RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Old Age, Upanishads, Dukkha

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First, he remembers his own past lives, the ability to do this is one of the psychic powers that come with spiritual advancement: should not be a goal in itself. Then, he acquires deeper insight into the working of karma, understanding how the past lives of various people have been reflected in later incarnations. Finally, he contemplates how to put an end to suffering, and arrives at what will come to be known as the four noble truths. Eightfold path for overcoming suffering, the buddha ordains the five as his first disciples and sends them out to teach the dharma to others. Buddha experiences parinirvana, the final end of the cycle of rebirth, the total cessation of suffering, the perfection of happiness. The crystallization of the buddhist tradition began with the transformation of the. Buddhas discourses into a set of doctrinal teachings the dharma and the movement towards an institutionalized monastic system.

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