REL 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bodh Gaya
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Meditation: the process of becoming more aware. Nirvana: a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. Age 29, meditated under the bodhgaya tree: purpose: to find the answer to the problem of suffering. While trying to reach enlightenment, tempted by mara in 3 ways: 1. Desire the seduction of the flesh: 2. Death the destruction of the flesh: 3. Nirvana no one will listen if you stay, so go to nirvana .
