EAS 160A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Vajrayana, Pure Land, Buddha-Nature

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: East Asian Studies
• Course: EAS 160A1
• Professor: Takashi Miura

Document Summary

Dependent origination nothing exists in absolute only exists in relation to other things, everything conditioned or relative. Emptiness: expansion of concept of no self, anatman- individual entity, emptiness- all reality, doctrine that asserts that all reality is devoid of permanent essence, if all is de(cid:448)oid of esse(cid:374)(cid:272)e, it"s i(cid:373)possi(cid:271)le to differe(cid:374)tiate thi(cid:374)gs. (cid:862) u(cid:272)h(cid:374)ess(cid:863) state of reality (cid:862)as is(cid:863) (cid:449)ithout the i(cid:373)positio(cid:374) of li(cid:374)guisti(cid:272)/ mental constructions and categories: (cid:862)tathata(cid:863) suchness, tathagata- an enlightened being, one who is able to see reality (cid:862)as is(cid:863) Desta(cid:271)ilizes sour(cid:272)e of (cid:272)ra(cid:448)i(cid:374)g, therefore sufferi(cid:374)g = (cid:862)self-tra(cid:374)s(cid:272)e(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) State beyond craving and suffering nirvana. Buddha nature: seed of enlightenment, all beings have potential for. Buddhahood (not just humans but everything: emptiness (non duality)- there is no difference between the. Buddha and sentient beings: radical rethinking of the notion of enlightenment. Many buddhas: earlier buddhism one buddha at a time, mahayana buddhism the universe filled with buddhas (and. Resides i(cid:374) the (cid:862)pure la(cid:374)d(cid:863) (cid:894)sukha(cid:448)ati land of bliss)