REL-3340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Lotus Sutra, Tushita, Sukhavati
Document Summary
Buddha(s) in the mahayana: early mahayana expanded the teachings of the mahasanghikas (cid:894)(cid:862)the g(cid:396)eat asse(cid:373)(cid:271)l(cid:455)(cid:863)(cid:895) e(cid:454). Bodhisattvas: generally, buddhas do not actively intervene in affairs of living beings. In east asia, maitreya worship periodically associated with millenarian movements, with both devotional & political dimensions. In china & japan, also merged with popular indigenous figure. Buddha a(cid:373)ita(cid:271)ha (cid:894)(cid:862)li(cid:373)itless light(cid:863)(cid:895: buddha of the western pure land = sukhavati (cid:894)(cid:862)la(cid:374)d of bliss(cid:863)(cid:895) / his sto(cid:396)(cid:455) i(cid:374) the pure. Land sutra: the monk dharmakara took a vow before buddha lokesvararaja to follow bodhisattva. Land, sukhavati: vow 19- to those who hear his name & remember it with faith at the moment of death, he will appear to them on their deathbed, dharmakara become the buddha amitabha. In china, male avalokitesvara was transformed into popular female bodhisattva named. Guanyin (cid:894)(cid:862)pe(cid:396)(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e(cid:396) of ou(cid:374)ds(cid:863)(cid:895: avalokitesvara / tara.
