RLG206H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Barrel Drum, Emaciation, Vajrapani
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Map quiz next class: worth 5% of final grade, out of 15 marks, the map on the handout on the back isn"t the map to be test on, story of a historical figure; a historical legend. The textbook divides this life as: birth, youth, the 4 sights, the great renunciation, asceticism, enlightenment, nirvana, the three refugees (the three jewels), important conversions, social concern, women"s ordination, the rebellion of devadatta, the last days (the parinirvana) Casteism: the moment you"re born and given a caste; terms everything about you (i. e. what you do, how you live, etc. ) Stupas: immediately after buddha"s death, his followers forwarded writings on the constructed stupas. A monk: the four sights really woke him up, janism, the three jewels: Buddha: the enlightened or awakened one the highest spiritual potential that exists within all beings. Dharma (teaching): the way they taught, the law the teachings of the buddha, the path to enlightenment.
