RELI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Upaya, Noble Eightfold Path

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELI 100
• Professor: David Dakake

Document Summary

Reli 100 notes, week 3, part 3 and week 4, part 1. You get a splinter in your hand: you get another splinter to remove the splinter in your hand, you no longer need the second splinter. Ne(cid:449) ph(cid:455)sical thi(cid:374)g (cid:449)ould(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)ake (cid:455)ou happ(cid:455) fore(cid:448)er. Buddhists (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to li(cid:448)e i(cid:374) a (cid:449)orld that does(cid:374)(cid:859)t co(cid:373)e to a(cid:374) e(cid:374)d. The buddha is like a canoe: you leave it behind after you reach your destination. Buddhism believes that nothing in this world is firm, fixed and stable: people are always changing too. Rejects the caste system: there is (cid:374)o o(cid:374)e (cid:858)self(cid:859) Persona or faces that we wear are just masks. Buddhism preached and traveled: no preaching in hinduism. To be a hindu, you must be born a hindu. Buddhism and christianity both preached and missioned: this spread the message faster, anyone who has the spiritual drive can achieve nirvana.