Religious Studies 1023E Lecture Notes - Orthopathy, Noble Eightfold Path, Mahayana

• School: Western University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: Religious Studies 1023E
• Professor: Jonathan Geen

Document Summary

Indian buddhism 3: theravada & the organs of mahayana buddhism. 4 noble truths: suffering, cause of suffering, end of suffering, path to end of suffering symptom suffering diagnosis thirst extinction prognosis. 8-fold path: right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. Novices: to abstain from eating after noon, to abstain from shows dancing, singing, music, or drama, to abstain from wearing personal adornments, to abstain using high or wide beds, to abstain from handling money. Go monks and travel for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of compassion for the world, for the benefit, welfare and happiness of gods and men. Teach the [dharma], monks and proclaim the pure holy life. These are beings with little passion in their natures who are languishing for lack of hearing the [dharma], they will understand it.