and other vajracaryas live. He act as reader of religious text because its auspicious. He was brought up to perform these events and someone (cid:449)ho did(cid:374)"t lear(cid:374) fro(cid:373) father (cid:271)ut (cid:449)as trai(cid:374)ed i(cid:374) later stage of life. Co(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious of his traditio(cid:374), endangered by modernity so wants to preserve it. Main castes of newar buddhism : vajracaryas (qualified to be members of monastry and tantric priests), sakyas (qualified to become member of monastry) 3(cid:895) jyapus/ (cid:373)aharja(cid:374)s (cid:894)to(cid:449)(cid:374) d(cid:449)elli(cid:374)g far(cid:373)ers (cid:449)ho support (cid:373)o(cid:374)astry to gai(cid:374) (cid:373)erit(cid:895). All three (cid:373)arry a(cid:374)d (cid:374)o (cid:373)o(cid:374)asti(cid:272) (cid:272)eli(cid:271)a(cid:272)y. mahaja(cid:374)"s (cid:373)ore likely to (cid:271)e ri(cid:272)h e(cid:448)e(cid:374) though they are lo(cid:449)er on hierarchy. In everyday language newars speak newar, nepali, and/or english.
